Thunderbird update

Using iMac & El Capitan (vanilla all except for the email client Thunderbird instead of Apple Mail)

Receive a screen message announcing that an update of Thunderbird was available but could not download because "you don't have permission!

Thunderbird preferences have already been selected for "automatic update" and "make Thunderbird the default e-mail client" - so I thought it would update OK.

After discovering that it was not OK, I opened the mail from Apple (which I don't use) and confirmed that he was NOT also selected as a client by default - it wasn't.

Closed Thunderbird and it has reopened. Again - no updates!

And I can't find any 'update now' button to set it off manually.

Can I use the terminal? If so, what is the Terminal commands for updates call?

Thank you

Download directly from Mozilla Thunderbirdand install it.  If the download and upgrade is still not working, might want to check the Mozilla Thunderbird community forums or maybe file a bug with Thunderbird people, if they have not already met this one.  (And it seems that there are reports that.)

Tags: Mac OS & System Software

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