Firefox crashed and subsequently wiped out my history - need ideas on how to retrieve history!

*Mac 10.6.6
*Firefox preferences always set to "remember history"
*Before crash and history wipe-out, I had just:
- been updating to iCal beta from apple.com

Then your address book cannot be restored. You might be able to reconstruct it to some point, based on your existing e-mail messages.
There is an [https://addons.mozilla.org/nl/thunderbird/addon/email-address-crawler address crawler add-on] for Thunderbird, but it was not tested with the latest version and might not install. You could try this, however getting this to work with the latest version may need help from the author.
Maybe you could temporarily install an older version of Thunderbird, as suggested by one of the commenters of the add-on.
Addons are not supported by Mozilla directly, but the author might be able to help you with it.
Hope this helps you further, maybe a technical person near you might be able to help you out locally?

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I installed an update to firefox yesterday and it wiped out the photo viewer that I USE everyday for my real estate listings.. How do I get it back

I cannot remember what it was called.. but I seriously cannot work my real estate business without it. All my listings have photos and I cannot see them now.
Help

The easiest solution would be to use your backup, if you don't have one you have no one to blame but yourself.
If you also lost your extensions, preferences, and history, perhaps you created a new profile and are in the wrong one. Find out if you have multiple profiles and check the date-timestamps on places.sqlite or the files with bookmarkbackups folder Your current profile can be located typing about:support into the location bar then click on "Open Containing Folder" which places you in your current profile now go up one level to your "Profiles" folder to see if you have other profiles as well.
If you are in the correct profile see if you have a bookmark backup that you can restore in your current profile. Mozilla will create 5 or 10 backups (one per day of use) the number of backups can be changed they were increased from 5 to 10 (but that won't help now, you have what you have). Use "Ctrl+Shift+B" to get to the Bookmarks Library List then "Import and Backup" menu then "Restore" if you see a list of several days and on the day before your problem you might use that or even the day of the problem to restore your bookmarks. If available easier than using your own backup and is done with Firefox up -- but is not a substitution for the need to back up your user files to an external device.
There may be a bookmarks.html file in your profile but it is probably way too old to do you much good.
 Once you resolve the problem, mark "Solved" one answer that will best help others with a similar problem, and let us know what the resolution was.

I have tried everything that has been suggested and even deleted and downloaded Firefox again and it will not open. Any ideas on how to get it to open?

I have been trying to get Firefox to open up and everytime I double click on the icon nothing happens. I have gone to the task manager and deleted it from the process list and tried again and still will not open. I have even tried deleting the program and downloading it again and it still will not open.

What was the full wording of the error message? Usually there is also a number or additional information.
Try placing the iPod in Recovery Mode and then restore
Next try DFU mode and restore.
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings

Firefox crashed and after restarting, tabs i had open were gone and weren't in the history either. Didn't give me the option of restoring, how do i get them ba

Firefox crashed and after restarting, tabs i had open were gone and weren't in the history either. It didn't give me the option of restoring, how do i get them back?

Sorry , you probably can not get them back.
You may have bookmarked them, or have them as part of the History previously stored and still searchable, but unfortunately otherwise you are unlikely to get them back. Firefox does to a certain extent back up bookmarks automatically but not the history.
If you get problems with crashes see [[firefox crashes]]

Firefox crashes and when attempting to launch after the crash it won't and throw and error msg that js.3250 can't be found- but same file is in Mozilla directory. I must then download new 3.6.8 and lose all tabs.

# Question
Firefox crashes and when attempting to launch after the crash it won't launch; throwing an error msg that " js.3250 can't be found" - but same file is in Mozilla directory.
I must then download new 3.6.8 and lose all tabs and history.

I have a similar problem. Recently my FF8 has been crashing a lot. It regularly locks up an entire core of my PC and often just shuts down. It has just done it a moment ago and when it started back up it did the whole "this is embarrassing" thing and asked me if I wanted to reload my tabs. I deselected the one that I was trying to view as I suspected that it may have been the cause (unlikely; it was node4.co.uk) but anyway, let's skip it just in case. Click on the button to restore and up pops my homepage only. So all of my other tabs, which I was using for work incidentally, are gone.
This is not the first time this has happened on FF8. It happened a lot recently on FF6 I think it was (so hard to keep track now, Mozilla) and I switched to Chrome as a result, but it turns out that it crashes even more than FF6 did. FF7 was a vast improvement but FF8 is so unstable/unpredictable for me at the moment that I think I'd rather use IE9 than this. It's driving me mental, clearly! I wish I could kill the process manually and have it retry restoring tabs. Hey, there's an idea Mozilla; give us a menu item that allows us to restore the session to how it started to try again or at the very least get a list of the pages we were looking at. They don't show up in Recently Closed Windows and the Restore Previous Session is greyed out too. Gah! Help!

