Firefox continually seems to "freeze" giving me that lovely Mac wheel of death on numerous daily occasions seriously disrupting my workflow. These "freezes" can last several minutes at a time. Sometimes I give up and force quit the program.....

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I have this problem on my MAC and it also seems to affect thunderbird. I've found that by clicking and holding your mouse on the icon in the dock then clicking on the application window seems to unfreeze. I know it's a frustrating experience and I would love a better solution.

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For the past week or so, Firefox has been freezing multiple times per day. Each time, I have to force quit the program. I tried resetting the plug-ins and add-ons and things, I uninstalled and re-installed Adobe Flash Player, and I uninstalled and re-installed Firefox itself--none of these things has worked. I really don't want to stop using Firefox, but it is currently unusable. Can someone help?

Hello,
I am glad to hear that your problem has been resolved. If you haven't already, please select the answer that solves the problem. This will help other users with similar problems find the solution more easily.
Thank you for contacting Mozilla Support.

Every time i put a clip into the timeline it crashes and just has the color wheel i have to force quit the program.

I just downloaded the trial to see if I wanted to buy instead of using Adobe Premiere. Every time i put a clip into the timeline it crashes and just has the color wheel i have to force quit the program. I tried deleting the program and reinstalling it. Please help. Here are my specs
2.3 GHz Intel Core i5
16 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB
OS X 10.8.2

Is this for FCP-X?
Wrong forum, you need to post here:
http://discussions.apple.com/community/professional_applications/final_cut_pro_x

Firefox freezes and a blank drop down box shows up, then I have to force quit the program

Firefox will randomly freeze and a white blank box will drop down. I have to force quit firefox and restart it, then it usually works fine without errors for a while. This seems to happen mostly when I am on facebook.
== This happened ==
Just once or twice

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Try, if rebuilding your iPhto library will help:
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running firefox 5.0.1 on a Mac OS X 10.5.8

I've just become so used to this I forgot it's a bug. I just accept it as part of the Snow Leopard experience. I've done the whole inventory of fixes including a complete reformat and clean install. There is a work around for it though - instead of clicking the attachment button - which always crashes Mail - just drag the file on to the mail window. This usually works for me. Maybe one day this will be fixed along with the Quick Time, Safari and Finder bugs.

When I open and close iPhoto I get the wheel of death and I have to force quit the program. Can I reinstall the program to fix any corrupted files?

Can I reinstall iPhoto '11 to fix any corrupted files?

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LN

I am trying to download a variety of files and when it is finished, the Mac freezes up and the task bar continues to blink on and off. I have to go into Firefox and actually quit the application to continue. Any help is very much appreciated

I am trying to download a variety of files and when it is finished, the Mac freezes up and the task bar continue to blink on and off.
I have to go into Firefox and actually quit the application to continue. Any help is very much appreciated.

are you backing up files, or doing a Time machine backup, either way, the Time machine will STOP when finished and show "last backup at XXXXXX" meaning its done...... OR if when transferring files, it will show a progress bar on your desktop and vanish when files are copied.
Open up the Hitachi drive (your G drive is made by Hitachi, and the best made by the way).....and see if the files are there.
a MORE VISUAL way is to open the hard drive file, and drag and drop files INTO the Gdrive and you can see them visually be copied there as you do it.
To see your HD on your desktop GOTO FINDER......PREFERENCES....then GENERAL TAB.........check the box marked HARD DRIVES.........then your Gdrive will appear on your desktop........open it from there, and DRAG and drop files from anywhere INTO the Gdrive....... easy visual way to see the files being copied into the Gdrive.

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Tamara,
Did you reinstall using the full three step way (otherwise strange things may linger)?
Uninstall (ticking the box to delete the preferences), run the Cleaner Tool, and reinstall.
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

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Some programs, such as iWork and Office for Mac, will autosave periodically in case the application stops responding. However if it has been unresponsive for a extended length of time it is unlikely it will start responding again. You will likely have to force it to quit and then re-open it.

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Appreciate your help Ian and others. I have since uninstalled FCS and reinstalled FCXP only to get the same thing. Loading FCXP stalls at "Looking for Compressor Support". When I first downloaded FCXP from the App store I didn't notice that FCS was being placed in it's own folder. It's not something I did manually. Although moved into it's own folder with FCXP on the same drive. I was not able to open FCS apps. They would load and then "quit unexpectantly". They opened just fine before I downloaded FCXP. Do I need to purchase Compressor so that FCXP recognizes it? It seems this is where it stalls. It doesn't explain however why my computer "FREEZES" while doing this. I am in the process of re-installing Lion to see if this helps, otherwise I am at a complete loss.

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I could not find the preference to get this very useful feature back or did the programmers take it out of the new versions?

See item #31 (#tabslost) in the following
-- you can turn option on at end and then tabs will be restored whether you do or don't or don't restore tabs at end you still have the same chance through the History menu. to restore your previous session and then to restore previous windows
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What Airplane Mode program? To stop a running program launch Activity Monitor (in utilities folder) and quit the program from there. To remove the program drag it to the trash or better use the uninstaller that should have come with it.

TS1367 I was having a problem down loading photos, so I force quite all programs. Then there was problem launching finder. Relaunched and turned computer off to reboot. Now computer starts, but does not boot up I am stopped at a white blank screen

I was having a problem down loading photos, so I force quite all programs. Then there was problem launching finder. Relaunched and turned computer off to reboot. Now computer starts, but does not boot up I am stopped at a white blank screen

Welcome to Apple Discussions Dathanb
You have posted in the Feedback About New Discussions forum.
As you are a first time poster, you seem to have missed the text at the top of this forum that says:
Please Read This Before Posting Here
If your question concerns a hardware or software technical issue, please do not post in this forum
Go to the main Apple Discussions page, select an appropriate product category and follow the links until you reach the correct forum for your post, then click the POST NEW TOPIC link. Because your post doesn't indicate was OS you are using on your iMac, I can't give you a link to the most appropriate forum.
Basically, though, the version of TechTool on the AppleCare disks is not compatible with newer versions of OS X and/or Macs (I can't remember which). If you don't get a satisfactory response by posting in the appropriate iMac or OS X forum, I suggest you take your iMac to the geniuses at the Apple Store. You can set up an appointment time for the same day online before you leave home.
Peggy

How do I get firefox to save tabs when I quit the program? This doesn't appear to be available in 4.0

On previous firefox version, when I quit the program, a prompt would ask me if I wanted to save tabs. That doesn't appear to be happening with 4.0 upgrade. Can I still save and quit?

One change in Firefox 4 is to by default stop Firefox displaying the warning message, but it can be turned back on by changing some preferences.
# Type '''about:config''' into the location bar and press enter
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# 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'''

Firefox continually seems to "freeze" giving me that lovely Mac wheel of death on numerous daily occasions seriously disrupting my workflow. These "freezes" can last several minutes at a time. Sometimes I give up and force quit the program.....

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