Firefox hangs after putting Macbook to sleep

Firefox hangs after MacBook Pro is put to sleep. MAC OS X Snow Leopard. Normal service restored after force quit.

This keeps happening to me as well on my brand new MBP.
I suspect it has something to do with Panorama/Tab Groups.
Most of the time after sleep FF won't respond, but when it finally does I usually switch to another Tab Group.
The zoom animation for Panorama will freeze halfway through & I'll have to force quit.
Funny thing is even with the Panorama animation frozen, I can still use the file menu & save my session with the Session Manager add-on.

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Did I accidentily change a setting? Or is it a problem with the hardware?
Is there a setting I can check? I have tried to find one in Energy Saver and other places without success.
Thanks,
-tee

Welcome to Discussions - Please tell us which model G5 iMac you have (iMac release dates).I don't think you changed anything, I would suggest that you reset the SMU and see if that helps.
Please post back,
Miriam

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I know the computer will save the memory, perhaps i can call it "hibernate" when i put it on sleep. how long after i put it to sleep can i remove the power cord and battery?

After you put the computer to sleep there is no need to remove the battery (nor the A/C power for that matter.)
The computer will not automatically hibernate. Only if the computer is dropped or receives some sudden motion will the computer go into hibernation to protect the hard drive.
If you want the computer to hibernate rather than go into normal sleep you will need to change the safe sleep parameter. To do that you need to use the Terminal app (Utilities folder.) Use this command line:
sudo pmset -a hibernatemode X
where X is the desired parameter:
= 0 : Default sleep behavior on most Apple computers. RAM is still powered on while sleeping. Wake up is fast. Safe sleep is disabled.
= 1 : Hibernation behavior. System is totally shut down while sleeping. RAM contents are dumped to disk. Wake up is slow.
= 3 : Default behavior on Powerbook HD computers. RAM is still powered on while sleeping. Wake up is fast. Safe sleep is enabled, so RAM contents are also dumped to disk before going to sleep.
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My imac turns it self back on almost immediately after putting it to sleep. Why and how do I fix it?

This is new as of a few days ago. I can't find anything in preferences to make it better nor did I change any setting. Not sure what's going on. The computer seems to be working fine except for that.

It's not supposed to do that, so there is no setting for it. Be sure you have shut down (powered off) the Mac and started it back up, if you have not since this problem occurred.
If you are manually putting it to sleep, make sure you are not "bumping" the mouse immediately after giving the Sleep command. Also, does this happen when the Mac goes to sleep due to timed inactivity?
Resetting the PRAM may help
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
It may also help to reset "power management," which is called PMU, SMU, SMC, and other things depending on Mac model. The reset procedure depends on iMac model. If you can post back with the specific iMac model, I can link to the correct procedure. This is a list of all iMac models
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/index-imac.html
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Thanks for the suggestions. As it turned out Firefox seemed to fix itself!!! First I must add that I don't believe that my wife clicking on the Firefox 4 update button had anything to do with the hangups. There was no indication that anything had been downloaded. Firefox would start normally but hang when trying to load most web sites. Usually a progress bar would be displayed at the bottom of the page that would never completely load. Clicking on the "Stop loading this page" button would only result in the Firefox symbol at the top left corner turning to a white square and Firefox would become non-responsive requiring an end task to shut down. It acted like an Internet problem but as I reported before, when I tried the same sites in IE they loaded properly. Also rebooting had no immediate effect.
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Try clearing your Java cache, and History.
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Powerbook G4 17" hangs after display goes to sleep.

My 1.0 GHZ, 17" PB G4 has been locking up after the display sleeps. I do not have any other energy saver options selected. I can hear the fan(s) running, but she is totally unresponsive.
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Stephen,
No help here, sorry, but you're not alone. My 1.33 17" has been having the same trouble for months. It was consistent a few months ago, but now it's only occasional. I have no idea what causes it and, like you, have gone through various attempts at fixes (PRAM, PMU, taking out RAM, etc.). I'm happy the problem has reduced itself, but I don't understand it. My only wild guess: I had a bad power adaptor which actually sometimes turned the computer totally off, a few weeks ago. (Spent who knows how many hours diagnosing that!) Since I replaced the adaptor I have not had the hang-after-sleep problem. Could these be related? Possibly. Wish I could help more.
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Putting MacBook to sleep

Hi
Sorry, if this has been asked before. I have been told that I should just put my mac to sleep when I am done. Why is this? I am used to turning off my pc when I am done.
Is it safe to travel with my Macbook in sleep?
Does the OS do system maintainance when it is in sleep?
I know there is very similiar posts which will answer my Q. If someone could point me in the right direction.
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Putting your MacBook to sleep is the same as putting a PC in standby. It will use a small amount of power while in sleep which, over a period of a few days, will probably drain your battery. If you're going to be away from a charger for a while, you can still shut down your MacBook to save power. When a PC is running Windows, a restart now and then helps to flush the system of a bunch of junk. You dont' really need to worry about that in OS X. There really isn't any harm in shutting down your MacBook if you choose to do so... there just isn't a need to.

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It wastes electricity, but I think it should be alright. Not very sure.

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I really hope to find some help here.
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I had a MacBook Pro Early 2008 running Lion (10.7.5) until it died about a week ago (mainboard broken).
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I know people that have been doing things for longer than 10 years and they know jack. Formatting the HD is not really good "advice" in this situation.
I'm not cocksure - you just think I am because I'm disagreeing with you opinion, which you believe to be sacred (because you've been commenting for 10 years?).
So I thank you sir for your opinion but I certainly do not need your luck.
Later.

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I'm kind of out of ideas, for now.
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