Can not connect to server to download lastest security fix version
I receive a notice to download and install a fix upgrade to the latest Firefox version but the connection to the server never happens even after an hour of trying. I am running Mountain Lion on my IMac.
Additional System Details
Installed Plug-ins
- Simple plug-in
- Displays Java applet content, or a placeholder if Java is not installed.
- Shockwave Flash 11.5 r502
- The Google Earth Plugin allows you to view 3D imagery and terrain in your web browser.
- The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.
- The Flip4Mac WMV Plugin allows you to view Windows Media content using QuickTime.
Application
- User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:17.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/17.0
More Information
If necessary, you can grab a fresh full installer here:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/fx/#desktop
That might be easier than figuring out an alternate URL for the update server...
Edit: This article might be useful: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/update-failed-error-message-when-updating#os=mac&browser=fx17
Modified by jscher2000