Dump
By JoeBruin88. Filed in Computers |Tags: Apple, Computers, Firefox, OSX, Trash
The weirdest thing happened yesterday when I upgraded Firefox to 1.5.0.1. When I dragged the download into my Applications folder, it would not replace the old version of Firefox. So I moved the old one to the Trash and then the new installed just fine. So when I went to empty the trash, it would not empty.
I tried to move the files to my PC, but it would only copy. I tried changing the permissions of the files with “Get Info”, but even though I now had “complete control” over the files, it still would not let me empty the Trash. After numerous attempts at trying different things, I went to macupdate.com and did a search on “Trash”. I found a free app that sounded exactly like what I needed to solve this problem called Force Empty Trash 1.0 by Macmaps.com.
It worked perfectly and I rid my Trash of the Firefox files that would not leave.
That’s such a geeky post, but maybe there will be someone out there who can appreciate the info and maybe even find it useful.
Friday, February 3rd 2006 at 2:37 am
Does the mac version of Fx not have the same upgrade functionality?
In windows, Fx told me that there was an update, I clicked ‘go’ and it just did it…
Friday, February 3rd 2006 at 8:04 am
Jazzle,
The Mac version does have an indicator that tells you when an update is available. I was reading a news feed in my aggregator about the update so I just went ahead and downloaded it.
I normally use Safari, so I usually won’t see the indicator since I don’t normally browse with Firefox.