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=== Steps for Mac OS X === | === Steps for Mac OS X === | ||
# Create a directory '''outside''' of the application's installation directory to be updated (e.g. /app-update/). This directory will be referred to as the '''outside''' directory throughout the instructions below so please make a note of its location. Grant the user account you are using write, read, and execute permissions on this directory if it doesn't have these permission already. | # Create a directory '''outside''' of the application's installation directory to be updated (e.g. /app-update/). This directory will be referred to as the '''outside''' directory throughout the instructions below so please make a note of its location. Grant the user account you are using write, read, and execute permissions on this directory if it doesn't have these permission already. | ||
# Copy <code>updater.app</code> from inside the application's package that is to be upgraded into the '''outside''' directory. For Firefox 3.5 and above, SeaMonkey 2.0 and above, and Thunderbird 3.0 and above if you would like to display the updater user interface while it is applying the update also copy the <code>updater.ini</code> into the '''outside''' directory. The <code>updater.app</code> package and <code>updater.ini</code> file are located in Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/. | # Copy <code>updater.app</code> from inside the application's package that is to be upgraded into the '''outside''' directory. For Firefox 3.5 and above, SeaMonkey 2.0 and above, and Thunderbird 3.0 and above if you would like to display the updater user interface while it is applying the update also copy the <code>updater.ini</code> into the '''outside''' directory. The <code>updater.app</code> package and <code>updater.ini</code> file are located in the app bundle's Contents/MacOS/ directory (e.g. for Firefox is <code>Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/</code>). | ||
# Download the appropriate .mar file and put it into the '''outside''' directory you created (see [[Software_Update:Manually_Installing_a_MAR_file#Downloading_a_mar_file|Downloading a mar file]]). | # Download the appropriate .mar file and put it into the '''outside''' directory you created (see [[Software_Update:Manually_Installing_a_MAR_file#Downloading_a_mar_file|Downloading a mar file]]). | ||
# Rename the mar file you downloaded to update.mar. | # Rename the mar file you downloaded to update.mar. | ||