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** c. Go to the about dialog, select the Beta channel and click Apply Update.
** c. Go to the about dialog, select the Beta channel and click Apply Update.


* 4. On Release channel
* 4. On Release channel (will not work Apr 12)
** a. Go to about dialog, select the Aurora channel and click Apply Update.
** a. Go to about dialog, select the Aurora channel and click Apply Update.
** b. Go to the about dialog, select the Release channel and click Apply Update.
** b. Go to the about dialog, select the Release channel and click Apply Update.
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** If you use the nightlies, you will not get the channel switcher UI unless you first proactively go and download a build for release, beta or aurora.
** If you use the nightlies, you will not get the channel switcher UI unless you first proactively go and download a build for release, beta or aurora.
** The branding on the product (right logos) will not appear when you simply switch channels, you need to actually get a build and restart to see the new logos ie: logo on about dialog will not change.
** The branding on the product (right logos) will not appear when you simply switch channels, you need to actually get a build and restart to see the new logos ie: logo on about dialog will not change.
** There is a hack in place to test the mechanism. Go to about:config and there's a pref app.update.desiredChannel. If you set this to different channel than you are on, you can verify you made the switch. Once you get a real update, the pref disappears.  
** There is a hack in place to test the mechanism. Go to about:config and there's a pref app.update.desiredChannel. If you set this to different channel than you are on, you can verify you made the switch. Once you get a real update, the pref disappears.


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