Firefox Hanging Every Few Seconds

I just installed brand new Firefox 25.0.1 on a Mac Mini (running Mountain Lion 10.8.2) just two weeks ago, and since day one I've been having the same problem that lots of other people are having, and that's the constant half-second delays that happen about every 4 to 5 seconds. Even typing this post, the delays are there. Pulling down menus and selecting items, trying to move the scroll bar, or playing youtube videos, Firefox keeps hanging briefly every few seconds. It's maddening.
I never had any problem with Apple's Safari browser (the only reason I switched to Firefox was because Safari Ad Block stopped working and I needed Download Helper). That this problem exists on PC and Mac means it's nothing specific to the computer, but to Firefox.
What I wish would not be given the same generic advice that never seems to work, like reinstall Firefox (it was already installed cleanly, what would a reinstall do?), but have somebody at Mozilla actually explain what is causing the problem, or if they plan to ever fix it.
So far I only have a temporary fix, which is to completely quit out of Firefox and re-run it. That solves the problem for a little while, but within an hour or two, or three, it's back to the same problem. There are plenty of other threads that mention this or similar problems (see below), but all seem to be on PC's not Macs, and none seem to give a 100% universal fix for everybody.
How to stop Firefox from hanging and lagging?
firefox freezes every few seconds even with latest update and pluging
my Firefox freezes every a few seconds , so will you fix it ?

You can check for problems with the sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak files in the Firefox profile folder that store session data.
Delete the sessionstore.js file and possible sessionstore-##.js files with a number and sessionstore.bak in the Firefox profile folder.
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Multiple_profile_files_created
Deleting sessionstore.js will cause App Tabs and Tab Groups and open and closed (undo) tabs to get lost and you will have to recreate them (make a note or bookmark them if possible).
Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).
*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

