Installing on Mac OS X

  1. To download Firefox, visit https://www.mozilla.org/firefox and click on the big green button labeled “Firefox Free Download”. The download should start automatically, if it does not, click the link to download it manually.

    Mac OS X Firefox Install

  2. When prompted, click OK.

    Mac OS X Firefox Install

    Once the download is complete a window similar to this appears:

    Mac OS X Firefox Install

  3. Click and drag the Firefox icon on top of the Applications icon.

  4. When the installation is finished, close the two small Firefox windows.

  5. Eject the Firefox disk image. If this does not work by normal means, select the disk image icon and then, in the Finder menu, select File > Eject Firefox.
  6. Now, open the Applications directory and drag the Firefox icon to the dock:

    Mac OS X Firefox Install

  7. Click the Firefox icon in the Dock to start Firefox. The Import Wizard dialog box appears:

    Mac OS X Firefox Install

  8. To import your bookmarks, passwords and other data from Safari, click Continue. If you don’t want to import anything, just select Cancel.

Congratulations, you are now ready to use Firefox!

Mac OS X Firefox Install