Firefox is running slower every day on my mac (OS 10.6.3)

This has been my mac browser of choice for years, but it has gotten so slow and unresponsive I can't use it for my business anymore. Each of the last 3 updates have become more problematic. I'm constantly clearing the cache and rebooting, just to load pages.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened

It amuses me that the email that was sent to confirm the posting of this question had a clickable link. Naturally that link did not work. Cutting and pasting it into FireFox allowed me to complete the posting process. Annoying.

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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

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Your crash reports are showing that there are a few reason for the crashing and some are unknown to date how they're caused. Not to worry as we can try some troubleshooting.
'''Try Firefox Safe Mode''' to see if the problem goes away. [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode|Firefox Safe Mode]] is a troubleshooting mode that turns off some settings, disables most add-ons (extensions and themes).
If Firefox is open, you can restart in Firefox Safe Mode from the Help menu:
*In Firefox 29.0 and above, click the menu button [[Image:New Fx Menu]], click Help [[Image:Help-29]] and select ''Restart with Add-ons Disabled''.
*In previous Firefox versions, click on the Firefox button at the top left of the Firefox window and click on ''Help'' (or click on ''Help'' in the Menu bar, if you don't have a Firefox button) then click on ''Restart with Add-ons Disabled''.
If Firefox is not running, you can start Firefox in Safe Mode as follows:
* On Windows: Hold the '''Shift''' key when you open the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
* On Mac: Hold the '''option''' key while starting Firefox.
* On Linux: Quit Firefox, go to your Terminal and run ''firefox -safe-mode'' <br>(you may need to specify the Firefox installation path e.g. /usr/lib/firefox)
When the Firefox Safe Mode window appears, select "Start in Safe Mode".<br>
[[Image:Safe Mode Fx 15 - Win]]
'''''If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode''''', your problem is probably caused by an extension, and you need to figure out which one. Please follow the [[Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems]] article to find the cause.
''To exit Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.''
When you figure out what's causing your issues, please let us know. It might help others with the same problem.

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Thank you.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/864739?as=aaq
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/882138#answer-256718

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Here's some info about our Mac:
iMac
24-inch, Early 2009
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 256 MB
Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 (11E53)
Hardware Overview:
Model Name:          iMac
Model Identifier:          iMac9,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2.93 GHz (Intel Core 2 Duo)
Number of Processors:          1
Total Number of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          6 MB
Memory:          4 GB (1067 MHz DDR3)
Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version:          IM91.008D.B08
SMC Version (system):          1.45f0
Serial Number (system):          W89183P80TL
Hardware UUID:          1F41E5E2-3C48-571F-B8E9-02F70DA7485A

Things That Can Fix A Slow Computer
If your computer seems to be running slower here are some things you can do:
Boot into Safe Mode then repair your hard drive and permissions:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions Pre-Lion
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
Repair the Hard Drive - Lion
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Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Restart your computer normally and see if this has helped any. Next do some maintenance:
Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
For situations Disk Utility cannot handle the best third-party utility is Disk Warrior; DW only fixes problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by directory corruption; Disk Warrior 4.x is now Intel Mac compatible.
OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep.) If this isn't the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep. Dependence upon third-party utilities to run the periodic maintenance scripts was significantly reduced since Tiger. These utilities have limited or no functionality with Snow Leopard or Lion and should not be installed.
OS X automatically defragments files less than 20 MBs in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files there's little need for defragmenting the hard drive. As for virus protection there are few if any such animals affecting OS X. You can protect the computer easily using the freeware Open Source virus protection software ClamXAV. Personally I would avoid most commercial anti-virus software because of their potential for causing problems. For more about malware see Macintosh Virus Guide.
I would also recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX 2.4.3, or Cocktail 5.1.1 that you can use for periodic maintenance such as removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc.
For emergency repairs install the freeware utility Applejack. If you cannot start up in OS X, you may be able to start in single-user mode from which you can run Applejack to do a whole set of repair and maintenance routines from the command line. Note that AppleJack 1.5 is required for Leopard. AppleJack 1.6 is compatible with Snow Leopard. There is no confirmation that this version also works with Lion.
When you install any new system software or updates be sure to repair the hard drive and permissions beforehand.
Get an external Firewire drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
Carbon Copy Cloner
Data Backup
Deja Vu
SuperDuper!
SyncTwoFolders
Synk Pro
Synk Standard
Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore.
Additional suggestions will be found in Mac maintenance Quick Assist.
Referenced software can be found at CNet Downloads or MacUpdate.
Additional Hints
Be sure you have an adequate amount of RAM installed for the number of applications you run concurrently. Be sure you leave a minimum of 10% of the hard drive's capacity as free space.
Add more RAM. If your computer has less than 2 GBs of RAM and you are using OS X Leopard or later, then you can do with more RAM. Snow Leopard and Lion work much better with 4 GBs of RAM than their system minimums. The more concurrent applications you tend to use the more RAM you should have.
Always maintain at least 15 GBs or 10% of your hard drive's capacity as free space, whichever is greater. OS X is frequently accessing your hard drive, so providing adequate free space will keep things from slowing down.
Check for applications that may be hogging the CPU:
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time, then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
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I've tried everything I can possibly think of to improve my computer's performance, and it seems to be getting slower every day.

