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says i do not have enough 'privileges' to perform update ... my macbook

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try to perform updates, down loads fine, does the usual an older version exists ..... then i get the operation cannot be completed because you do not sufficient privileges for some of the items" i am on my own computer .... confused ?

try to perform updates, down loads fine, does the usual an older version exists ..... then i get '' the operation cannot be completed because you do not sufficient privileges for some of the items" i am on my own computer .... confused ?

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Maybe that requires running from an admin account? I have not seen that on my Macs because I upgrade the browser by downloading the next version and installing it manually. I also did not install Firefox in the system Applications directory, but in my own standard account.

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If there are problems with updating or with the permissions then easiest is to download the full version and trash the currently installed version to do a clean install of the new version.

Download a new copy of the Firefox program and save the disk image (dmg) file to the desktop

  • Trash the current Firefox application to do a clean (re-)install
  • Install the new version that you have downloaded

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