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running multiple firefox versions on a Mac

On the Mac it's really easy to check out the latest version of Firefox 3 without having to give up the stability and support for Firefox 2. Just go to the Firefox site and download Firefox 3. Once the .dmg file is downloaded, click on it to unpack the application and you will see a window like this telling you to drag Firefox into your applications folder...

Installation window for firefox on the mac Installation window for firefox on the mac

Do *not* just drag it as they say. Instead, drag it onto your desktop. Once it is on your desktop you can rename the file from Firefox to something unique like Firefox3. Once you do that, you can then drag Firefox3 into your applications folder at it will not overwrite your existing Firefox application. Doing this makes it's really easy to run Firefox 2 and Firefox 3 at the same time.
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Categories: browsers firefox Mac
Added: on Jun 18, 2008 at 7:53 am
Added By: an anonymous user

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This doesn't actually allow you to run both applications at the same time. But it does allows you to have both versions of Firefox installed on the same machine so that you can switch between them. You just have to choose which version you want to be running "right now".
– Added by an anonymous user on Jun 18, 2008 at 7:58 am
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