Am not asked if I want to save tabs at the end of a session and therefore the tabs are lost

I work on a Mac. With firefox version 3.6 when I hit "quit firefox" a window opened asking if I wanted to save my tabs. Clicking "save session" saved my open tabs for the next session. With firefox version 4.0.1 no window opens and the session ends. The next session begins with only my home page open. How can I save my open tabs in this version?

Firefox 4 saves the previous session automatically, so there is no longer need for the dialog asking if you want to save the current session.
You can use "Firefox > History > Restore Previous Session" to get the previous session at any time.
There is also a "Restore Previous Session" button on the default about:home Home page.
Another possibility is to use:
* [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Menu_differences Firefox > Preferences] > General > Startup: "When Firefox Starts": "Show my windows and tabs from last time"
Make sure that you do not use [[Clear Recent History]] to clear the 'Browsing History' when you close Firefox.

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On exit, I am not asked if I want to save existing tabs and it closes all of them without saving. How do I get F-F to save my tabs on exit?

I upgraded from version 3.5 In that version when I wanted to quit for the day, I could hit exit and it would ask me if I wanted to quit or save tabs and exit.
In version 4 when I hit file, then exit, it does not ask if I want to save the tabs that are open, it just closes everything and does not save them. When I restart, I get a new tab window, but none of the other tabs I was working on are there.
I need to keep the tabs I am working on available to me; that is what I liked best about the old version.

Firefox now always stores the old session, and you can access it by going to the History menu and selecting "Restore Previous Session"
If you want Firefox to display the message to save the session, it can be turned back on by changing some preferences.
# Type '''about:config''' into the location bar and press enter
# Accept the warning message that appears, you will be taken to a list of preferences
# Locate the preference '''browser.tabs.warnOnClose''', if its value is set to '''false''', double-click on it to change its value to '''true'''
# Repeat this for these 3 preferences '''browser.warnOnQuit''', '''browser.warnOnRestart''' and '''browser.showQuitWarning'''
If you always open the last set of tabs, an alternative approach is this:
# Click the orange Firefox button, then select options to open the options window
# Go to the General panel
# Change the setting "When Firefox starts" to "Show my windows and tabs from last time"

Firefox does not ask if I want to save a new password anymore. And I DO want to save passwords periodically.

A pop up used to show asking if I wanted Firefox to remember password. I don't see this anymore. What happened?
I am unable to add it to my save password file under security.

Make sure that you do not run Firefox in permanent Private Browsing mode.
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Private+Browsing
* You enter Private Browsing mode if you select: Tools > Options > Privacy > History: Firefox will: "Never Remember History"
* To see all History and Cookie settings, choose: Tools > Options > Privacy, choose the setting Firefox will: Use custom settings for history
* Deselect: [ ] "Permanent Private Browsing mode"
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Remembering+passwords

Firefox does not ask whether I want to save multiple tabs when I close, and I must sign in to every website every time I go there (even ones that I've been to 100 times). Why? How do I fix this?

This happened very suddenly. I have gone through Preferences carefully twice, checking all settings. Safari is not giving me similar problems so I assume the problem is with Firefox.
Running an iMac with OS X, 10.5.8

You can reset the warn prefs on the about:config page via the right-click context menu.
browser.tabs.warnOnClose , see http://kb.mozillazine.org/About%3Aconfig_entries
browser.warnOnQuit , see http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.warnOnQuit
browser.warnOnRestart , see http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.warnOnRestart
To open the about:config page, type about:config in the location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key, just like you type the url of a website to open a website. 
If you see a warning then you can confirm that you want to access that page.

The latest version of Firefox no longer asks if you want to save open tabes for your next session..I HATE not having that option. What were they thinking?

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The latest version of Firefox no longer asks if you want to save open tabs for your next session..I HATE not having that option. What were they thinking? (I think this is self explanatory)

Firefox 4 saves the previous session automatically, so there is no longer need for the dialog asking if you want to save the current session. 
You can use "Firefox > History > Restore Previous Session" to get the previous session at any time. 
There is also a "Restore Previous Session" button on the default about:home Home page. 
 
Another possibility is to use:
* [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Menu_differences Firefox (Tools) > Options] > General > Startup: "When Firefox Starts": "Show my windows and tabs from last time"

When I change a password, sometimes I get a pop-up asking if I want to save the new password - sometimes it doesn't appear. How can I save the new password if popup does not appear?

When I change a password, sometimes I get a pop-up asking if I want to save the new password - sometimes it doesn't appear.
How can I save the new password if popup does not appear?

