Updated to Firefox 5 from 3.6.17 on G4 Mac; OS X 10.4.11, version 5 replaced 3.6.17, and now will not open ("unsupported" in the window), so I have no Firefox browser on board. I'd like to at least go back to 3.6.17. How can I do that?
Installation appeared to run as normal, dragged everything to applications folder, prompt asked if I wanted to replace older item in the folder (the 3.6.17 installed), I clicked yes. Now I no longer have access to Firefox at all because clicking the new icon results in a window message that it cannot launch because it is "unsupported", and the old version is replaced and no longer extant.
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Firefox 3.6 versions are the last from Mozilla for PPC Macs. 3.6.23 is available here.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
For older Macs that aren't supported in Firefox 4 / 5 / 6 /7, try TenFourFox for PowerPC's running Mac 10.4.11 & 10.5.8 .
http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
http://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/
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Firefox 3.6 versions are the last from Mozilla for PPC Macs. 3.6.23 is available here.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
For older Macs that aren't supported in Firefox 4 / 5 / 6 /7, try TenFourFox for PowerPC's running Mac 10.4.11 & 10.5.8 .
http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
I checked the minimum requirement specs before I attempted to download v.5, and saw nothing to indicate that the download shouldn't be successful. I have over 30gb of available hard drive space, and over 800mb of memory, plus I am running OS X 10.4.11 (latest 10.4 update). The hardware is old, G4 Mac Power PC, however the stated requirements for v.5 were all exceeded. What should I have been looking for? Given the rapidity of software advances and the increasing opportunities to have a repeat of this experience, I'd like to know how to avoid it in the future (not necessarily JUST with Mozilla products). I'm not a tech-head. Here's the "Hardware Overview" from the machine specs--
Machine Name: Power Mac G4 (AGP graphics)
Machine Model: PowerMac3,1 CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.9) Number Of CPUs: 1 CPU Speed: 400 MHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB Memory: 832 MB Bus Speed: 100 MHz Boot ROM Version: 3.2.2f1
As posted above, Firefox versions 4 and later require a Mac with an Intel processor and no longer run on a Mac with a PowerPC processor.
It says recommended, but it is now a requirement to have an Intel processor.