Regarding Mail: When I return to my computer after it has gone to sleep, my accounts go offline, and are always asking me for the password. THis is very annoying. How can I prevent this?

Back up all data.
Launch the Keychain Access application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Keychain Access in the icon grid.
Select the login keychain from the list on the left side of the Keychain Access window. If your default keychain has a different name, select that.
If the lock icon in the top left corner of the window shows that the keychain is locked, click to unlock it. You'll be prompted for the keychain password, which is the same as your login password, unless you've changed it.
Right-click or control-click the login entry in the list. From the menu that pops up, select Change Settings for Keychain "login". In the sheet that opens, uncheck both boxes, if not already unchecked.
From the menu bar, select
Keychain Access ▹ Preferences ▹ First Aid
If the box marked Keep login keychain unlocked is not checked, check it.
Select
Keychain Access ▹ Keychain First Aid
from the menu bar and repair the keychain. Quit Keychain Access.

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Every time I open my "E-Mail" account, it always ask me for the password. Why? How can I lock in my password permently?

I don't understand why I'm getting a message saying the problem is fixed.
Only the original poster has the capability to mark the question as solved.
So, some how, you answered your own question as solved.

In version 3.x.x I used to be able to type search terms into the address bar and the page would load, similar to Google's "Feeling Lucky" button. Now it just brings up a Google search for the terms I typed in. How can I get this time saving feature back?

In version 3.x.x I used to be able to type search terms into the address bar and the page would load, similar to Google's "Feeling Lucky" button. Now it just brings up a Google search for the terms I typed in. How can I get this time saving feature back?

The change between Firefox 3.6.* and Firefox 4 is how location bar search works. In Firefox 3.6 it uses Google "Browse by name" search. With the browse by name search, it performs a Google search and if there is a clear match it will take you to the site, otherwise it shows the Google search result. With Firefox 4 it just performs a Google search if you type something which is not recognised as a URL.
To get the Firefox 3.6 behaviour on Firefox 4 you need to change a hidden preference.
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I'm on Mac OS lion and since your new upgrade, the page loads off center, with no scroll bar, this happens on every computer I run.
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TS2580 When I go to update my web page I am asked for a Password, which I have forgotten how can I reset this.

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Without or without a password, you CANNOT publish to iCloud.
MobileMe went offline in June last year. You received reminders in the mail.
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Browse this forum, since it has been discussed several times a day every day for the past two years since it was announced.
Or wait for these answers to be delivered.
Anyway, your password is in the keychain.app .
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HT4623 I tried to update my ipad air to IOS 7.1 but it shows error that "The software for the iphone was corrupted during download" How can I fix this problem ?

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I had the same problem. In the end I downloaded it manually. Here's the steps assuming you are on a Mac and have an iPad Air (Wifi). If not you can find other restore links here.
In the terminal (it kept failing to download in Safari):
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New windows open up for such things as mac cleaner. How can I prevent this?

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Backing up and restoring your Profile should have included your bookmarks.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile
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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/restore-bookmarks-from-backup-or-move-them#w_using-a-bookmark-backup-file
Never messed with JSON files other than viewing them on a few occasions out of curiosity. There are no line breaks which make them very difficult to read.
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You are going to have to provide more information...
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Hello SharonLo
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iOS: Forgotten passcode or device disabled after entering wrong passcode
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212
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HT1040 I created a book, but in adding pages, somehow, the back cover and flap have now become pages, and there aren't and layouts now for the flap or back cover. How can I fix this?

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''locking as a duplicate - https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/811325''
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*https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/searchreset/
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This is the Edit symbol, apparently.

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Did you try Parental Controls?
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