Before I begin, let me post my system specs real quick:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook5,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MB51.007D.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.32f8
Serial Number (system): W8******1B0
Hardware UUID: 90146DFB-93C5-5699-AB59-05403BEC071C
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
Storage:
Available: 61.79 GB (61,793,218,560 bytes)
Capacity: 255.2 GB (255,200,755,712 bytes)
Mount Point: /
File System: Journaled HFS+
Writable: Yes
Ignore Ownership: No
BSD Name: disk0s2
Volume UUID: 2DA6DBEC-85AD-3415-81FA-B6979712E3E5
Physical Drive:
Media Name: V4-CT256V4SSD2 Media
Medium Type: SSD
Protocol: SATA
Internal: Yes
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
So, a while ago I decided to get a SSD and upgrade to 4GB of RAM when I was still using Snow Leopard. Great investment, totally worth it. Well, for a while. Boot times were good at first. But they got sluggish. So of course I decided to upgrade to Mountain Lion because that would speed up my mac, right? Wrong. It takes my computer ten seconds from the time I push the power button to respond and begin booting. It takes anywhere from one to two and a half minutes to get to the login screen. On the login screen it won't respond to any input from keyboard, trackpad, or mouse for ten seconds more. When I type in my password, it's another thirty seconds to a minute before the spinning beach ball of death disappears and what should be my desktop appears. Instead I'm greeted by my desktop picture and nothing else. One to one and a half minutes later, my desktop, dock, and menu bar are all there in front of me. But we're not out of the woods yet. It takes about two or three more minutes before my computer becomes even remotely usable- if I just start clicking I'll get the beach ball of death and have to wait longer, watching my once-swift Google Chrome browser bounce endlessly up and down, never opening.
TL;DR: It takes way too long for my computer to start up given its specifications.
You might be poised at your keyboard right now, telling me to repair disk permissions, clear caches, reset PRAM and SMC, etc... but I've already done that. I have about 75GB free space on my solid state drive, so that's not an issue. I've used Onyx and CleanMyMac2 to clean up anything that could be causing the problem, and it hasn't fixed slow boot times and general sluggishness.
I've scoured the forums far and wide to find the answer that will transform my computer into the speed-demon it once was. That is why I have turned to you, dear internet, to aid me in my quest.
I'm not a digital dummy- I can follow just about any advice you give me if you're clear enough in explaining steps required. The OP in almost every thread I've visited thus far was clueless and simply needed routine maintenace or a hardware upgrade to fix the problem, and I know that can't be the issue... so what can?
(PS I did select the SSD as my startup disk after installing it)
<Edited By Host>

