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have to start firefox from "finder" on macbook pro 2012

gypsyspirit
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icon never shows in bar after start up and login?? have to go into finder and click a few... nevr like that before. new cpu, sierra 12. firefox upgrade.

icon never shows in bar after start up and login?? have to go into finder and click a few... nevr like that before. new cpu, sierra 12. firefox upgrade.

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Make sure Firefox gets installed properly.

Open the Firefox Disk Image file and drag the Firefox application to the Applications folder on your hard drive. You shouldn't double-click the Firefox application to run it from the Disk Image, but instead drag it out of the DMG folder.

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Make sure Firefox gets installed properly.

Open the Firefox Disk Image file and drag the Firefox application to the Applications folder on your hard drive. You shouldn't double-click the Firefox application to run it from the Disk Image, but instead drag it out of the DMG folder.

gypsyspirit
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sometimes a bonehead mistake as this one gets help from one who is kind to the bonehead. thank you very much. it was a small thing. i did what you said and all is well.