Why is the check box for remember passwords grayed out? It used to work now it won't save them.

It could be because you have Firefox set to not remember any history. Did you do that intentionally? It is set in the Options dialog:
"3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Options > Privacy
Perhaps it would work if you choose "Use custom settings for history" and just turn off the specific things you want to turn off.
Any luck?

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When a pop-up comes up on the screen it will ask to save my password or not, well, I click on save password but it doesnt save any passwords even when I have the check box checked for remembering my passwords for certain sites it will not save any type of passwords at all. What am I doing wrong? I am using linux-mac OS user.

Simply because I don't think about using this option that takes more time to close... I always close ALL my windows with the X.
Firefox doesn't hang at exit also...
Using Firefox / Exit doesn't always save the bookmarks also... let's say there is 80% chances it will but not always... I noticed the first time I open firefox after booting the computer... Bookmarks won't be saved... But if I close firefox and re-open it, then it might save it... 50% guess...
I tried the safe mode, but since its closing firefox and re-open it... new saved bookmarks sometimes work, sometimes don't... it's pretty unstable...
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Very elementary....what is the check box for in itunes?

Would someone please enlighten me on the functionality of the check boxes next to items in itunes? I check several songs I want to delete and then click Edit>Delete but only the ONE ITEM selected by the cursor is deleted. OK, so I know how to do shift-click to select a number of items then click Edit>Delete, but what in the dog-gone world is the check box for?!? when I search for help on "Check Box" no results are found. Also, if you like to show me how non intuitive I am by demonstrating how to find this solution in the Help menu, I would love to learn something from the exercise. Otherwise, I'm going to believe, beyond belief, that the itunes help is not very helpful!
Thanks, inspite of this insanely simple problem!
Alan

you can multiple select songs from your list by using the CTRL or SHIFT keys, and then you can right-click on the selected items and choose delete.
the check box is actually for auto-syncing; which means that if you have some songs checked in your library, then you connect your ipod, those checked songs will automatically update on your ipod, or transfered. (of course, thats only true if you have the auto-sync option selected, and not manual update).
another thing for the checked box; if you change anything to the song like ID tags, or artwork, .... they will automatically be changed and updated on that song on the ipod next time you plug it in.
i found out that this check box thing is useful if you wanna update your ipod ONLY with the new songs added recently to your library. this way, your ipod wont update all songs, it will only do the ones checked.
you can also right click on a bunch of songs and choose check selection, or uncheck selection.
hope i didnt forget anything, and i hope that helps.

Hi, I'm having issues with my airdrop. I have looked in my finder perfrences and didn't see the check box for airdrop. I have a macbook air running on 10.9.4 Mavericks. Does anyone know how to get my airdrop back? Thanks.

Hi, I'm having issues with my airdrop. I have looked in my finder perfrences and didn't see the check box for airdrop. I have a macbook air running on 10.9.4 Mavericks. Does anyone know how to get my airdrop back? Thanks.

Mac Basics: AirDrop lets you send files from your Mac to nearby Macs and iOS devices - Apple Support

Why is the logon box for puzzles.telegraph.co.uk not responding? (it used to )

Why is the logon box for puzzles.telegraph.co.uk not responding? (it use to to). I have to use Firefox to access this site, which I pay for.

From your Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Privacy tab.
Click: Remove All Website Data
Then delete the cache.
Open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db
Click Go then move the Cache.db file to the Trash.
Quit and relaunch Safari to test.
If that didn't help, troubleshoot Safari extensions.
From the Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Extensions tab. Turn that OFF, quit and relaunch Safari to test.
If that helped, turn one extension on then quit and relaunch Safari to test until you find the incompatible extension then click uninstall.

The check box for syncing apps not showing in iTunes Apps page

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In the iTunes User Guide it shows a sync check box next to Apps as you can see it's not there.
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Why does the check box untick itself?

I have a program which has a GUI control that I designed. It consists of several check boxes inside a panel, the user can tick one or more of them. There are various methods to get all the selections, untick boxes in code etc. In one place in my software, I need a dialog box to appear when the user ticks a box. So I got my control to raise a property change event whenever one of the check boxes is ticked or unticked. I then catch this in another part of the code, and cause a dialog to appear which asks the user for further options.
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import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.beans.*;
import java.util.HashSet;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Testing {
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        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            @Override public void run() {
                Testing testing = new Testing();
    public Testing() {
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            @Override public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
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        dlg.setModal(true);
        dlg.pack();
        dlg.setVisible(true);
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            gl.setRows(arr.length);
            panel.setLayout(gl);
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                @Override public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent ie) {
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                if(!data.contains(o)) {
                    JCheckBox candidate = new JCheckBox(o.toString());
                    panel.add(candidate);
                    candidate.addItemListener(cl);
                    data.add(o);
}

Thanks Malcolm, I used the different thread as you suggested and it works fine :).
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.beans.*;
import java.util.HashSet;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Testing {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            @Override public void run() {
                Testing testing = new Testing();
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            @Override public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent pce) {
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                if(category.equals("ticking")) {
                    ShowDlg sd = new ShowDlg();
                    EventQueue.invokeLater(sd);
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        fmMain.pack();
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    class CheckBoxes extends JScrollPane {
        public CheckBoxes(Object... arr) {
            super();
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            gl.setColumns(1);
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            setViewportView(panel);
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            panel.setLayout(gl);
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                @Override public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent ie) {
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                    String propertyName = cbi.isSelected() ? "ticking" : "unticking";
                    System.out.println("Item event: "+propertyName);
                    CheckBoxes.this.firePropertyChange(propertyName, null, cbi.getText());
            HashSet data = new HashSet();
            for(Object o: arr) {
                if(!data.contains(o)) {
                    JCheckBox candidate = new JCheckBox(o.toString());
                    panel.add(candidate);
                    candidate.addItemListener(cl);
                    data.add(o);
    class ShowDlg implements Runnable {
        @Override public void run() {
            final JDialog dlg = new JDialog();
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            dlg.setModal(true);
            dlg.pack();
            dlg.setVisible(true);
}Edited by: 892190 on 19-Oct-2011 08:02

Why is the finder asking for my password now in Mavericks?

Every time I want to delete a file, the Finder asks for my password to do this.
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JJT69 wrote:
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How do I enable the check box for watermark?

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I was using PDF from a nonprofit i work for to color with PS Elements. It worked and then no longer allows me to drop files into PS Elements.
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Hi sweatt,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
You may find these steps helpful for resolving the issue you're encountering:
iTunes Store: Troubleshooting iTunes Match
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4054
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Click OK.
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Best,
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