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I would love to update Firefox, but the software update window goes nowhere and never downloads the update. I have tried this running both Snow Leopard and Lion on my Macs.

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That's it - I get the window that says downloading Firefox, connecting to update server, but it never goes anywhere past that - the ribbon keeps spinning.

That's it - I get the window that says downloading Firefox, connecting to update server, but it never goes anywhere past that - the ribbon keeps spinning.

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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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