![]() ![]() ![]() At first I was able to click on the FF menu tab, but when I clicked on 'preferences', FF stopped responding and my pinwheel just kept spinning in all its rainbow glory. Safe mode only pretended to give a result: the window came up, my set homepage was there, but I was unable to do anything. Uninstalled that and reinstalled the latest version again, but still the same result. I did try downgrading to the previous version, but the result was identical. Fired her up, but FF still wasn't feeling so foxy. ![]() I uninstalled FF, downloaded this latest version directly from the website, and installed. Then tried restarting the whole computer, but to no avail. Tried restarting, but only got the same completely blank window as sunn圓6, with zero functionality and our favorite indefinitely spinning pinwheel. In the process of attempting to start up again, FF crashed and quit. (I'm running an iMac 7.1.)įF was set to automatically update when it did so this morning, the message window came up that it needed to restart, so I clicked 'restart'. * "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons You can complete your work on the tab and click one of the links as the last step. Often a link will appear above at least one disabled/removed/updated extension to restart Firefox. You also can use the "gear" button above the list to "Check for Updates" in case Firefox hasn't been checking automatically. (Bear in mind that all extensions are optional, none come with Firefox.) Then cast a critical eye over the list on the right. "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons.You can review your extensions to see whether any look unfamiliar or problematic on the Add-ons page. On the "General" mini-tab, uncheck the box for "Use hardware acceleration when available" "3-bar" menu button (or Firefox menu) > Preferences > Advanced You can turn this off on the Preferences page so that you can return to normal mode and see whether this is the critical factor. (1) Deactivates Firefox's use of hardware acceleration. The two headline effects of Firefox's Safe Mode are: For more details, see our Terms of Use.Okay, that's promising. PRIVACY: We don't collect personalinformation unless you explicitly provide it, and we don't share theinformation we have with others. Letters may beedited for length, context, and to match house style. LINKS: We allow and encourage links toany public page as long as the linked page does not appear within aframe that prevents bookmarking it.Įmail may be published at our discretion unless marked 'not forpublication' email addresses will not be published without permission,and we will encrypt them in hopes of avoiding spammers. Additional company and product names may be trademarks orregistered trademarks and are hereby acknowledged. Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh,iPad, iPhone, iMac, iPod, MacBook, Mac Pro, and AirPort are registered trademarks of AppleInc. Low End Mac, LowEndMac, and aretrademarks of Cobweb Publishing Inc. Advice is presented in good faith, but what works for onemay not work for all.Įntire Low End Mac website copyright ©1997-2016 by Cobweb Publishing, Inc. Opinions expressed arethose of their authors and may not reflect the opinion of CobwebPublishing. Low End Mac is an independent publication and has not been authorized,sponsored, or otherwise approved by Apple Inc. The goals of Snow Leopard was improved performance. Download OS X Snow Leopard for Mac free.It will be a sad day, as Firefox is the last major browser to support Mac OS X 10.6 through 10.8. At that point, Mac users using OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, and 10.8 Mountain Lion will be left behind by the current versions of Firefox. ![]()
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