Freezes while downloading large pdf, otherwise works

Question

I am trying to download ibm manual at
http://publibfp.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/igypg205.pdf
The document is viewable in the browser, and I can navigate to the last page, but when I try to save it (clicking the diskette icon in the adobe toolbar), a temp is created and shortly thereafter, Firefox freezes in all tabs and becomes unresponsive.

Answer 1

Hi Lisa,
To answer your first question, no iphoto has no known issue with importing large amounts of images at a time. Unless of course you have reached the capactiy for your computer in respect to RAM (iPhoto 6 is memory scalable up to 250,000 images...but it is based on amount of RAM).
If you already pulled the plist for iphoto then I would do the following:
Make sure you are connecting your Media card reader directly to the computer - do not go through a hub.
Remove ~/library/caches and restart computer - test - if issue persists proceed to next step
Reset PRAM by holding down Apple key - option key - P - R during start up of computer - listen for 2 chimes and then release - test - if issue persists proceed to next step
Hold down the option key while opening iphoto - click on create library - attempt to import into the new library - if it works you know that the issue is with your current iphoto library - follow kbase 107947 to rebuild your library - if it does not work then create a new user account and test again - if it still does not work then I would try using a different media card / or a different media card reader.
One common mistake that people make is that they never reformat their media cards between use. Not just erase...but reformat...this is a function of the camera itself, not the comptuer. Consider whether your camera manual has a section on reformating.
Hope that helps.
Cheers!