Do I need to stop FireFox from trying to upgrade itself?
OK, I'm still on OS X 10.6 in order to maintain compatibility w/ some old sw (uses Rosetta, which Apple dropped w/ OS X 10.7). My main browser is FireFox. The last version of FireFox that works w/ creaky old Snow Leopard is 47.0.1, which I installed a few months ago.
When I launch FireFox, it's trying to download FireFox! (Presumably a newer version of same, which won't work w/ my OS.) So I quit FireFox & am now working in Chrome. Updates for Chrome for OS 10.6 stopped before the updates to FireFox.
Will FireFox try to actually install the upgrade? If so, does it have a way of recognizing that I don't meet System Requirements, so it stops the upgrade without damaging my FF 47.0.1? Is there some setting I need to apply? If it's a preference, I'd have to do it QUICK. I have very modest skill at Terminal.
Of course, I will move to a much later MacOS as soon as practical. My hardware is OK at least to OS 10.10, maybe later. I just need to finish doing things w old docs that require old SW, eg FileMaker 6! I also have a much later FileMaker & am moving my databases to it -- but one of them requires compatibility w/ a truly ancient version of Windows at an organization I work for -- major upgrade is coming but not yet.