Mozilla has officially released a new version of Firefox browser on all supported desktop platforms, and users running Windows, Linux, and macOS can download it right now.
Download flash player malware mac. Firefox 78 comes with rather small improvements, albeit it obviously adds a series of refinements that most users are going to like.
- It is advised to use the up-to-date Firefox Quantum for normal web browsing and use 52.9 ESR only with our web player and other trusted sites as it stopped receiving backported security updates and fixes as of 9/5/2018.
- May 07, 2018 Dbl click to download, locate the Firefox 45.9 ESR.dmg on your Mac. Dbl click on the file and it should put up both a disk drive looking image and a pop up installation window. Drag the Firefox Application icon into the Application folder shortcut icon in the same install window. The go to your Applications folder, find Firefox, the launch it!
Mozilla this week announced it would automatically move users running outdated versions of macOS to the Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR), an edition that provides security updates only. The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 68.12. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2020-37 advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue.
For example, the uninstaller now comes with a refresh button, as Mozilla says that in some cases, uninstalling and reinstalling the app helps fix some specific issues. So instead of letting users do the whole thing, the refresh button is now there to care of this task and bring Firefox to the original configuration.
Flipshare software mac download. “Because we know people try to fix problems by reinstalling Firefox when a simple refresh is more likely to solve the issue, we’ve added a Refresh button to the Uninstaller,” Mozilla says.
macOS changes
In addition, Firefox 78 also comes with a built-in PDF viewer, so beginning with this version, whenever you download a PDF document, you should see an option to open the file right in the browser. This is clearly welcome news for those who don’t want to install another PDF client – on Windows 10, for example, Microsoft Edge is offered as the default PDF reader.
Firefox Esr Os X
This new Firefox update also brings major changes for macOS users, as support for some older versions of the operating system is now dropped.
“Firefox 78 is the last major release with support for macOS versions 10.9, 10.10 and 10.11. Users of these macOS versions will be supported through Firefox ESR 78.x for the coming year,” Mozilla explains.
Firefox Esr Macos Update
Needless to say, users are recommended to download and install the new Firefox version as soon as possible, especially because in addition to everything mentioned above, it also comes with other bug fixes under the hood on all platforms.