Join the Mozilla’s Test Days event from 9–15 Jan to test the new Firefox address bar on Firefox Beta 135 and get a chance to win Mozilla swag vouchers! 🎁

Avatar for Username

Támogatás keresése

Kerülje el a támogatási csalásokat. Sosem kérjük arra, hogy hívjon fel egy telefonszámot vagy osszon meg személyes információkat. Jelentse a gyanús tevékenységeket a „Visszaélés bejelentése” lehetőséggel.

További tudnivalók

A témacsoportot lezárták és archiválták. Tegyen fel új kérdést, ha segítségre van szüksége.

cannot get rid of "being updated by another instance"

  • 2 válasz
  • 1 embernek van ilyen problémája
  • 223 megtekintés
  • Utolsó üzenet ettől: john.r.mcclelland

john.r.mcclelland
john.r.mcclelland
more options

I reinstalled Firefox, now 119.0.1 64bit on our Mac M2 now OS13.6 via download-reinstall in the owner account on our shared Mac. The "Firefox is being updated by another instance" line in About Firefox still has not gone away after closing and restarting Firefox.

Presuming this will disrupt future updates, I seek help.

Background: Last spring, I upgraded from a 2016 Mac on OS10.15 (which still appears on my Mozilla account) to this M2 OS12 now 13.6. I had previously set Firefox to prompt me for updates because they could disrupt my work on the old Mac. It worked fine up to 118 point something. Up to my ears recently in urgent other stuff, I deferred the prompt for 119. Then, frazzled, I just closed several 119 prompts. Today, after helping my wife use her account on the M2, I found in my Dock's active apps area an icon for something like Updater something-or-other. After a while, I swiped it away.

I reinstalled Firefox, now 119.0.1 64bit on our Mac M2 now OS13.6 via download-reinstall in the owner account on our shared Mac. The "Firefox is being updated by another instance" line in About Firefox still has not gone away after closing and restarting Firefox. Presuming this will disrupt future updates, I seek help. Background: Last spring, I upgraded from a 2016 Mac on OS10.15 (which still appears on my Mozilla account) to this M2 OS12 now 13.6. I had previously set Firefox to prompt me for updates because they could disrupt my work on the old Mac. It worked fine up to 118 point something. Up to my ears recently in urgent other stuff, I deferred the prompt for 119. Then, frazzled, I just closed several 119 prompts. Today, after helping my wife use her account on the M2, I found in my Dock's active apps area an icon for something like Updater something-or-other. After a while, I swiped it away.

Kiválasztott megoldás

Did you try to reboot the computer as you may have a hanging Firefox process ? You can also check the Mac Activity Monitor.

Válasz olvasása eredeti szövegkörnyezetben 👍 1

Összes válasz (2)

cor-el
cor-el
  • Moderator
  • Top 10 Contributor
more options

Kiválasztott megoldás

Did you try to reboot the computer as you may have a hanging Firefox process ? You can also check the Mac Activity Monitor.

john.r.mcclelland
john.r.mcclelland Kérdés tulajdonosa
more options

It worked, thanks. Unlike other systems, my Macs have long been able to go years without needing a sys reboot. I'll remember this.