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How do I get rid of the "Do you want the application “Firefox” to accept incoming network connections?" message?

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flur
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This has started popping up each time I open the firefox app on my mac. I've tried doing a fresh install and approving the app in my firewall. How can I make this go away? I'll need specific instructions - I'm fairly new to the mac.

Thanks in advance.

This has started popping up each time I open the firefox app on my mac. I've tried doing a fresh install and approving the app in my firewall. How can I make this go away? I'll need specific instructions - I'm fairly new to the mac. Thanks in advance.

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hello flur, this should be gone in firefox 37 which is going to be released in 2 days. you could also try using firefox beta for the moment: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/beta/

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hello flur, this should be gone in firefox 37 which is going to be released in 2 days. you could also try using firefox beta for the moment: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/beta/

flur
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Great, thanks. This has been driving me crazy. I'm glad to hear it's been fixed.