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Don’t have two items so can’t get Firefox onto my computer to work. Says I need two.

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Updated Firefox but it wants a second device to use Firefox . I don’t have a second device no phone etc. Is there a work around?

Updated Firefox but it wants a second device to use Firefox . I don’t have a second device no phone etc. Is there a work around?

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Hi, that is for using Sync. It is for Syncing 2 or more devices. It is not made for a backup service. So please stop trying to get it to work. If you do use it as a Backup Service you will end up loosing your data.

Sync does not take the place of backing up :

You also do not need a password to use Firefox.

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Hi, that is for using Sync. It is for Syncing 2 or more devices. It is not made for a backup service. So please stop trying to get it to work. If you do use it as a Backup Service you will end up loosing your data.

Sync does not take the place of backing up :

You also do not need a password to use Firefox.

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Thank you sounds simple but I was stumped all working well now.

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Glad to hear it.