I use Firefox as well as Safari, but Firefox runs slower,

Firefox hangs pages, won't load pages ect. It does not do this all the time, but a fair amount of it. I do not have the same problem with Safari, so I am suspicious as to whether other browsers are less eefficient on my Mac by design so that I use Safari exclusively

FF is my browser of choice. Have no problems.
Are you using any add-ons that may be the cause?

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https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/249342/
-- or --
"QuickRestart" extension (34 KB download)
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/3559/
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Skenariste wrote:
The vendor is Intel, I'm assuming this is also the manufacturer-
I believe the SATA bus controller chip is Intel. AFAIK, they don't make drives.
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www.cidigitalmedia.com
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Adninjastrator

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