When I add an email address or website to an email Firefox doesn't highlight it so people can just click on the link

When I'm typing an email to forward to someone and I add an email address or website link Firefox doesn't highlight it so the link can be clicked on by the person I'm sending the email to. This problem doesn't occur when I use Internet explorer to login to my email. It automatically highlights the link so it can be clicked on and re-directed to the email address or website. How can I remedy this?

Just above the text area that you use to enter the message text on the "Compose New Mail page" there is usually a button bar with buttons to add text formatting like Bold and Italic. 
That toolbar may also have a button to turn a text link into a clickable hyperlink (look for a chain like button). 
You can select the text and click that button to turn the link into a clickable hyperlink. 
If you can't find the button then hover them all to check the tooltip of each (e.g. Insert hyperlink). 
* Make Link - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/make-link/

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madiandmo wrote:
This is the deal. I'm new to having a Mac & using Hotmail via Safari. When I had a pc I the web browser I used with explorer. Could it have anything to do with that?
no, the link was created for me via Acteva.
And, it is not longer than 69 characters.
Have you clicked on the link to ensure that it works?

2nd email address for website?

After creating a website with iWeb (published through 60 day trial with .Mac), I've been advised that I may not want to use my primary email address on the contact page.
I'm currently using the Mac Mail program that came with our iMac (Earthlink is our ISP).
Would the simplist way be to create a second email address within my Mac Mail account? Is there any reason to create a completely new account?
Thanks

You're welcome.
Since it appears your Earthlink email account is your primary account, you can use your primary .Mac email account for your website but regarding .Mac account aliases, the following was copied from .Mac Help:
You can create up to five email aliases to help prevent unwanted messages from being sent to your primary .Mac Mail account or for use with online groups and chat websites. For example, you might want to share your main .Mac Mail address with friends and family only and use email aliases for online registrations, purchasing products, joining mailing lists, and so on. This will help you better manage the email you receive and monitor the sources of unwanted messages. You can even send email using an email alias.
Seems to me it would be simpler to either add an email "alias"
to my Mail (the application that came preloaded on our iMac)
primary account, or create a new account.
As already provided, since your Earthlink email account is your primary account, you can use your .Mac email address for your website or go ahead and create/use an alias for the same but you cannot create another or separate .Mac account. Your existing account is it and you can create up to 5 email aliases at no extra charge. If you want another separate email account, you can purchase an email only account through your primary .Mac account at an extra charge which I believe is only $10/year.
If I understood your reply, I should be able to do either
one of these through the iMac Mail application?
Yes. This following was also copied from .Mac Help:
To set up a .Mac email alias, choose Mail > Preferences and click Accounts. Select your .Mac account and click Account Information. Click Edit Email Aliases to go to the .Mac website. Log into your account. Click Accounts, then click the Add button in the Email Aliases section. Enter a name for the alias and click Create Alias. The alias will then be available in the Account pop-up menu in new message windows.
If the Account pop-up menu doesn't appear in the compose message window, click the Action menu in the lower-left corner of the message header and choose Customize. Select the checkbox next to Account and click OK.
Messages addressed to your .Mac email alias will arrive in your .Mac account inbox.
Do you think creating another account would make me
less vulnerable to spam, than simply adding an "alias" to
my primary account?
It depends on how your email address is used on your website. If you include an Email Me link, you shouldn't be vulnerable to spam but if provided out in the open for anyone to see and for spambots that search the internet for valid email addresses provided out in the open on a website, etc., you will be very vulnerable to spam. But as already provided, if your .Mac email address associated with your .Mac account is not your primary email address and likely won't be, it doesn't matter but this is what email aliases are primarily designed for so I would protect my .Mac email account address in case you decide to make this your primary email address and use an alias instead on your website.
After several moves in a relatively short period of time having to change ISPs and my email address along with it since I formally used my ISP provided email account as my primary address, I now use my .Mac account as my primary email address since when moving and changing ISPs doesn't matter - I can always keep the same email address regardless.

