Firefox update paused
According to the update history (found in the "Advanced" tab of the Firefox Preferences) the security update was installed back in March of 2007, however, its status shows as "AUS:Connection timed out." In addition, when I select "Check for Updates...," the "Software Update" window that pops up reads, "Paused downloading Firefox 1.5.0.11" and below that it says "Connecting to the update server" but nothing happens; and the "Reume" button is disabled.
Now, I did find a solution to this problem for windows but not for the Mac OS X platform. So, is there a way to reset Software Update on Mac OS X (v. 10.2)?
Thank you.
Hi Stylianos,
My suggestion is to trash Fire Fox an download a full version.
Even when you could continuing the updater you never know if you bump into problems in using Fire Fox. Because it is not clear why it stopped downloading in the first place.
You can import Bookmarks again from Safari, it will copy the same as you are using in Safari.
Do a Finder search "Fire Fox" an trash anything you find.
Good luck ...
Dimaxum
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