Questions tagged [firefox-automatic-updates]

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Automatic updates of Firefox (stable and beta) don't work on OS X

I use Firefox stable, beta, aurora and nightlies on OS X 10.7.*. While automatic updates work as expected with aurora and nightly builds, they don't work (and never have) with stable and beta versions. When I check the "About Firefox" menu item and…
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Not receiving Firefox update notifications

I am running as a standard user on Windows 7. It seems unless I run as administrator I don't receive notifications that a new Firefox update is out, and thus no opportunity to update aside from doing so manually or logging in as Administrator. Is…
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How to stop Firefox's newest (65.0.5) version from checking for updates when opening the Help->About Firefox window?

I have Firefox 65.0.5 (64-bit) running on Windows 7 Home Premium. (I use Firefox with German language setting.) After the certificate disaster of Firefox, I was forced to update to 65.0.5. Sadly, when in the menu selecting Help->About Firefox the…
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Why doesn't Firefox prompt for restart to update?

I'm on Ubuntu, using a copy of Firefox downloaded from Mozilla, not through a package manager. When I restarted Firefox today I got a page informing about some new features in 69.0. It seemed to me updates downloaded some time ago but Firefox didn't…
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