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#** In the right column, you will see several "artifact uploaded" entries.
#** In the right column, you will see several "artifact uploaded" entries.
#** Scroll down that list to find "target.dmg". That's the Mac disk image that you're looking for. Click on it to download, then follow the instructions.
#** Scroll down that list to find "target.dmg". That's the Mac disk image that you're looking for. Click on it to download, then follow the instructions.
# It is very important to ensure that you test using a fresh profile in order to make sure you really seeing the trust bits provided by the test build, rather than the trust settings that you had set manually in an application profile. For more information about using a separate profile for testing, refer to the knowledge base articles: [http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles Profile Manager] and [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Creating_a_new_Firefox_profile_on_Windows Creating a new Firefox profile.]
# It is very important to ensure that you test using a fresh profile, which can be done using either of the following approaches:
#* Using a fresh profile is the best way to test, but you can also restore the default certificate settings as described here: https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA:UserCertDB#How_To_Restore_Default_Root_Certificate_Settings
#* [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings Refresh Firefox button] -- Recommended way to restore the security certificate settings.
#* [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Creating_a_new_Firefox_profile_on_Windows Create a new Firefox profile.]
#* For more information about using a separate profile for testing, refer to the knowledge base articles:  
#** [http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles Profile Manager]
#** [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/what-does-your-connection-is-not-secure-mean#w_corrupted-certificate-store Manually restore the security certificate settings] -- only perform as last resort.
# When you restart Firefox, be sure to use the test build that you just downloaded and installed. It will have a different name, like "Nightly".
# When you restart Firefox, be sure to use the test build that you just downloaded and installed. It will have a different name, like "Nightly".
#* On a Mac OS you may need to:
#* On a Mac OS you may need to:
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