Firefox profile missing message when trying to open Firefox...so, how do I rebuild my Firefox Profile on an iMac? None of the existing responses/solutions work!

OSX Mavericks...After I download Firefox it will not open. Message box appears indicating my profile is missing or cannot be found. All existing solutions speak to 'Open Profile Manager'...there is no such program on a Mac. Mozilla expert/technician needed ASAP. Please explain in clear and plain language how I get Firefox back.

# Click the Finder icon in the dock.
# On the menu bar, click the ''Go'' menu, hold down the '''option''' or '''alt''' key and select ''Library''. A window will open containing your Library folder.
# Open the "Application Support" folder, then open the "Firefox" folder.
# Rename the ''profiles.ini'' file to ''profiles.ini-old''
# The next time you start Firefox, it should start with a brand new profile. See the following article for directions on recovering data from your old profile.
#* [[Recovering important data from an old profile]]
''Neil1955 wrote:''
The next section 'For additional details, see "Use the Profile Manager to create and remove Firefox profiles does not refer to Macs...it speaks to 32-bit and 64-bit windows.
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