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Have Yosemite 10.10.3. When I download Firefox from Safari, it appears to download but does not show up anywhere.

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I had Firefox on my desktop and deleted it from my system - cleaned the system. I then tried to download Firefox again and it appears to start the download which happens super fast. Then the screen comes up saying thank you for downloading - but the firefox.dmg is nowhere to be found anywhere on my system. At no point does the little symbol show itself - indicating the time of the download.

I had Firefox on my desktop and deleted it from my system - cleaned the system. I then tried to download Firefox again and it appears to start the download which happens super fast. Then the screen comes up saying thank you for downloading - but the firefox.dmg is nowhere to be found anywhere on my system. At no point does the little symbol show itself - indicating the time of the download.

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It looks like you have some download software called "iGetter" that is taking over the download, and safari is blocking the software, making the download not work. I have no idea if you want this software or not, but you should try uninstalling it, as that will probably work. Uninstall instructions are at http://www.igetter.net/downloads.html

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Hello Peterinca, try one more time from the next link : https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/

thank you

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Unfortunately, the same thing happens.

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Cor-el: When I clicked onto the English US link in the folder, the download begins; however, a notice comes up saying "Plug-in blocked for this website". When I click on that, another box drops - if I click "Cancel" - nothing happens, if I click "Trust" - the screen immediately returns to the beginning download folder.

It seems I may have gotten furthest with this link..?

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It looks like you have some download software called "iGetter" that is taking over the download, and safari is blocking the software, making the download not work. I have no idea if you want this software or not, but you should try uninstalling it, as that will probably work. Uninstall instructions are at http://www.igetter.net/downloads.html

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Almost immediately before user293's problem solving answer came in, I thought to go the the igetter.net site to see if it could shed light on the problem. When I deleted Firefox, I did not uninstall it - instead, I put it into the trash. There were still bits of the old igetter.net program hidden in my system - once the three stragglers were pulled into the trash, trash emptied and the system restarted, I went to Safari and using Cor-el's link, I was able to IMMEDIATELY download Firefox! Thank GOD - Safari is not cutting it for me.

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HELPED!! Peter