The website may be using autocomplete=off to prevent Firefox from saving the name and password.
You can remove autocomplete=off with a bookmarklet to make Firefox save the name and password.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/User_name_and_password_not_remembered
*Saved Password Editor: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/saved-password-editor/

Why does Firefox sometimes ask me if I want to save my tabs when I close, and sometimes it does not? I usually want to save them, so this is a pain. I'm on a Mac, OS 10.5.8

Why does Firefox sometimes ask me if I want to save my tabs when I close, and sometimes it does not? I usually want to save them, so this is a pain. I'm on a Mac, OS 10.5.8
== This happened ==
A few times a week
== don't know...

There can be various causes for this:
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Today while working on PS Elements I was asked if I wanted to save my work. I said yes. After that I was unable to save my editing work on PSE 12. I use OS X Mavericks 10.9.3. Instead of saving my work I continue to get a "could not complete your request

Today while working on PS Elements 12 I was asked if I wanted to save my work. I said yes. After that I was unable to save my editing work on PSE 12. I use OS X Mavericks 10.9.3. Instead of saving my work I continue to get a "could not complete your request because of a program error. My work can't be saved. I tried downloading the Creative Cloud and tried both settings, save to the cloud and do not save to the cloud. Either way I cannot save my work and I am stuck. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you

Sorry, but I don't understand. PSE has nothing at all to do with creative cloud. If you're saying that you can't save work in any program, that's probably something wrong with your OS X installation. If you just are having a problem in PSE, the first thing to do is to go to the editor's preferences>general, click this button, and restart the editor:

When shutting down, FF does not save tabs or ask if I want to save them.

Several times recently, when shutting down, the small window asking if I want Firefox to save tabs does not appear, and the tabs are lost.

One of the changes in Firefox 4: '''''by default''''' Firefox 4 does not display the "Save Tabs and Exit" warning message when closing multiple tabs, but it can be turned back on by changing some preferences.
*Saving tabs was not removed from Firefox 4, but it works a bit differently.
**By default, Firefox 4 will not ask to save tabs, but instead it will always save your tabs on exit. You can restore them next time by choosing "Restore Previous Session" from the History menu, or pressing the restore button on Firefox's default home page.
**''Note: This was a decision by the developers. On this forum, we are all '''uncompensated volunteers''' here to help other users. The developes/employees of Mozilla/Firefox rarely, if ever visit here.''
To display the "Save Tabs and Exit" message when closing multiple tabs, you can do the following:
#Type '''''about:config''''' in the URL/Location/Address bar and press the Enter key
#Accept the warning message (promise to be careful)
#The preferences page/list will open
#Filter = '''''browser.tabs.warnOnClose'''''
#If its value is set to false, double-click on it (in the lower panel) to toggle its value to true
#Repeat steps 4 and 5 for these following 3 preferences also:
#*'''''browser.warnOnQuit'''''
#*'''''browser.warnOnRestart'''''
#*'''''browser.showQuitWarning'''''
#**Note: last pref is new in Firefox 4b12, may need to add (boolean)
#**Info/Instruction for using '''''about:config''''': http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config
#See:
#*https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/785169
#*http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2105039&p=10434467&sid=fd2a35945bb2c633687f7b50d8c53989
#*http://blog.zpao.com/post/3174360617/about-that-quit-dialog

In Ver. XI it always asks if I want to save changes-even tho I made no changes. How can I stop that?

In Ver. XI it always asks if I want to save changes-even tho I made no changes. How can I stop that?

Thank you Pat..that was very kind of you to help. And yes-it does happen with every pdf. But you're right-if I just say yes one time..then I'm not prompted the next time I open that particular pdf-but it does make me confirm I want to write over the same name the file had already in order to save it.
I made all my pdf's with the Chrome save as pdf command..never had a error message in prior Acrobat when closing the file.
All the best Pat

After printing, Pages asks if I want to save changes.

When I print a document from Pages and then close the document, Pages always asks if I want to save changes. I can save the document, print it, and immediately try to close it and I still get the warning message. Is there a reason that Pages doesn't already know it's been saved?

