Firefox freezes while running, minimizing and maximising solves the problem temporarily, but it freezes again after a few seconds. Any solutions?

Firefox seems to be running fine, but it seems that only the display freezes. On minimizing/maximizing the window I can see the result of any clicks made during the frozen period as well.

Try to boot the computer in Windows Safe mode with network support (press F8 on the boot screen) as a test to see if that helps.
*http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Advanced-startup-options-including-safe-mode

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Hello Albert, see how many of these you can answer...
See if the Disk is issuing any S.M.A.R.T errors in Disk Utility...
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH7029
Open Activity Monitor in Applications>Utilities, select All Processes & sort on CPU%, any indications there?
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I am not getting my iCloud or other mail thru...I had an update last week and it quit also. I simply turned mail off and on and it solved the problem. Now simply nothing is coming thru....I think I've tried everything....can anyone give me suggestions

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Firefox installation made my power saver function misfire - the system goes down after a few minutes of inactivity but then comes right back on again after a few seconds.

My power management scheme: turn off monitor after 2 min of inactivity; turn off hard discs after 5 min of inactivity. doesn't work reliably anymore. Usually, with Firefox installed, the system powers down after the preset times but then comes right back on again after a few seconds. If I restart the machine, my selected power management scheme works properly for a few cycles but then reverts to the mode of turning back on after a few seconds after having shut down.

Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes). 
See [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]] and [[Troubleshooting plugins]] 
 
If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all your extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears. 
You can use "Disable all add-ons" on the [[Safe mode]] start window to disable all extensions. 
You have to close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")
Your above posted system details show outdated plugin(s) with known security and stability risks.
*Java Plug-in 1.6.0_05 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)
Update the [[Java]] plugin to the latest version.
*http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp (Java Platform: Download JRE)

When I plug my iPhone in to my computer, iTunes doesn't recognize it as a device. I have deleted and re-downloaded iTunes twice which seems to fix the problem temporarily but then the next time, the device is not recognized.

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Crap thought that text was all the characters I was allotted, not just the title.
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Firefox has suddenly stopped connecting on one of three user accounts on the same computer. That account still connects with Safari - but not Firefox. A clean-install has not solved the problem. Help?

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If files already have been downloaded then remove the files in the updates and updates\0 folder.
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* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Software_Update (Software Update not working properly)
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Mozilla Firefox\updates
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TS4222 What I did was delete mobile me and that solved the problem.

I went into my harddrive and then went into system preferences then Library deleted Mobile me. Then I went into my shared section and followed the same route with my password I deleted all of Moblie Me and now I don't have any problems with iCloud or with iPhoto.

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My Macbook Pro keeps freezing/crashing after a few seconds of use, but works fine in safe mode.

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Hardware Information:
 MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011)
 MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
 1 2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
 4 GB RAM
Video Information:
 AMD Radeon HD 6490M - VRAM: 256 MB
 Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
System Software:
 Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) - Uptime: 0 days 0:51:36
Disk Information:
 ST9500325ASG disk0 : (465.76 GB)
 (null) (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 200 MB
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 MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
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 Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
 Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
 Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
 Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
 Apple, Inc. MacBook Pro
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
 [not loaded] org.samba.winbindd.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
 [failed] com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist
Launch Daemons:
 [not loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
 [not loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
 [not loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
Launch Agents:
 [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
 [not loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist
 [not loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist
 [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
 [not loaded] com.hp.devicemonitor.plist
 [not loaded] com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist
 [not loaded] com.quark.quarkupdate.agent.plist
 [not loaded] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist
User Launch Agents:
 [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
 [not loaded] com.facebook.videochat.elenicourea.plist
 [not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
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 DirectorShockwave.plugin
 DivX Web Player.plugin
 Flash Player.plugin
 FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
 Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
 googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
 iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
 JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
 npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
 o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
 OVSHelper.plugin
 QuickTime Plugin.plugin
 SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
 Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
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 28% WindowServer
 10% EtreCheck
 7% syslogd
 2% hidd
 2% Bluetooth File Exchange
 1% fontd
 0% Finder
 0% SystemUIServer
 0% JavaApplicationStub
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 210 MB Google Chrome
 111 MB JavaApplicationStub
 57 MB Finder
 49 MB Dock
 42 MB Google Chrome Helper
 41 MB SystemUIServer
 41 MB WindowServer
 41 MB Bluetooth File Exchange
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 518 MB Inactive RAM
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For about a week the internet freezes up and I get no response on any buttons or attempts to even close a web page. In frustration I reboot the computer and open with Internet Explorer and have no trouble.
This is a constant problem and I want to use Firefox because I have a dislike of Microsoft methods of forcing us to use their products.

