Installing Firefox on OS X

Software name : Firefox
Homepage : http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Software version used for this installation : 2.0
Operating System use for this installation : OSX (10.3.9)
Recommended Hardware : G3 minimum

Downloading Firefox

The latest stable version of Firefox for OS X can be downloaded from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/.  The latest version at the time of writing this document is Firefox 2.0.

 

To download Firefox simply click on the big green button labeled "Download Firefox - Free."

Once the download is complete a window like this will pop up:

 

This is the Software License Agreement? for Firefox 2.0. Read through it and click 'Accept' to continue with the installation.

After this you should be able to see a window like this:

This window is basically providing visual instructions for you to copy Firefox into your Applications folder.
The easiest way to do this is to open a 'Finder' window and click on the Firefox Disk Image? to select it. You can then copy copy Firefox into your Applications folder simply by dragging the Firefox icon from in the Disk Image to your Applications folder.

That completes the basic installation of Firefox so you should now be able to see the Firefox icon in your Applications folder.

To open Firefox simply double-click on this icon.

The first time you open Firefox you will see an Import Wizard? like this:

The Import Wizard lets you import useful data such as Bookmarks and Preferences from another Web Browser that you have been using. Click on the Browser you wish to import data from (or select "Don't import anything" if you wish to start Firefox with a clean slate) and then click "Continue."

Next you will the following window:

This window lets you choose whether or not you want to set Firefox as your default browser (i.e. the browser that launches whenever you click on a link in another document such as an e-mail). It is entirely up to you what you choose so just click "Yes" or "No" to continue.

That completes the installation process so Firefox will now open and you can begin using it to surf the internet.