sammydawn30
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Q: need help downloading newer versions of firefox and a upgrade to my computer

i really need someway of upgrading my powerbook g4 apple labtop it is so slow and older and everything says i need to upgrade and up load snow leopard but i can't afford it is there away to upgrade without spending any money on here.

PowerBook, Mac OS X (10.6.7), i do belive that it is that version

Posted on Feb 16, 2014 9:46 PM

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Q: need help downloading newer versions of firefox and a upgrade to my computer

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  • by Klaus1,

    Klaus1 Klaus1 Feb 17, 2014 1:58 AM in response to sammydawn30
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    Feb 17, 2014 1:58 AM in response to sammydawn30

    If it is a PPC G4 Powerbook you cannot run any version of OS X beyond Leopard 10.5.8. All further versions of OS X, from Snow Leopard onwards, require an Intel based mac.

  • by Allan Jones,

    Allan Jones Allan Jones Feb 17, 2014 8:12 AM in response to sammydawn30
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    Feb 17, 2014 8:12 AM in response to sammydawn30

    No current versions of FireFox run on PowerPC Macs any more. The last version that does was FireFox version 3.something--now FF is at v27.

     

    However, there is an open-source version of FF ported for older Macs, TenFourFox. It is what I now use for browsing on all our PowerPC Macs. Current version is here:

     

    http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/

     

    HOWEVER, if you require plug-ins, the last version that supports plugins (after a modication of settings) was v17, found in this list:

     

    http://code.google.com/p/tenfourfox/downloads/list

     

    Your equipment info in your profile says you are running OS 10.6.7--that OS cannot run on a PowerBook. Please check to make sure you don't have a MacBook Pro--that will change all the suggestions we have made here.