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I am attempting to up-grade to firefox 4.0 on my Mac with 10.6.6. I get the message it already exists?

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After downloading 4.0,and dragging to the applications I get the following message " firefox.app already exists in this location...do you want to replace it with the older one you are moving" Do I do that? Seems i would want to replace with the newer one I just downloaded. Also is the 4.0 beta worth changing to as there seems to be a lot of problems on the forum???

After downloading 4.0,and dragging to the applications I get the following message " firefox.app already exists in this location...do you want to replace it with the older one you are moving" Do I do that? Seems i would want to replace with the newer one I just downloaded. Also is the 4.0 beta worth changing to as there seems to be a lot of problems on the forum???

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4.0 is a few days older than 3.6.16 - replace it if you want 4.0, or just stick with 3.6.16 for awhile longer.

No real problems per se, just that users need to learn about a few new or changed features that come with 4.0.

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You need to replace the existing version.

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4.0 is a few days older than 3.6.16 - replace it if you want 4.0, or just stick with 3.6.16 for awhile longer.

No real problems per se, just that users need to learn about a few new or changed features that come with 4.0.

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Thanks for clearing this up.......I thought 4.0 would be newer than 3.6.16, my "computer sure is smart". Reading all the incompatibilities with 4.0 on the forum I will keep 3.6.16 awhile longer.