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Lost Firefox when upgraded to ver 4.0 (have Mac OS 10.4.11) & all settings (incl. passwords, etc)

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sportyjk
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Have ancient Mac OS 10.4.11, and was upgrading to Firefox "beta" ver. 4.0 (prior: ver 3.0.4). Loaded dmg 2 or 3 times, but couldn't get it to launch (that was beginning of Mar'11).

Since then, have been using Safari ver 4.1 (hate it: too slow, keeps crashing & keeps asking for "password" to update RSS feed?), so want to return to Firefox (any working version). I just tried to download Firefox ver 4.0, but now when download's complete, there's white circle w/slash over Firefox icon (the one i'm supposed to drag into the image of the Application folder).

And error message when i try double-clicking the application to launch it: "The application "Firefox" cannot be launched. -10661 "

OK, that's ominous & i don't know if it's because my Mac OS 10.4 is not compatible, or if something else is wrong.

Also, i lost all my browser pref's (from the older version 3.0.4 of Firefox) & would ideally like to "restore" them, whenever i can get any version of Firefox running on my system, again.

I don't have Time Capsule up & running (needs upgraded Mac OS, which i haven't done, yet), but i did backup my whole hard drive on a Passport external HD. I moved all existing versions of Firefox dmg to my Trash ... but have not yet deleted them from Trash can, if that's any help?

Help! thanks! sportyjk

Have ancient Mac OS 10.4.11, and was upgrading to Firefox "beta" ver. 4.0 (prior: ver 3.0.4). Loaded dmg 2 or 3 times, but couldn't get it to launch (that was beginning of Mar'11). Since then, have been using Safari ver 4.1 (hate it: too slow, keeps crashing & keeps asking for "password" to update RSS feed?), so want to return to Firefox (any working version). I just tried to download Firefox ver 4.0, but now when download's complete, there's white circle w/slash over Firefox icon (the one i'm supposed to drag into the image of the Application folder). And error message when i try double-clicking the application to launch it: "The application "Firefox" cannot be launched. -10661 " OK, that's ominous & i don't know if it's because my Mac OS 10.4 is not compatible, or if something else is wrong. Also, i lost all my browser pref's (from the older version 3.0.4 of Firefox) & would ideally like to "restore" them, whenever i can get any version of Firefox running on my system, again. I don't have Time Capsule up & running (needs upgraded Mac OS, which i haven't done, yet), but i did backup my whole hard drive on a Passport external HD. I moved all existing versions of Firefox dmg to my Trash ... but have not yet deleted them from Trash can, if that's any help? Help! thanks! sportyjk

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TonyE
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Firefox 4 requires at least OS X 10.5 and an Intel Mac. There is a third party version of Firefox 4 that runs on OS X 10.4/10.5 and PPC Macs, for details see http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox

If you prefer, you can get the latest version of Firefox 3.6 from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html

Mozilla are working to prevent Mac users with non-compatible systems from getting the notification about Firefox 4, and also not displaying the "Download Firefox 4" button on http://www.mozilla.com