Firefox keeps crashing all of a sudden

Question

Never had this problem before but for some reason, firefox keeps crashing at random times when surfing the web
I was in the midst of downloading an incredibly large file when firefox crashed and ruined everything...
This has probably happened a total of 50 times in the past week and it's really driving me insane
I tried reinstalling, didn't work
Help?

Answer 1

HI Blue,
Sometimes a good disk utility can keep browsers running as they should.
Try Onyx for Leopard: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/systemdiskutilities/onyx.html
Or, MacJanitor is good also: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/10491
Tuning Mac OS X Performance
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/performance.html
And since Firefox crashed when downloading a large file, have you checked to see how much available drive space there is? Right or Control click the MacintoshHD icon on your Desktop, click: Get Info. Where it says: General, click the black arrow so it faces down. You will see: Capacity and Available. Make sure your available disk space is never less then 10%, 15% is much better. You can't download large files if there isn't sufficient space on the disk.
It's a good idea to check the hard disk for errors at least once a month.
Open Disk Utility, in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder.
Insert your Mac OS X Install disc in your computer’s optical drive or an optical drive connected to your computer, and then restart your computer. When you hear the startup tone, hold down the C key until you see the progress indicator, which looks like a spinning gear.
Follow the onscreen instructions until the menu bar appears with the Utilities menu in it, choose Utilities > Disk Utility, click First Aid, and then click the Verify button. If DU reports errors, click Repair. When it's finished, from the Menu Bar, select Utilities/Startup Disk. In the Startup Disk window select MacintoshHD 10.x.x and click Restart.
Also, with Firefox open, from the Menu Bar, click: Tools/Click Private Data Clear Historty, SavedForm and Search History and Cache. That might help with Firefox also.
Carolyn
Message was edited by: Carolyn Samit