Firefox icon has a white “no” symbol (circle with diagonal line from top left to bottom right) superimposed over it. Clicking it yields: “The application ‘Firefox’ cannot be launched” followed by: “-10661”
I’m a novice and a Mac user. Don’t know computer lingo. About a week ago, while working at computer, I received repeated unsolicited messages, presumably from Firefox, to update to Firefox 4.0. I attempted to comply by clicking, but maybe clicked something wrong and now can’t open Firefox. Hope I don’t lose all my bookmarks. Advice welcome.
Possibly unrelated - highlighting the icon then clicking “Get Info” yields “Kind: Application (Intel)”. Only mentioning this because, being an “iMac G5 / PowerMac8,2 / PowerPC G5 (3.0) / Version 10.4.11”, this computer doesn’t have Intel processors.
Thanks
Opaite Mbohovái (3)
OSX 10.4.11 and PPC doesn't meet the 4.0 system requirements.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/4.0/system-requirements/
Mac
Operating Systems
- Mac OS X 10.5
- Mac OS X 10.6
Recommended Hardware
- Macintosh computer with an Intel x86 processor
- 512 MB of RAM
- 200 MB hard drive space
For older Macs that aren't supported in Firefox 4.0, try TenFourFox for PowerPC's running Mac 10.4.11 & 10.5.8 .
http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
Thanks very much, edmeister. I *thought* it might be because it’s pre-Intel.
p.s. I think I've now successfully downgraded back to Firefox 3.6 and retrieved those important bookmarks - fingers crossed, knocking on wood, etc...
Moambuepyre thwarted rupive
You're welcome.
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