updating firefox 3.6.28

wild_tiger

I wondered what version to update to since firefox knows all my passwords and user names for the whole family,

thanks for any help

fwor

Firefox seem to have gone mad with the version numbering recently - I'm apparently running 11.0 at the moment...

Generally, it should not matter - the upgrade should always retain your personal data, passwords, cookies, favourites, etc... Simply go to the Mozilla website and pick the latest that they recommend for your OS.

If you're risk averse it would be worth backing up your profile before the upgrade, so you can revert if it goes wrong.

penrhyn

You're behind the times, the latest release is 12, busy bees are'nt they?

Figment

I'm running version 11

Hang on............. scrub that, I WAS running version 11, it's just updated to version 12!

Pikeyp

wild_tiger wrote: »

I wondered what version to update to since firefox knows all my passwords and user names for the whole family,
thanks for any help

Firstly , before you do anything else , I'd backup your current profile so you don't lose anything!

Download and install Mozbackup .. http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ .. run it , and save your current profile somewhere safe.

Once that's done you can upgrade to any version you like , safe in the knowledge that if anything goes wrong you can repair the problem easily by re-installing and loading up your old profile!

spud17

Figment wrote: »

I'm running version 11

Hang on............. scrub that, I WAS running version 11, it's just updated to version 12!

Mine wants to update to 13 beta1. Just got to 'doctor' an addon, to cope with the update.

John_Gray

spud17 wrote: »

Mine wants to update to 13 beta1. Just got to 'doctor' an addon, to cope with the update.

You are clearly not on what Firefox called "the release update channel", but on something like "the betas update channel".
Click on Help -> About Firefox to see what the actual wording is!