Try to determine exactly what the content is that is causing problems, is it for instance opening .pdf type files or specific types of images ?
* Tools -> Page Info -> Media may give you some clues as to what is common to pages that give problems.
It could also be a problem with your Javascript settings to block or enable
* Tools -> Options -> Content
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* [[Basic troubleshooting]]
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My Office for Mac keeps getting "Error Reporting" and I find it very hard to open without it closing and "Error Report" I even went through Microsoft support and look for the plist file and keep it on my desktop which solves the problem temporarily.

Process:         Microsoft Error Reporting [275]
Path:            /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/*/Microsoft Error Reporting.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Error Reporting
Identifier:      com.microsoft.error_reporting
Version:         2.2.7 (2.2.7)
Build Info:      Unknown-110707~0
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [112]
Date/Time:       2012-01-09 23:50:57.914 +0800
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.7.2 (11C74)
Report Version: 9
Interval Since Last Report:          27616 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           6
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 394 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   4
Anonymous UUID:                      C05EBED5-CDE0-4A98-9B3B-BD69496D018F
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000
VM Regions Near 0:
--> __PAGEZERO             0000000000000000-0000000000001000 [    4K] ---/--- SM=NUL /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/*/Microsoft Error Reporting.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Error Reporting
    __TEXT                 0000000000001000-0000000000062000 [ 388K] r-x/rwx SM=COW /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/*/Microsoft Error Reporting.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Error Reporting
Application Specific Information:
objc[275]: garbage collection is OFF
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x90b85f29 mig_strncpy + 27
1   com.apple.framework.IOKit               0x92c9a269 io_registry_entry_from_path + 123
2   com.apple.framework.IOKit               0x92c46c99 IOServiceGetMatchingServices + 51
3   com.apple.MultitouchSupport.framework          0x956379ed _mthid_copyAvailableDevicesInfo + 268
4   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x99bd68c6 TISHardwareSupportsGestureHandwriting + 47
5   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x99bd66c2 SyncHandwritingHotKey + 20
6   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x99bd5840 _FirstEventTime + 1474
7   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x99bcd95f RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 30
8   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x99bd4cc6 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 168
9   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x99bd4c0a BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 88
10 com.apple.AppKit                        0x95661040 _DPSNextEvent + 678
11 com.apple.AppKit                        0x956608ab -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 113
12 com.apple.AppKit                        0x9565cc22 -[NSApplication run] + 911
13 com.apple.AppKit                        0x958f118a NSApplicationMain + 1054
14 com.microsoft.error_reporting           0x000039d9 0x1000 + 10713
15 com.microsoft.error_reporting           0x000033de 0x1000 + 9182
16 com.microsoft.error_reporting           0x00003305 0x1000 + 8965
Thread 1:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x90b8890a kevent + 10
1   libdispatch.dylib                       0x9563fc58 _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 969
2   libdispatch.dylib                       0x9563e6a7 _dispatch_mgr_thread + 53
Thread 2:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x90b8802e __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x9b79cccf _pthread_wqthread + 773
2   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x9b79e6fe start_wqthread + 30
Thread 3:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x90b8802e __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x9b79cccf _pthread_wqthread + 773
2   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x9b79e6fe start_wqthread + 30
Thread 4:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x90b8802e __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x9b79cccf _pthread_wqthread + 773
2   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x9b79e6fe start_wqthread + 30
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00000001 ebx: 0x00000001 ecx: 0x00000200 edx: 0x00000000
edi: 0x00000000 esi: 0x92c42236 ebp: 0xbffff204 esp: 0xbffff1f8
   ss: 0x00000023 efl: 0x00010283 eip: 0x90b85f29   cs: 0x0000001b
   ds: 0x00000023   es: 0x00000023   fs: 0x00000000   gs: 0x0000000f
cr2: 0x00000000
Logical CPU: 2

Hi croatia2014,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
If you have photos in your Photo Stream that you want to save to your iPad, you can save them to your Camera Roll using this method:
Manage My Photo Stream contents. In the My Photo Stream album, tap Select.
Share, print, copy, or save photos to your Camera Roll album: Select the photos, then tap .
You can find these steps in the iOS 7 user guide here:
My Photo Stream
http://help.apple.com/iphone/7/#/iphbfeb468fc
You may also find this advice useful:
If there are any photos in My Photo Stream that you want to keep, save them to your Camera Roll, then back up your Camera Roll and other data using iCloud or iTunes.
From:
iCloud: My Photo Stream troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3989
All the best,
Jeremy

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