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Upgrading from 3.5.x to 4.0 on OS X 10.5.8

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I have been on OS X 10.4.11 & unable to upgrade beyond FF 3.5.15. Yesterday I upgraded to OS X 10.5.8 & now I still get rejected when trying to load either a 3.5.26 tor a 4.x upgrade with the message 'My architecture is not compatible'

I have been on OS X 10.4.11 & unable to upgrade beyond FF 3.5.15. Yesterday I upgraded to OS X 10.5.8 & now I still get rejected when trying to load either a 3.5.26 tor a 4.x upgrade with the message 'My architecture is not compatible'

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Firefox 3.6.x is the last available from Mozilla for PPC Macs.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html


For older Macs that aren't supported in the Firefox 4+ versions, try TenFourFox for PowerPC's running Mac 10.4.11 & 10.5.8 .
http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
http://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/
https://code.google.com/p/tenfourfox/wiki/PluginsNoLongerSupported
http://code.google.com/p/tenfourfox/wiki/AAATheFAQ

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Firefox 3.6.x is the last available from Mozilla for PPC Macs.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html


For older Macs that aren't supported in the Firefox 4+ versions, try TenFourFox for PowerPC's running Mac 10.4.11 & 10.5.8 .
http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
http://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/
https://code.google.com/p/tenfourfox/wiki/PluginsNoLongerSupported
http://code.google.com/p/tenfourfox/wiki/AAATheFAQ