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I'm on a Mac with OSX and haven't been able to upload the lates version of firefox. Any suggestions?

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I installed the Lion OS a few weeks ago and haven't been able to upload the latest version of firefox since then. Each time I agree to the software update a box appears indicating the download is in progress. A bar with moving lines appears and the text Connecting to the update server...also appears, but has done that for hours without success.

I installed the Lion OS a few weeks ago and haven't been able to upload the latest version of firefox since then. Each time I agree to the software update a box appears indicating the download is in progress. A bar with moving lines appears and the text Connecting to the update server...also appears, but has done that for hours without success.

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cor-el
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If there are problems with updating or with the permissions then easiest is to download the full version and trash the currently installed version to do a clean install of the new version.

Download a new copy of the Firefox program and save the disk image (dmg) file to the desktop

  • Trash the current Firefox application to do a clean (re-)install
  • Install the new version that you have downloaded

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