Here's the results of etrecheck:
Hardware Information:
          MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008)
          MacBook - model: MacBook5,1
          1 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Startup Items:
          360ControlDaemon - Path: /Library/StartupItems/360ControlDaemon
          ParallelsDesktopTransporter - Path: /Library/StartupItems/ParallelsDesktopTransporter
System Software:
          OS X 10.8.4 (12E55) - Uptime: 0 days 1:39:57
Disk Information:
          V4-CT256V4SSD2 disk0 : (256.06 GB)
                    disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Ben's New Hard Drive (disk0s2) /: 255.2 GB (61.63 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Logitech Logitech Cordless RumblePad 2
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
          com.orderedbytes.driver.CMUSBDevices          (4.4.3)
          com.orderedbytes.driver.ControllerMateFamily          (4.4.3)
          com.Cvnt.nke          (2.1.2)
          com.Cvnt.driver.CvntDriver          (2.1.2)
          com.vara.driver.VaraAudio          (1.0.3)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded] com.Cvnt.daemon.plist
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist
          [loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.Cvnt.start.plist
          [loaded] com.hp.devicemonitor.plist
          [loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist
          [loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
User Login Items:
          Covenant Eyes
          Caffeine
          HP Scheduler
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player
          GamePadCompanionPrefPanel
          Perian
Internet Plug-ins:
          AdobePDFViewer.plugin
          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
          DirectorShockwave.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
          Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
Bad Fonts:
          None
Top Processes by CPU:
               7%          HP Device Monitor
               7%          WindowServer
               3%          Google Chrome
               2%          EtreCheck
               0%          mds
               0%          Dock
               0%          fontd
               0%          ps
               0%          blued
               0%          SystemUIServer
Top Processes by Memory:
          135 MB             Google Chrome
          106 MB             mds
          57 MB              HP Device Monitor
          45 MB              WindowServer
          44 MB              Google Chrome Helper
          33 MB              coreservicesd
          29 MB              CalendarAgent
          29 MB              SystemUIServer
          29 MB              Finder
          29 MB              Dock
Virtual Memory Statistics
          1.89 GB            Free RAM
          1.15 GB            Active RAM
          230 MB             Inactive RAM
          486 MB             Wired RAM
          793 MB             Page-ins
          0 B                Page-outs

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My Safari has gone down hill ever since I installed 10.5.1
Safari takes forever to open pages and seems to get worse everyday.
Any QuickTime files (including the Guided Tours on Apple.com) never show. I can hear the movie but can no longer see it.
Also a very odd thing has happened - ALL of my upgraded Macs are having the same issues. All of them were upgraded to 10.5.1
All three of them are no more than a year old and should have no issues running 10.5.1
All of them get slower and slower everyday when using Safari. Also pages seem to be redirected to other sites. Reminds me of Windows and Internet Explorer. I never thought I would have so many issues with the Internet.
By the way I already did the reset safari, empty cache, and run permissions on the Hard Drive. None of which makes a difference.
Anyone have the same issues or have any ideas to help me out?
Thank you for your time.

QuickTimeKirk wrote:
Open the HD/Library/Internet Plug-Ins folder and drag the QuickTime Plugin.webplugin to your Desktop.
Quit and relaunch Safari and test to see if QuickTime files work as designed.
Thank you for your help.
That folder is currently empty. I have NO files inside "Internet Plug-ins"

Calc Script runs slow one day and fast the next?

We are on Essbase 11.1.2.1. When we run calc scripts to load our actuals and run some allocation scripts, the difference in running time for the same exact script is very different day to day. One day three hours the next 45 minutes. Our servers are just for Essbase. We are on Windows 2008 R2. Has anyone else run into this or have any idea how we could figure out the reason for this. Thanks.

Thanks. In that case, I would try to grab the cube statistics - especially number of upper-level and input blocks, compression ratio and fragmentation (in EAS you can only see one of the two fragmentation statistics, 'Average Clustering Ratio', not 'Average Fragmentation Quotient') before each run, just to see if they're varying wildly. Also, if your calc scripts log summary information (is there a SET MSG command in them? If not you could try SET MSG SUMMARY) then Essbase will write high-level statistics on how much work was done to the application log.
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If none of the above give any clues and this is a virtual box (or you have SAN storage) you really will need someone who understands your infrastructure to help.
I'm assuming these are BSO cubes, by the way!

Iphone 3gs getting slower every day

my iPhone 3gs is freezing up and lagging (when I type mostly) I have the updated ISO on in and I freed up some room in the memory, so what else could it be and how can I make it run faster like it used to?
also if I do a recovery on it and set it back to factory settings would it help or hurt? and what is the best way to do the reset? are there any step by step instructions for this anywhere?
thanks.

