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Preparing Firefox to Copy to Applications Takes Forever Mac

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julesg2004
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After the most recent update, the Firefox browser wouldn't respond so I decided to delete and reinstall. Everything was fine until my mac tried to copy to applications. I waited for three days for it to prepare to copy over with no success. Is there a reason it's taking so long and can I speed it up?

After the most recent update, the Firefox browser wouldn't respond so I decided to delete and reinstall. Everything was fine until my mac tried to copy to applications. I waited for three days for it to prepare to copy over with no success. Is there a reason it's taking so long and can I speed it up?

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OBW47
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Often this is a permissions issue. Not sure that's the case here, but it's worth checking.

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-h.../mac

You could also try deleting the app, restarting your hardware, and then downloading and installling again.

You mentioned a recent update. To Firefox, macos, or both?