App tabs and panoroma wiped out at restart

Help, where is Firefox/Tools > Options, so that I can try the same thing that you suggested above? There is no such thing as tools under my Firefox menu, nor is there an options under my tools menu. I'm using Firefox 6.0.2. I have this same problem that tab groups and app tabs disappear after restarting my Mac. I do not have the 'clear history' setting turned on, so I don't think that is the problem. Big time sink so far.

''App tabs and panorama wiped out at restart:''
Your question appears to be a continuation of something else, but this is your only post that I see here.
As you say you found app-tabs are part of your browsing history, so you don't want to wipe that out.
* http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/4928/clearcachew.png
It is important to close Firefox properly through File > Exit or "Firefox" button > Exit, since you are on a Mac it may be slightly different. In Windows do not use the "X" in the upper right corner which closes the Window but not necessarily Firefox.
See item #31 in the following, basically if you don't see what you wanted from the previous session, use your History menu to retrieve previous session and then possibly previously closed windows.
You can make '''Firefox 6.0.2''' look like Firefox 3.6.*, see numbered '''items 1-10''' in the following topic [http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/firefox-problems.htm#fx4interface Fix Firefox 4.0 toolbar user interface, problems (Make Firefox 4.0 thru 8.0, look like 3.6)]. ''Whether or not you make changes, you should be aware of what has changed and what you have to do to use changed or missing features.''
* http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/firefox-problems.htm#fx4interface
There is a lot more beyond those first 10 steps listed, if you want to make Firefox more functional.
'''App-tabs''' can be closed and they can become contaminated with unwanted History within the tab. I would suggest you maintain a folder of bookmarks that you can repopulate your tabs at any time by opening the bookmarks in the folder into tabs. You can use the Multiple tab handler" extension [https://support.mozilla.com/questions/846422
The '''Multiple Tab Handler''' extension provides lots of features for handling multiple tabs: pinning a selection of tabs (app-tabs), pasting titles & urls in various formats. Closing selected tabs, or all tabs to the right/left. Closing tabs to the right is especially useful if using app-tabs.
Multiple Tab handler ( 74.8KB download) see my usage notes
*https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/multiple-tab-handler/
*http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/multiple_tab_handler.txt
If you want to test out the functionality of anything involving Tabs use this test page. (the strange name is derived from my keyword shortcut to the page is "_")
* http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/tab_capacity/001_with_underscore.htm
 Please mark "Solved" one answer that will best help others with a similar problem -- hope this was it.

When firefox crashes and reopens it offers to restore pages hours/days old.

When firefox crashes and is reopened, it usually brings up the pages that were open during the crash, but many times when firefox crashes, it will offer to restore pages that I did look at but that are hours/days old.
e.g.
I will be on youtube, facebook, my school website, and pandora. Firefox crashes. I reopen. Firefox offers to restore google search, my email, and wordpress, which I had looked at the night before.

I have a similar problem. Recently my FF8 has been crashing a lot. It regularly locks up an entire core of my PC and often just shuts down. It has just done it a moment ago and when it started back up it did the whole "this is embarrassing" thing and asked me if I wanted to reload my tabs. I deselected the one that I was trying to view as I suspected that it may have been the cause (unlikely; it was node4.co.uk) but anyway, let's skip it just in case. Click on the button to restore and up pops my homepage only. So all of my other tabs, which I was using for work incidentally, are gone.
This is not the first time this has happened on FF8. It happened a lot recently on FF6 I think it was (so hard to keep track now, Mozilla) and I switched to Chrome as a result, but it turns out that it crashes even more than FF6 did. FF7 was a vast improvement but FF8 is so unstable/unpredictable for me at the moment that I think I'd rather use IE9 than this. It's driving me mental, clearly! I wish I could kill the process manually and have it retry restoring tabs. Hey, there's an idea Mozilla; give us a menu item that allows us to restore the session to how it started to try again or at the very least get a list of the pages we were looking at. They don't show up in Recently Closed Windows and the Restore Previous Session is greyed out too. Gah! Help!

A few days ago i small piece of plastic got stuck and subsequently fell out the charger hole of my ipod classic, although it still connects to itunes and syncs itunes says it has synced but there is nothing on my ipod! Nothing seems to work! HELP! :/

A few days ago i small piece of plastic got stuck and subsequently fell out the charger hole of my ipod classic, although it still connects to itunes and syncs itunes says it has synced but there is nothing on my ipod! I have done this a few times and nothing seems to work! HELP! :/

Transfer all of your content to the computer:
Tunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to a computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
Then try turning the device off and on again. I'd leave it off for 10-15 minutes, but that is up to you:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1430
If the item is still there, you may need to restore the device:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
Hope that helps . Worst case scenario, you may need to write into iTunes support to see if they can also help!!