My Maxx started slowing down, actually hanging 5 to 15 seconds at times, after the last build 9.8.20-72_VZW-16-5. I've had Droid 4.1.2 before this with no slow downs. I've cleared cache, apps, checked memory, etc. I haven't tried factory default yet because I expect I will loose much of the configuration info and it's a long process to set up again, much like getting a new phone.
Has anyone found the core problem?
Suspect it may be that the latest VZW build contains additional data mining called "Relevant Mobile Advertising Program Enhancement" which collects data for directed advertising. I opted out of this on the "privacy choices page" and will see if this helps.

Firefox is running slower on my pc then the previous version 3.6

i cant play farmville on facebook and it takes forever to get online when i click on my browser firefox,pplease help i like firefox and it might be too much for my laptop if it is i need help restoring to 3.6

Firefox 3.6.24 can be found here:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
thank you
Please mark "Solved" the answer that really solve the problem, to help others with a similar problem.

TS1398 My iPad runs slow some days and super fast other days.

All of a sudden my iPad takes about 20 minutes to load a 5 minute video from youtube. And then a day later it can download HD videos in seconds. I always have full wifi strength and my wifi antenna is dual band and very powerful. I have the new iPad and I haven't downloaded any new software to anything on or connected to my iPad. I don't know why it is acting up all of a sudden. My pc works fine and will download the same video ten times as fast. And also a new thing with my iPad is it will insert the last 2 words of my last sentence into my next sentence. Why is this all happening?

Try This...
Close All Open Apps... Perform a Reset... Try again...
Reset ( No Data will be Lost )
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430

Why is firefox lagging and pausing every few seconds on mac os x

I have a brand new iMac running Snow Leopard with 8GBs of RAM. I've been using Firefox 3.6 for a few days and its acting up. Every few seconds it will pause , nothing will move. For example when I'm scrolling, typing, clicking on something. A few seconds will go by until it finally will respond to my input.
I read somewhere else that if you go the the firefox profiles folder and delete sessionstore.js should solve the problem. So I quit firefox and delete that file. And it will be normal for several hour or a day. After a lot of use the same problem happens.
Please anyone, if you know what the problem could be, please help. It's super annoying.
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Thank you, tklaus!
This issue has been driving me nuts for months, ever since I upgraded from 3.* (I don't update very often). Thinking it was just a bug in the latest version, I updated all the way to the current 'latest version', with absolutely no change in this behaviour (if anything it got worse). Tried disabling all addons, it was a *bit* better but still noticeable and irritating, and besides, what use is FF without addons?
Adjusting the session save interval to once an hour (3600000) seems to have reduced or eliminated *most* of the hang-ups, making FF much more usable again! Thank you for giving me my browser back!
(FYI, FF 5.0 running on XP - told you I don't update very often! :)

Premiere Pro running slow with Quadro 4000 on Mac-Pro

Hi Forum, I could really use some help.
I recently upgraded to CS6 abnd have been having major speed issues in Premiere Pro ever since. At the time I was running with an ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB and using CS5.5 with no issues.
After installing CS6 my Premiere Pro projects just slowed to a crawl. After doing some hasty research online i "upgraded" to the Quadro 4000 for Mac. It made the applications usable but still frustratingly slow. Exporting projects either directly from Premiere Pro or through Media Encoder is 2-3 times slower than before. I'm ready to ditch CS6 and go back to CS5.5 if necessary as it is serioulsy impacting my productivity.
Any advice on fixing this issue would be greaty appreciated. Hardware, work-flow, software recommendations? I'll take it all!
I also use two Mac monitors (only one of which is hooked up as I am awaiting the arrival of a converter to hook the second to the DVI-I) and would like to use 3 but I cannot run the ATI card at the same time as the Quado as there are only two power supply sources in the mac-pro housing.
My projects typically look like this:
Project Settings:
Quicktime DV NTSC
Codec: DV25 NTSC
720x480
Raw sequence:
4 video tracks where I'll align my different camera angles to their correct time markers.
MTS Format 1080p
Multi-cam Equence:
Camera edits from the raw sequence:
Effects Sequence:
Layers for on screen graphis, music etc.
1 Voice track
2-3 music tracks (mp3)
1-2 photoshop layers
effects track (black video fade in and out perhaps, sometimes I'll have a timer sequence dropped in here for on screen countdown).
System Specs
Processor 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Memory 16 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC
Graphics NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2048 MB
Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63)

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