I want to turn off auto updating on my Mac 10.4.11 How do I do this?

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I want to turn off auto updating on my Mac 10.4.11 How do I do this?
When firefox tries to upgrade (without asking) it tends to upset my Mac's usual functioning.

You can go into Edit, then Preferences, then Advanced, then update, and set your update settings there.
Also, FYI, [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-no-longer-works-mac-os-x-104-or-powerpc-pr https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-no-longer-works-mac-os-x-104-or-powerpc-pr]

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davefromtemple wrote:
Thomas... another bad answer. When you say...
Your Mac will never force you to update. WRONG.
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Unfortunately, I pressed Yes.
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davefromtemple wrote:
Thomas... another bad answer. When you say...
Your Mac will never force you to update. WRONG.
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b Autofill
feature with your
i shuffle.
See its FAQ :
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This lets you manually select what songs you want to add to the
i shuffle
, but that does
b not
allow you to add songs that aren't on your computer.
The
i shuffle
is the one member of the iPod family that doesn't give you the option to
i Manually manage songs and playlists.
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>
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== Description
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== Firefox version
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3.0.19
== Operating system
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PPC Mac OS X 10.4
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*Macromedia Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 10.1.1
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Thanks, Old Toad. I'll try it. While continuing to work the problem last night, I discovered if I hold down "shift" when I hit "return" to go to the next line, it suppresses numbering and I can do it myself, the old-fashioned way. I remember seeing that trick in another iWeb context in a Google search, but it appears to work on numbering, too.
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