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Note that, starting with Firefox 1.5, Mac OS X 10.2 or higher is required [2].
Download the Firefox .dmg (disk image) file and double click to open (mount) it. This creates a "mounted disk" image icon on the desktop and opens a disk-image folder window containing the Firefox application icon.
Drag the Firefox application icon to a Hard Disk location such as the Applications folder, then close the disk-image folder window.
Important: Be sure to drag the Firefox application out of the opened disk image window and onto your Hard Disk before running it. Do not double click the Firefox icon in the disk image!
To start Firefox, double-click the Firefox icon in the Applications folder.
After doing all of the above, select the mounted disk image by clicking it once. Next, from the File menu, select Eject "Firefox". Alternately, you can control-click the mounted disk image icon and choose "Eject".
Finally, drag the .dmg file to the trash (unless you want to keep the .dmg file as a backup). [3]
The images to the right illustrate the steps to install Firefox, using the installer file "Firefox 2.0.dmg" as an example.
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