HT4759 My iCloud email address and my apple ID are different. I would like to change my iCloud to be the same as my apple ID. However I don't know my iCloud password and don't use the email address it belongs to. When I try to change the password, apple b

My iCloud email address and my apple ID are different. I would like to change my iCloud to be the same as my apple ID. However I don't know my iCloud password and don't use the email address it belongs to. When I try to change the password, apple brings me to a page to reset my apple ID password (which I know and don't want to change). I have even tried to delete my iCloud account completely to start again but am not allowed without the iCloud password (which I don't have) there doesn't seem to be a place to change the email address of iCloud. What can I do?

This is the answer that I had expected, so in this case you could only change your gmail.com address to another providers email addres e.g. outlook.com, yahoo.com, etc., but you won't be able to change the gmail.com address to a icloud.com email address. Apple just won't let you do that.
Your iCloud account with @icloud.com email address and you Apple ID with gmail.com address are already connected and as I said before, Apple just let you merge this two IDs together.

My school has a website. The professor uploads files in Word. When I click on the link at home using Pages, the download window opens with nothing in it and Safari opens with a blank in the address book. What Could be wrong? Wrong set up?

My school has a website. The professor uploads files in Word. When I click on the link at home using Pages, the download window opens with nothing in it and Safari opens with a blank in the address book. What Could be wrong? Wrong set up?

Hi Jo,
If I'm interpreting this correctly, the Word file downloads correctly, but when you open it in Pages, the link(s) which your instructor has embedded in the Word file are not correctly translated into Pages.
If the link shows the actual address, you should be able to copy that and paste it into the location bar in Safari, press return, and get to the website that way.
An alternate route might be to download one of the open source Office applications, OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice, or NeoOffice. These are written to more closely emulate the behaviours of MS Word than Pages, and may provide better support for links embedded in Word files.
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"When you create a new tab, the Location bar will be focused so you can just start typing the name or address of the website you want to go to" Um...no it doesn't. IN the "improved" Firefox 5, the focus remains on the previously opened tab...very annoying

New tabs are not getting focus. Typing an address after opening a tab opens the address in the first tab, not in the tab that was just opened

Tools > Options > Tabs: [ ] "When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately"
This issue can be caused by an add-on that isn't working properly.
Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
* Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

When typing email address that I have sent emails to before what setting do I need to change so my computer will remember these email addresses, like explore does? I can't find my email settings?

When typing email address that I have sent emails to before what setting do I need to change so my computer will remember these email addresses, like explore does? I can't find my email settings?

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When I advertise a link for potential customers, the link does not light up so that the customer can just click on link and be direct to my website. Why? What do i need to do in order for links to light up?

When advertising, I put my link in so that potential customers can just click on link and be automatically directed to my website. My links are not lighting up so that they can be directed to my website. Why?

Do you mean sending email?
Just above the textarea that you use to enter the message text on the "Compose New Mail page" there is usually a button bar with buttons to add text formatting like Bold and Italic. 
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* Make Link - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/make-link/

How do I change my Apple ID to use my @me email address instead of my old email address?

Hi,
I recently started to use iCloud and have therfore now got an @me email address. I have managed to make it my primary email address but it won't let me make it my Apple ID even though there is an option to make your primary email address one of the same.
When I try it says "You cannot create an Apple ID using a MobileMe account. If this is your email address, it is also your Apple ID."
I can log in to Apple using my @me email address but it displays my old, not in use any more, email address and it really annoys me.
Does any one know how I can get it to use only my @me address and completely forget my old one?
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Andy

There is a lot of confusion about Apple ID and I think this has come about mainly becuase Apple introduced .Me Accounts. Prior to that there was only .Mac. My iCal and Contacts were syncing fine until I visited "Manage Your Apple ID" I was prompted to change my Apple ID and Primary Email Address. After doing so I lost the syncing between devises as my iCloud on my iPhone was set to my .Me account and my MacBook Pro to .Mac.
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On those site asking for your name, address, city, email address, this program would put that info where required. All one had to do was type the first letter or number of the info needed. Is this a Firefox program?

The program would enter info for me. I only had to type the first letter or number of the info needed. For example, my first name is OSCAR. So, to enter this info in the box marked "First name", I only had to type in the box the letter "O". The program would then type OSCAR. I would then click on the name "OSCAR" and the name OSCAR would be entered in the box asking for my first name. Same with "city", "zip code", "last name", "email address", etc. Is this a Firefox feature??