HT4528 I downloaded the ios7 and it wiped out some of my notes, I thought iCloud stores this information but I can't find it. How do I get this information back?

I downloaded ios 7 and it wiped out some of my notes. I thought the iCloud backed up all my information, but I can't find it. How do I get this information back?

YOu restore your phone from your icloud backup.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766

Flash Builder 4.5 with Firefox - crashes and no performance data. How to fix?

I am an experienced Flex developer, but new to the Flash Builder 4.5 Profiler. I'm using Firefox 5.0 and Shockwave Flash 10.2.153.1. Windows XP.
I have several problems:
1) in the profile view during a run, the buttons are dimmed and therefore I cannot "Capture Performance Profile".
2) almost every time I run, the Flash Player in Firefox crashes (And now worse, using that same profile, Firefox crashes randomly, but quickly on ANY web pages. I smell a re-install of Firefox coming.)
3) there is the option to configure for the Standalone Flash Player and a browser. How do I say WHICH one to use for a given profile run?
If I configure the browser to be IE, Firefox runs anyway.
Any ideas? Suggestions? Thanks for the time.
Message was edited by: ozDiGennaro

I have solved the crash by reinstalling the latest Flash Player.
The configuration issue is not as important.
The solution was simple. In the "Profile" view, select the "[Running]" instance. This enables the important buttons, like "Capture".
This causes a "Performance Profile" line to appear, linked to the running instance. Double click to view the info.
Thanks for listening.
Oz

HT6058 I just downloaded the IOS 7.0.4 and it wiped out my ipad. Now when my ipad turns on it says to plug in to my itunes. I do that and it won't restore. Now what, I have lost everything.

I just downloaded the IOS 7.0.4 and it wiped out my ipad. Now what?
When I restart my ipad it tells me to plug in to Itunes and when I do it will not restore my ipad.
Now i have an empty Ipad?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
After it restores, restore from backup:
iOS: Backing Up and Restoring Data

Every time I place a bid on Ebay my firefox crashes and must be restarted.

Every time I place a bid on Ebay my firefox crashes and must be restarted. This is the only time this happens. It seems to be ok until I actually confirm the bid and within a second or two firefox crashes.

This is most likely caused by '''The Browser Highlighter''' add-on. Uninstall or disable this add-on from Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions. You could also try finding an update for this extension.
See [[Uninstalling Extensions]] and https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/682558
If that does not solve the problem:
Go to the address '''about:crashes''' and tell us your latest crash IDs. We can then look at the data specific to your crash and have a better idea of what is causing the problem.

Whenever IE tries to open, Firefox crashes, and cannot be reopened unti I restart the entire system.

Whenever I click on something that brings up IE (not the default!), Firefox crashes, and when I try to reopen it, a screen comes up that is supposed to let me reopen it, but it won't. I have to reboot the system in order to bring up Firefox again. Is there some trick to restarting Firefox after this crash?

Go to the address '''about:crashes''' and tell us your latest crash IDs. We can then look at the data specific to your crash and have a better idea of what is causing the problem.
(Do this in Firefox not IE)

After mozilla firefox crashed and a restart, the Firefox Developer Edition opend - how to open the normal firefox browser ?

after mozilla firefox crashed and a restart, the Firefox Developer Edition opend - how to open the normal firefox browser ?

See if this works for you.
Open up Tools > Options -> General and toggle the first preference - '''Allow Firefox Developer Edition and Firefox to run at the same time''' - to get back to your previous Aurora Profile. It will tell you to restart Firefox.
If there's a check-mark in the box for that pref it shows the Aurora Profile, if you remove that check-mark it shows the Developer Edition Profile.

Firefox crashes and all website pages loose their formatting and pictures, and links are broken

I’m currently running Firefox 18.0.1 on a 13” 2011 MacBook Pro 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7 with 8GB or RAM that is running OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion. I have been living with this problem for over a year and this same computer has had this problem while running OS X 10.7 and I think even 10.6. The problem also existed with earlier versions of Firefox including versions 17, 16, and possibly 15, it’s been so long I can’t remember.
The problem is that Firefox crashes (or something within Firefox crashes) and the screen “goes white” and by that I mean all the graphics and layout of a page like YouTube disappears and even though the links are there, none of them work. The page is just made up of text and broken links. Reloading the page does nothing so I have to close Firefox and restart it. (No reboot) On relaunch everything is back to normal and may last a few minutes, or it may crash again right away. Generally if I launch Firefox and use it and then go use some other programs, when I come back to Firefox it will then crash. Is this a Java problem? Is this a javascript problem? I really don’t know what it is but it has persisted through several operating systems and different versions of Firefox running on different operating systems. I’m stumped and can’t find anyone who’s ever seen this problem. Any help or clues would be greatly appreciated.
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