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8 GB RAM
Video Information:
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Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
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QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.125 - SDK 10.6 Support
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AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
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Top Processes by CPU:
 15% WindowServer
 7% mdworker
 2% Activity Monitor
 2% Dock
 1% SystemUIServer
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211 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
188 MB Safari
123 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
90 MB Dropbox
74 MB mds_stores
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2.70 GB Active RAM
410 MB Inactive RAM
870 MB Wired RAM
552 MB Page-ins
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Thanks for your reply. Here's a portion of the console output during a particularly problematic time:
01/07/2014 12:33:37.914 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent[656]: NSURLConnection/CFURLConnection HTTP load failed (kCFStreamErrorDomainSSL, -9812)
01/07/2014 12:33:38.743 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0x687
01/07/2014 12:33:39.351 com.apple.WebKit.Networking[422]: NSURLConnection/CFURLConnection HTTP load failed (kCFStreamErrorDomainSSL, -9812)
01/07/2014 12:34:09.781 fontd[194]: ATSFindFolder timeout. (domain:-32763, dirType:'font', createFolder:false, ATSServer pid:194)
01/07/2014 12:34:11.764 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0x6ad
01/07/2014 12:35:04.047 com.apple.WebKit.Networking[422]: CFNetwork SSLHandshake failed (-9806)
01/07/2014 12:37:36.000 kernel[0]: MacAuthEvent en1 Auth result for: 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8 MAC AUTH succeeded
01/07/2014 12:37:36.000 kernel[0]: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link UP virtIf = 0
01/07/2014 12:37:36.000 kernel[0]: wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8
01/07/2014 12:37:36.000 kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8
01/07/2014 12:37:36.000 kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
01/07/2014 12:39:34.215 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0x80f
01/07/2014 12:39:44.059 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0x834
01/07/2014 12:40:00.570 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0x858
01/07/2014 12:41:14.463 WindowServer[90]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Microsoft Word" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
01/07/2014 12:41:14.669 WindowServer[90]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Microsoft Word" after 1.21 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
01/07/2014 12:45:25.000 kernel[0]: MacAuthEvent en1 Auth result for: 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8 MAC AUTH succeeded
01/07/2014 12:45:25.000 kernel[0]: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link UP virtIf = 0
01/07/2014 12:45:25.000 kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
01/07/2014 12:45:25.000 kernel[0]: wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8
01/07/2014 12:45:25.000 kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8
01/07/2014 12:46:01.496 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0x905
01/07/2014 12:46:57.825 com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Killing auth hosts
01/07/2014 12:46:57.825 com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100012 destroyed
01/07/2014 12:50:06.454 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent[685]: NSURLConnection/CFURLConnection HTTP load failed (kCFStreamErrorDomainSSL, -9812)
01/07/2014 12:50:08.330 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.qtkitserver[689]) Could not terminate job: 3: No such process
01/07/2014 12:50:08.330 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.qtkitserver[689]) Using fallback option to terminate job...
01/07/2014 12:52:41.749 WindowServer[90]: _CGXHWCaptureWindowList: No capable active display found.
01/07/2014 12:53:02.180 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0x9e1
01/07/2014 12:53:55.256 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xa58
01/07/2014 12:53:58.964 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xa6a
01/07/2014 12:54:44.057 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xae9
01/07/2014 12:56:03.269 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xb92
01/07/2014 12:56:26.912 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xbc9
01/07/2014 12:57:24.560 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xc17
01/07/2014 12:58:52.024 Safari[419]: Couldn't contact spell checker for Multilingual
01/07/2014 12:59:00.610 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:00.610 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:00.611 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:00.612 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:00.614 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:22.496 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xd1e
01/07/2014 12:59:37.440 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:37.440 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:37.441 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:37.441 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:37.441 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 13:00:16.000 kernel[0]: MacAuthEvent en1 Auth result for: 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8 MAC AUTH succeeded
01/07/2014 13:00:16.000 kernel[0]: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link UP virtIf = 0
01/07/2014 13:00:16.000 kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
01/07/2014 13:00:16.000 kernel[0]: wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8
01/07/2014 13:00:16.000 kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8
01/07/2014 13:00:24.747 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xd91
01/07/2014 13:00:28.448 Safari[419]: Error launching spell checker for U.S. English: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=256 "The application “AppleSpell.service” could not be launched because a miscellaneous error occurred (OSStatus -1712)." UserInfo=0x60800027bdc0 {NSURL=file:///System/Library/Services/AppleSpell.service, NSLocalizedDescription=The application “AppleSpell.service” could not be launched because a miscellaneous error occurred (OSStatus -1712)., NSUnderlyingError=0x608000242e80 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -1712.)"}
01/07/2014 13:00:28.448 Safari[419]: Suppressing further spell checker launch failure warnings

I deleted my old email address and added a new one, after my iPhone died iCloud keeps popping up asking for the password of my old email address. I can't remember my password and the account is still gone, it pops up every few seconds. How can I fix this?

I deleted my old email address and added a new one, after my iPhone died iCloud keeps popping up asking for the password of my old email address. I can't remember my password and the account is still gone, it pops up every few seconds. How can I fix this?

If you are unable to remember your password, security questions, don’t have access to your rescue address or are unable to reset your password for whatever reason, your only option is to contact AppleCare(or Apple ID Support), upon speaking to an operator you should explain that your problem is related to your Apple ID, this way you will not be charged for assistance, even if you don’t have an AppleCare plan.
The operator will take you through some steps you may have already tried, however they need to be sure they have exhausted all usual approaches before trying to reset your account, so you should try to be helpful and show patience with the procedure.
The operator will need to verify they are speaking to the account holder and may ask you some questions that only the account holder could know, and you will need to answer them if the process is to proceed.
Once the operator has verified your identity they will send a message through to your device which contains an alpha numeric code, which you will need to read back to them.
Once this has been completed they will send an email to your iCloud email address after a period of 24 hours, so you should check that mail is enabled in your devices iCloud settings.
Upon receipt of the email, use the reset link provided to reset your password, after which you should be able to make the adjustments to iCloud that you wish to do.

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