![]() Surprisingly, the program even uses the hashes to check the download with VirusTotal. ![]() Once the download is complete you’re able to view SHA1, SHA256 and MD5 hashes, maybe handy if you’d like to verify the downloads are correct. The program defaults to the latest version and default language, keeping clicks to a minimum. You can do that by visiting Mozilla’s FTP site, but that’s awkward to use and requires you to know the code for the language you need.įirefox Download Tool is a 119KB Windows executable which enables selecting your preferred Firefox version, language and 32 or 64-bitness from a simple dialog. You have to follow an "other platform" link, maybe select a 32 or 64-bit version, or follow yet another link to work your way through a list of languages.Įven this step won’t help if you need to download an old version, maybe for testing. They are unreliable and unsafe to use, which also makes it difficult to maintain Firefox on those versions.If you regularly need to download another build, though, life gets more complicated. If you want to keep your Firefox version up to date, you need to upgrade your operating system to macOS 10.12 or higher. How can I get the newest features of Firefox? After this, no security updates will be provided. Up until October 2021, we were updating affected users with critical security updates through the Firefox ESR channel, to help retain the best possible security. Unsupported operating systems do not receive security updates, have known exploits and can be dangerous to use, which makes it difficult to maintain Firefox on those versions.Ĭan I still browse safely with Firefox on OS X 10.9, 10.10 or 10.11? Apple made the last security update applicable to OS X 10.11 available in July 2018. ![]() Why has Firefox ended support for OS X 10.9, 10.10 and 10.11 users?Īlthough Apple does not have a public policy governing security updates for older OS X releases, its practice is to support the most recent three releases. ![]() Affected users will not receive any further security updates. This was done to provide security updates until the final Firefox 78 ESR update (version 78.15.0esr) was released on October 5, 2021. These users were moved to the Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) channel by an application update. Firefox Mac OS X 10.9, 10.10 and 10.11 users move to Extended Support Releaseįirefox version 78 was the last supported Firefox version for Mac users of OS X 10.9 Mavericks, OS X 10.10 Yosemite and OS X 10.11 El Capitan. ![]()
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