"failure to mount"

grifgirl · Post by **grifgirl** » December 31st, 2007, 9:46 am

I had Firefox a year ago or so and while cleaning up my unused applications, I accidentally deleted it. I have recently tried 3-4 times to download it again, and each time it download the app. but "fails to mount" on my mac. any ideas?

Post by **steviex** » December 31st, 2007, 9:58 am

Read this thread here.... http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=523231
Also included are instructions to install Firefox Correctly on a Mac (with Pictures !!)

Alice · Post by **Alice** » December 31st, 2007, 12:17 pm

(For the record)
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Installing_Firefox#Mac_OS_X (with pictures!) includes this note:

Note: If you get a "disk image failed to mount" warning, read this forum topic for a possible solution.

Post by **RobertJ** » December 31st, 2007, 12:50 pm

If you can't launch any dmg files you likely have corrupted launch service cache files. You can go here

http://thexlab.com/faqs/resetlaunchservices.html

to get info for different OSX versions.