Using Firefox with a 64-bit Operating System

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Firefox will work on 64-bit versions of Windows, but it is not a 64 bit application. See system requirements for details on all supported systems.

For details on how to install, see How to install Firefox on Windows.

Mozilla is working on providing 64-bit versions, but no schedule is set.

Firefox 4 is an i386/x86_64 universal binary. The default architecture on Mac OS X 10.6 and above is 64-bit. The default architecture on Mac OS X 10.5 is i386. See system requirements for details on supported systems.

For details on how to install, see How to download and install Firefox on Mac.

Firefox 3 will work on 64-bit versions of Mac OS X, but it is not a 64 bit application. See system requirements for details on supported systems.

Firefox 4 will run in 64-bit mode. For details on how to update Firefox, see Update Firefox to the latest release.

Firefox will work on 64-bit versions of Linux, but it is not a 64 bit application. See Install Firefox on Linux for details on obtaining the proper version of Firefox for your Linux distribution.

Mozilla is working on providing 64-bit versions, but no schedule is set.