From time-to-time there are updates that need to be installed to keep your Firefox browser current.

There are two ways to check if updates are available:

1) Automatic

2) Manual

Automatic Updates

With automatic updates, you can let Firefox do all the work. It will periodically check for new updates, and then download them for you automatically.

Let’s see how this is done:

At the top of your Firefox browser, click on Tools > Options:

 

 

The “Options Window” will open.

Go to the Advanced section.

Inside the Advanced section, you want to click on the Update tab:

Here you will specifically tell Firefox what it should look for.

-If you put a check next to Firefox, it means Firefox will check if new versions of the browser are available. This includes security updates.

-If you check Installed Add-Ons, Firefox will check if there are new versions of the Add-Ons that you have installed.

-If you check Search Engines, Firefox will try to find updates for any of the search engines that you have installed in your Search Bar.

Let’s move onto the next section:

Now that you’ve told Firefox what updates it should look for, your next step is to tell Firefox what to do with the updates once they are found.

-If you choose “Ask me what I want to do,” Firefox will ask you (via a pop-up window) if you want to install the newest updates.

-If you choose “Automatically download and install the update,” Firefox will not ask you if you approve of the install. It will download and install the updates automatically.

Sometimes, when a new version of Firefox is released, some of the add-ons will be incompatible. If you have incompatible Add-Ons, they will be disabled until the developers of Add-Ons update them. If you’re concerned that an update may disable some of your Add-Ons, check the box that says, “Warn me if this will disable any of my add-ons.”

Finally, if you’d like to see what updates have already been done on your Firefox browser, click “Show Update History”:

 

 

Now that we’ve covered Automatic updates, let’s move onto Manual updates.

Manual Updates

With Manual updates you can see if updates are available right now. 

You can have Automatic updates enabled and check for updates Manually. You do not have to choose between the two.

To check Manually, you would do the following:

At the top of your Firefox browser, click on Help > Check for Updates: