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My iMac G5 with OSX 10.5.8 says Firefox 4 is not supported by the archetecture. Solution?

rbladel
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Downloaded Firefox 4, replacing older edition, which worked well. Icon of new version came up with circle with slash on it, and when I attempted to open the new Firefox, the Mac said it was not supported by the architecture.

What's the problem and solution? Will it not work with G5 models?

Downloaded Firefox 4, replacing older edition, which worked well. Icon of new version came up with circle with slash on it, and when I attempted to open the new Firefox, the Mac said it was not supported by the architecture. What's the problem and solution? Will it not work with G5 models?

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the-edmeister
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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/