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Thunderbird Installation - Mac OS X

These instructions will guide you through the download and installation of Thunderbird for Macintosh OS X. Per Mozilla's requirements, the earliest OS version Thunderbird will run on is OS X 10.2.

  1. Double-click on the Thunderbird.2.0.x.dmg icon that you downloaded. In some cases, your operating system may automatically open the disk image.

  2. Click and Drag the Thunderbird icon to the Applications folder on your hard drive to install the application.

  3. Drag the disk icon to the trash in order to unmount it. You may also drag the .dmg file to the trash to delete it.

  4. Go to the Applications folder and double-click the Thunderbird icon. Thunderbird 1.5 will now start.


    The Thunderbird installation is complete! Once the application has started, you can right-click the Thunderbird icon and select "Keep in Dock" to make it easier to start Thunderbird in the future.

Please proceed to the Thunderbird Configuration page.

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