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Updating Mozilla Firefox (Windows)
- Start Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the help button in the main toolbar
- Click on Check for Updates:
- If there are updates available, click on the Get the New Version button
- Firefox will prompt you to restart when the downloads have finished:
- You have now successfully updated to the latest version of Firefox
Updating Mozilla Thunderbird (Windows)
- Start Mozilla Thunderbird
- Click on the help button in the main toolbar
- Click on Check for Updates:
- If there are updates available, the following prompt will appear:
- Click on Update Thunderbird
- After the update has completed, click on Restart Thunderbird
- Thunderbird will restart and show you a pretty page telling you what the update changed
- If there is a new version of Thunderbird available, you will have to apply the update after it has finished downloading
- After the update has completed, click on the help button in the main toolbar
- Then click on Apply Downloaded Update Now
- You will then have to restart Thunderbird by clicking on the restart Thunderbird link in the bottom right corner of the prompt:
- You have now successfully updated to the latest version of Thunderbird
Updating Mozilla Firefox (Mac OS X)
- To manually check for a Firefox update, click the Help menu on the menu bar, and select Check for Updates.... <Check for Updates Image>
- If updates are available, click Get the New Version to begin the process. <New Version Image>
- If no updates are available, click Done to close the window.
- When the install process is complete, you must restart Firefox. To close Firefox and re-open it, click Restart Firefox. <Restart Firefox Image>
Updating Mozilla Thunderbird (Mac OS X)
- To manually check for a Thunderbird update, click the Help menu on the menu bar, and select Check for Updates.... <Check for Updates Image>
- If updates are available, click Get the New Version to begin the process. <New Version Image>
- If no updates are available, click Done to close the window.
- When the install process is complete, you must restart Thunderbird. To close Thunderbird and re-open it, click Done. <Restart Firefox Image>