Firefox on mac fails to detect 3.0.1 update...any update

[daneoni]

For about a year now everytime a new update is out and i manually check firefox it fails to detect any update. I have to go to the site and re-download/re-install FF.

However on windows it detects the update perfectly

Anyone know whats up is it because i've stripped PPC code off of the UB of FF? cos that's the only explanation i can think of

 

[clevin]

Anyone know whats up is it because i've stripped PPC code off of the UB of FF? cos that's the only explanation i can think of

thats probably the case.

How did you do it anyway?

 

[daneoni]

thats probably the case.

How did you do it anyway?

I alternate between any of these two first second although it would appear the first one is kinda 'unpolished' in the way it strips

I wish Mozilla & MS apps wouldnt go haywire after UB has been stripped.

 

[pjrobertson]

The update didn't show up for me, and I'd used Xslimmer to trim the PPC parts. I had to update manually.

 

[muldul]

That's odd, as on my windows computer it wouldn't detect 3.0, but will on my mac

 

[ltldrummerboy]

FF has never auto-updated for me. I've left the PPC binaries intact.

 

[daneoni]

So its just something with FF itself then. What's the point of an auto update if it doesn't work. Manually updating is a pain and at some point i'm just gonna stop using the browser completely and not bother. I mean it updates add-ons just fine but never the browser itself which is hella annoying

 

[clevin]

i still think the problem is the ripping. If you didn't rip off the half of the package, and till have the problem (with a new profile), then you can report it to mozilla.

Who knows what ripping did, firefox pays a lot of attention on package integrity when updates itself. Slight difference will cause it to download whole package rather than partial package, after all, the security of users data is quite important.

 

[ltldrummerboy]

It's not because I've removed PPC code clevin. The only thing I've done to Firefox is change the icon and install some addons. It finds updates for addons but never for itself. I love this browser enough that updating manually is worth it, but it sure is a pain. When we had XP it would update fine. Now that we have a MacBook and an iMac, no go.

 

[clevin]

It's not because I've removed PPC code clevin. The only thing I've done to Firefox is change the icon and install some addons. It finds updates for addons but never for itself. I love this browser enough that updating manually is worth it, but it sure is a pain. When we had XP it would update fine. Now that we have a MacBook and an iMac, no go.

My previous response was meant for OP.

For your problem, I would suggest a simple test first.

1. Download and install firefox 3.0 ( to another location if you don't want to replace current 3.0.1),
2. rename old profile so firefox will start a new.
3. And see if check for update works.

 

[ltldrummerboy]

OK, I thought that post was meant for me. I'll try what you said. Absolutely ridiculous question here. Where is the check for update button in FF? I can't find it in the menubar or preferences. I know it's at the end of my nose. All I've found is the checkbox to "automatically check for updates".

 

[clevin]

OT: this forum is getting slow again....



here is the place you can find "check for update"

 

[ltldrummerboy]

Dang it. I knew it would be somewhere like that. Thanks. I guess the help menu in Leopard searches only the menus other than itself.