Firefox 17.0.1 on OSX 10.6.8 Crashes on downloads, videos, addon updates also randomly during browsing
Since I updated firefox to 17.0.1 it repeatedly crashes when browsing the web, watching videos, downloading or attempting to download files and even when i'm quitting it says it crashed.
This is after reinstalled it. Prior to that after the update it was stuck in a crash loop and restarting or quitting and reopening would simply crash it repeatedly.
Try to move the current Firefox version to the trash and install a newly downloaded fresh Firefox copy.
You can find the latest Firefox release in all languages and for all Operating Systems here:
*Firefox 17.0.x: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html
Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).
*Do not click the Reset button on the Safe mode start window or otherwise make changes.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
You can also try to reset Firefox.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/reset-firefox-easily-fix-most-problems
If you reset Firefox then a new profile is created and some of your data (bookmarks, passwords, cookies, form data) is automatically imported and your current profile will be moved to the desktop (Old Firefox Data).
You can recover more data from the old profile (be cautious with doing that).
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_crashes
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firefox+crashes
If you have submitted crash reports then please post the IDs of one or more crash reports that have this format:
*bp-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
You can find the IDs of the submitted crash reports on the <i>about:crashes</i> page.
*You can open the <b>about:crashes</b> page via the location bar, like you open a website.
See:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mozilla_Crash_Reporter
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Mozilla+Crash+Reporter
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[email protected]
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Leverandør-ID
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Enhet-ID
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RAM
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Driverdato
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Bruk DirectWrite
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