# Mac OS Tiger and Firefox

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-tiger-and-firefox/325555>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 10, 2005, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-tiger-and-firefox/325555 "2005-10-10T13:54:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-tiger-and-firefox/325555/1 "2005-10-10T13:54:56Z")

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I am convinced- I’ll try Firefox. I’ve tried to DL it twice from the official site. Both times, i get a bizarre download that forces my Microsoft Excel to open up- in Test Install mode. The download I get from Firefox is not the normal Stuffit compressed software download at all.

Any idea on how I can DL the Firefox software?

Cartooniverse

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-tiger-and-firefox/325555/2 "2005-10-10T14:21:44Z")

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Exactly what filename ends up on your desktop when you download? (Most likely your file associations are bollixed up and Excel thinks it owns a filetype it shouldn’t).

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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-tiger-and-firefox/325555/3 "2005-10-10T14:24:52Z")

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Firefox downloads as a standard .dmg file, so it’s not a StuffIt archive anyway. What browser are you using to download Firefox? Is [Mozilla.org](http://Mozilla.org) correctly identifying your OS?

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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-tiger-and-firefox/325555/4 "2005-10-10T15:05:08Z")

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" [Download.Mozilla.Org](http://Download.Mozilla.Org) "

I used IE, a browser I have just eliminated forever from the machine. I will try using Safari now to download it.

God I’m stubborn. I shoulda dumped IE back when I got my first Titanium Powerbook…

Ahh. There we go. 🙂