Technology Training For Swansea Teachers

November 1st, 2007

How To Upgrade Firefox

Posted by schrobak in Firefox



If you are having trouble writing your goals or working on Infinite Campus it may be that your computer does not have the newest version of Firefox. Now, you can download the most recent version yourself! (today that would be 3.0.1)

Open Firefox to find out what version you currently have. Then, click on the word “firefox” at the top of the page. Go down to “about Mozilla Firefox”. If you still have version 1.0.7 you will need to follow the nine steps below to upgrade.

Step 1: Write “mozilla.com” in the address bar of your web browser.
Step 2
: Click on “download Firefox-free”. It’s a green rectangular button. You will then see a download box. It says dmg at the top.
Step 3: In the download box click “save to disk” and then “ok”
Step 4
: Quit Firefox
Step 5
: Double click on the icon that has now appeared on your desktop. It will say “Firefox 2.0.0.9.dmg”
Step 6
: Click on the word “accept”
Step 7
: Slide the old Firefox icon out of your dock. If you have the plain white Firefox icon on your desktop you can trash that too. The new one has the colors of Firefox on it.
Step 8
: Slide the new Firefox icon into your dock.
Step 9
: Put the dmg file in the trash.

Now, how do you find out if you did it right? Follow the steps in the second paragraph to see what version you have now.

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