There is no such feature and my guess is that happily, this behavior will not change.
It's the same for every Apple program.
All of them saves several useful informations from the print task:
<sl:SLLastPrintedDateProperty>
<sl:date sfa:ID="NSDate-2" sf:val="2008-12-21T16:23:18+0100"/>
</sl:SLLastPrintedDateProperty>
<sl:slprint-info sfa:ID="SLPrintInfo-0" sl:page-width="842" sl:page-height="595" sl:page-scale="1">
<sf:page-margins sfa:ID="SFWPMargins-0" sf:top="20" sf:left="20" sf:bottom="56.692916870117188" sf:right="20" sf:header="0" sf:footer="0"/>
<sl:print-info>
<sl:NSJobDisposition>
<sl:string sfa:string="NSPrintSpoolJob"/>
</sl:NSJobDisposition>
<sl:NSPaperSize>
<sl:value>
<sfa:size sfa:w="842" sfa:h="595"/>
</sl:value>
</sl:NSPaperSize>
<sl:NSMustCollate>
<sl:number sfa:number="1" sfa:type="c"/>
</sl:NSMustCollate>
<sl:NSVerticalPagination>
<sl:number sfa:number="0" sfa:type="i"/>
</sl:NSVerticalPagination>
<sl:NSPagesAcross>
<sl:number sfa:number="1" sfa:type="i"/>
</sl:NSPagesAcross>
<sl:NSVerticallyCentered>
<sl:number sfa:number="1" sfa:type="c"/>
</sl:NSVerticallyCentered>
<sl:NSPrintAllPages>
<sl:number sfa:number="1" sfa:type="c"/>
</sl:NSPrintAllPages>
<sl:NSPaperName>
<sl:string sfa:string="A4"/>
</sl:NSPaperName>
<sl:NSScalingFactor>
<sl:number sfa:number="1" sfa:type="f"/>
</sl:NSScalingFactor>
<sl:NSCopies>
<sl:number sfa:number="1" sfa:type="i"/>
</sl:NSCopies>
<sl:NSPrinter>
<sl:printer sfa:ID="NSPrinter-0" sl:type="Generic PostScript Printer"/>
</sl:NSPrinter>
<sl:NSPrintProtected>
<sl:number sfa:number="0" sfa:type="c"/>
</sl:NSPrintProtected>
<sl:NSRightMargin>
<sl:number sfa:number="72" sfa:type="f"/>
</sl:NSRightMargin>
<sl:NSHorizontallyCentered>
<sl:number sfa:number="1" sfa:type="c"/>
</sl:NSHorizontallyCentered>
<sl:NSBottomMargin>
<sl:number sfa:number="90" sfa:type="f"/>
</sl:NSBottomMargin>
<sl:NSLeftMargin>
<sl:number sfa:number="72" sfa:type="f"/>
</sl:NSLeftMargin>
<sl:NSFirstPage>
<sl:number sfa:number="1" sfa:type="i"/>
</sl:NSFirstPage>
<sl:NSLastPage>
<sl:number sfa:number="2147483647" sfa:type="i"/>
</sl:NSLastPage>
<sl:NSTopMargin>
<sl:number sfa:number="90" sfa:type="f"/>
</sl:NSTopMargin>
<sl:NSDetailedErrorReporting>
<sl:number sfa:number="0" sfa:type="c"/>
</sl:NSDetailedErrorReporting>
<sl:NSHorizonalPagination>
<sl:number sfa:number="2" sfa:type="i"/>
</sl:NSHorizonalPagination>
<sl:NSPagesDown>
<sl:number sfa:number="1" sfa:type="i"/>
</sl:NSPagesDown>
<sl:NSOrientation>
<sl:number sfa:number="1" sfa:type="i"/>
</sl:NSOrientation>
</sl:print-info>
</sl:slprint-info>
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mardi 6 janvier 2009 11:40:08)

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Make sure that you do not run Firefox in permanent Private Browsing mode.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Private+Browsing
*You enter Private Browsing mode if you select: Tools > Options > Privacy > History: Firefox will: "Never Remember History"
*To see all History and Cookie settings, choose: Tools > Options > Privacy, choose the setting Firefox will: Use custom settings for history
* Deselect: [ ] "Permanent Private Browsing mode"

When I try to open a pdf link in my browser I am asked where I want to save the file. I used to be asked if I wanted to open the file. How do I get back to being asked if I want to open rather than save?

When I try to open a pdf link in my browser I am asked where I want to save the file. I used to be asked if I wanted to open the file. How do I get back to being asked if I want to open rather than save?

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I am unable to install itunes. I get the pop-up asking if I want to save or cancel the iTunes64 file. I click save... and then nothing happens. Help!

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Am not asked if I want to save tabs at the end of a session and therefore the tabs are lost

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