[Mac only] Are you eager to try out the latest Firefox 3 beta but not ready to give up on your Firefox 2 yet? Normally when a new version of Firefox gets installed, it’ll replace the current version in the machine and it practically makes reverting a tedious task. Here’s how you can get a taste of the latest Firefox 3 beta and still keep your Firefox 2 together with its profile settings and bookmarks working perfectly fine; in short, keeping 2 versions of Firefox in Mac.
Assuming you already have a Firefox 2 installed in your Mac:
- Download latest Firefox 3 beta.
- Double click to launch the installation dialog.
- Drag the Firefox application to desktop (instead of Application folder)
- Rename it to something else, Firefox-3-beta.app for instance.
- Now drag the renamed Firefox 3 back into Application folder.
Double click on Firefox 3 and viola, it’s running with Firefox 2 safely untouched. To revert back to Firefox 2, just delete the Firefox 3 app.
via tech-recipes
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Chu Yeow March 31st, 2008
I think you probably saw this on Lifehacker, but did you test it out? It certainly doesn’t seem like it will work, since Firefox 3, started from anywhere and with any name (Firefox3.app, Firefox-whatever.app), will still use your current Firefox 2 profile unless started with the Profile Manager.
Even Lifehacker editors have bad days ;)
Replyhongkiat March 31st, 2008
I saw this article in tech-recipes, and yeah it worked. I installed firefox 3, run it for a while and removed it. My FF 2 is still inside my Mac.
ReplyChu Yeow March 31st, 2008
Actually, your Firefox profile was not untouched - Firefox 3 uses it and checks it for compatibility (extensions, etc.). I’d done the same thing earlier and it didn’t break my profile (so you and I are lucky :)), but some Lifehacker readers have had their profiles made incompatible after doing the tech-recipes thing.
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