That feature would be provided by an add-on for Firefox. The most popular add-on of that type was the Google Toolbar for Firefox, which has been discontinued by Google for Firefox 5 and future versions. 
http://googletoolbarhelp.blogspot.com/2011/07/update-on-google-toolbar-for-firefox.html
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i need change main email address in iCloud, make alias email main

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Often when I do a search and then click on the link I am redirected to a fake or phishing website. How can I stop this? Thank you!

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[x] Warn me when sites try to install add-ons 
[x] Block reported attack sites 
[x] Block reported web forgeries
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'''More information:''' on extensions and keyword shortcuts
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/ Adblock Plus :: Add-ons for Firefox]
* [http://adblockplus.org/en/filters#basic Writing Adblock Plus filters]
* [http://www.siteadvisor.com/ McAfee SiteAdvisor Software -- Website Safety Ratings and Secure Search]
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/wot-safe-browsing-tool/ Web of Trust - Safe Browsing Tool :: Add-ons for Firefox]
* [http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File]
* [http://userstyles.org/styles/42848 Google - Highlight harmful site alert - Themes and Skins for www.google - userstyles.org]
* [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions Problematic extensions - MozillaZine Knowledge Base] (McAfee Site Advisor is listed as problematic, read information)
* My notes on extensions -- http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/firefox.htm#ext_table
* [http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/kws.htm Firefox Keyword Shortcuts] (and bookmarklets)
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In your google search settings (preferences), you can filter adult content, but that is not phishing
* http://www.google.com/preferences?complete=0&hl=en
Phishing protection comes from your browser using collected phishing data -- not from the Google search itself where you might see a warning.
* (Google Chrome) http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=99020
* (Firefox) already covered what you need to set in security options
more
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/ensuring-your-information-is-safe.html
''corrected to read Tools > Options > Security''

Hi I got an email from itunes saying that my pre order was ready and when I click on the link from my ipad it takes me to the itunes store app and then it doesn't do anything help with this please.

Hi I got an email from itunes saying that my pre order was ready and when I click on the link from my ipad it takes me to the itunes store app and then it doesn't do anything help with this please .
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Now I can download apps on both my iPhone and ipad2.
If anyone is reading this in Brisbane Australia go to the Chermside apple shop and ask for Wade. He was fantastic!
Jan

Someone is using my personal email address for their apple ID and I'm sick of it! I can't sign up for my own itunes account or anything using MY OWN email address. My email address is my property, not theirs.

Someone is using my personal email address for their apple ID and I'm sick of it! I can't sign up for my own itunes account or anything using MY OWN email address. My email address is my property, not theirs.
I'm using their account and will continue to reset their password and settings until they either get the message or Apple do something about it and disable or migrate their account so that I can use MY OWN email address for my own purposes.
I don't want to be informed about Apple products and services for someone else on my email account.
I want to be able to use it MYSELF for iTunes
All I am asking you to do is migrate their apple ID to their alternate email account settings and free up my email address so that:
A. I can use it and B. I stop getting messages about their account history.
Either that or just cancel their account as they have no right to use my personal details.
Yes I could set up a new email address but WHY THE **** should I? I've been using this email account for years for personal stuff, it's not mu fault if someone can sign it up as an AppleID without me being able to confirm their sign up process!
Your move Apple, make it count.

Hi Sister Kate,
If you change the Apple ID you are using on an iPhone or other iOS device, there are several places you need to change it on the device. See this article -
Apple ID: What to do after you change your Apple ID
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

I brough a video from a trusted website, thet sent me the linke by e-mail. I click on the link to download but it will not download. The file is mp4. I am using IE to download. The file is 2.75 GB. When I click on the link to download it seems to try

I brought a video from a trusted website. They sent me an e-mail with a link to use to download the video. It is a mp3 video with 2.75 GB. When I click on the link to download it seems to try but stops and won't do anything else. It appears to be using IE. I have Vista and have Quicktime, andTunes. As you can probably tell from my wording I am out of my area of "expertise". Any help would be most appreciated. I sent an e-mail to the websites customer servide reporting the problem but have no idea when I will hear from them.

mp3 is an audio file descriptor, not a video file type
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