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Firefox 4 will not work on MAC OSX 10.4.11 - says "not compatible with this version of OS X, what can I do?

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I have downloaded Firefox 4, put it in Applications, go to start it and get a message "You cannot use the application Firefox with this version of MAC OS X.

I have downloaded Firefox 4, put it in Applications, go to start it and get a message "You cannot use the application Firefox with this version of MAC OS X.

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Firefox 4 requires at least OS X 10.5 and an Intel Mac.

For Mac OS X 10.4.11 or Mac OS X 10.5.8 you can look at:

Firefox 3.6.x can be found here: