{"id":51928,"date":"2011-12-29T20:42:52","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T01:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=51928"},"modified":"2012-01-03T17:06:31","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T22:06:31","slug":"upgrade-your-web-browser-mac-os-x","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/admin\/fin-hr-proc\/requirements\/upgrade-your-web-browser\/upgrade-your-web-browser-mac-os-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrade Your Web Browser – Mac OS X"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With the latest updates, BUWorks now supports the most up-to-date version of Firefox on a Mac OS X computer. Below are instructions for updating from Firefox 3.6<\/strong> to Firefox 9.<\/p>\n

If you have Firefox version 4<\/strong> or above, proceed to steps 18 and 19<\/a><\/strong> below.<\/p>\n

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  1. Open your Firefox web browser
    \n\"Update<\/li>\n
  2. On the main menu bar at the top of your monitor, click Help<\/strong> and then Check for Updates…<\/strong>.
    \n\"Update<\/li>\n
  3. You may see the window below as Firefox checks for updates.
    \n\"Update<\/li>\n
  4. If a new version is found, Firefox will alert you to this newer version. Click the Update Firefox<\/strong> button.
    \n\"Update<\/li>\n
  5. You may see the following window as updates are downloaded to your computer.
    \n\"Update<\/li>\n
  6. When you are notified that updates are ready to install, click the Restart Firefox<\/strong> button.
    \n\"Update<\/li>\n
  7. You may see the window below as Firefox installs the updates.
    \n\"Update<\/li>\n
  8. When the installation is complete and Firefox relaunches, you’ll see a new tab with a green button for downloading Firefox 9. We would recommend following step 2<\/strong> through step 7<\/strong> above to continue with the upgrade process.
    \n\"Update<\/li>\n
  9. You should see the following window as Firefox searches for updates.
    \n\"Update<\/li>\n
  10. The following window will alert you to the availability of Firefox 9. Click the Get the New Version<\/strong> button.
    \n\"Update<\/li>\n
  11. If Firefox discovers any incompatible add-ons it will let you know. Click the OK<\/strong> button to continue with the update.
    \n\"Update<\/li>\n
  12. You may see the following windows as updates are downloaded to your comptuer.
    \n\"Update<\/li>\n
  13. When you are notified that updates are ready to install, click the Restart Firefox<\/strong> button.
    \n\"Update<\/li>\n
  14. If you have multiple tabs open, you’ll see a message from Firefox letting you know that it will attempt to restore all of your tabs when it restarts. Click the Restart<\/strong> button.
    \n\"Update<\/li>\n
  15. You may see the window below as Firefox installs the updates.
    \n\"Update<\/li>\n
  16. Firefox will give you the opportunity to disable any add-ons that you may have installed before it finishes the update. Check the check boxes for any add-ons you wish to keep active and then click the Done<\/strong> button.
    \n\"Update<\/li>\n
  17. You will see the following web page when the update to version 9 is complete.
    \n\"Update<\/li>\n
  18. <\/a>Going forward, to check for updates or your browser’s version number, click Firefox<\/strong> in the upper left-hand corner of your monitor and then About Firefox<\/strong>.
    \n\"Update<\/li>\n
  19. You will see the following window which will give you your browser’s version number. To check for updates click the Check for Updates<\/strong> button.
    \n\"Update<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

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    With the latest updates, BUWorks now supports the most up-to-date version of Firefox on a Mac OS X computer. Below are instructions for updating from Firefox 3.6 to Firefox 9. If you have Firefox version 4 or above, proceed to steps 18 and 19 below. Open your Firefox web browser On the main menu bar…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002,"featured_media":0,"parent":51923,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51928"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51928"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52179,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51928\/revisions\/52179"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}