debodun
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Browser freezes. Have to go into Task Manager and end process. There it is sometimes showing over 80% usage.
Firefox using a lot of memory the past 2 days
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officerripley
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Have you tried repairing or reinstalling Firefox?
hollydolly
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I'm having huge problems with Firefox myself currently.. but then my whole Mac is being problematic. Yesterday I ununstalled and reinstalled Firefox, it was a PITA.. it just wouldn't behave, even the new installation... but today it's working as well as it has for a week or 2.. got the Apple Mac guy coming out on Saturday to have a look at what the problem is with the software genreally..
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Don M.
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I've got Chrome, Firefox and Edge installed on my computer. 99% of the time I use Google Chrome. On the rare occasion that I try to use Firefox, I am always amazed at how Slow it is.
hollydolly
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I also have Chrome, I actually prefer Firefox, but not lately it's been like Mud ....
Murrmurr
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In the upper right corner, click the Firefox menu
After that's done, search "How to clear Firefox cache" and follow directions.
hollydolly
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I don't have that in the drop down menu on my firefox... got Help, and got settings but no exit...goodness, I wish it had been that easyIn the upper right corner, click the Firefox menuand select Exit. Wait until Firefox has completely quit.
Murrmurr
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hollydolly
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Yes I have the tool bar and the drop down menu but no Exit....
Murrmurr
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Ok, sorry. You have a tool bar. Exit should be at the very bottom of the drop down menu.
Murrmurr
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Yeah, sorry. Did Help help? From Help, you should go to Troubleshooting.
debodun
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I did clear the cache using CCleaner. When I open Facebook, the trouble starts.
hollydolly
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yes troubleshoot is at the very bottom. However I followed a youtbe video and removed firefox completely before installing a new one..
Are you going to try that deb ?
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hollydolly
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have you cleared cookies ?
Murrmurr
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@hollydolly is right, you could uninstall and reinstall. But try going to their websight first, or support.mozilla.org.
Murrmurr
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Interesting. Mozilla is American based; I wonder if that's why the menu is a little different.
Anyway, they just did a major upgrade a couple weeks ago and it's causing lag and other issues for some people, but they're solvable.
GoneFishin
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In Firefox > click Help > click More Troubleshooting Information
3 Options to choose from:
Give Firefox a tuneup
Diagnose Issues
Try Clearing startup cache
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Also could be a Firefox Add-on you are using that is causing the issue
3 Options to choose from:
Give Firefox a tuneup
Diagnose Issues
Try Clearing startup cache
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Also could be a Firefox Add-on you are using that is causing the issue
David777
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Anyone having issues with Firefox ought be using the Task Manager and just kill its processes when it refuses to be shut down.
Worst behavior of Firefox has become its insistence of restoring previous sessions without a simple way to start a fresh new browser session. Instead, one must wait until it starts trying to load a previous session and abort from that. However it may take several minutes to reach that point.
I ALWAYS turn my computers off when I am not going to be using them, especially overnight. Thus they need to fully boot up from a reset power off. I also don't boot with quick versions of power up diagnostics. So yeah requires several minutes to stabilize.
In some situations will use the Task Manager to exit Firefox, especially when it is not responding to my Mouse because it is supposedly too busy. What it usually does then is doggedly go into the background trying to save the same session. Thus I annoyingly have to End Task on all those processes too.
Worst behavior of Firefox has become its insistence of restoring previous sessions without a simple way to start a fresh new browser session. Instead, one must wait until it starts trying to load a previous session and abort from that. However it may take several minutes to reach that point.
I ALWAYS turn my computers off when I am not going to be using them, especially overnight. Thus they need to fully boot up from a reset power off. I also don't boot with quick versions of power up diagnostics. So yeah requires several minutes to stabilize.
In some situations will use the Task Manager to exit Firefox, especially when it is not responding to my Mouse because it is supposedly too busy. What it usually does then is doggedly go into the background trying to save the same session. Thus I annoyingly have to End Task on all those processes too.
officerripley
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All 3 good ideas; seems like for me, though, when I used to use Ff more, Repair or Re-installing worked the best.
GoneFishin
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I always use the Refresh Firefox option
debodun
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Clearing cookies is when the trouble started.
debodun
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Tips, but no instruction on how to do them.
hollydolly
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I don't know how that could be.. because all that does is clear the junk out of your computer, it does take out all your saved passwords as well, but that shouldn't be too much of a problem if you have them stored..
https://www.concretecms.com/about/blog/devops/clear-your-cookies
GoneFishin
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click Refresh Firefox
window warning will popup
any customizations to Firefox will be lost
any Addons/extensions will be removed from Firefox
click Refresh Firefox in the popup window or (click cancel if you don't want to continue )
Sit back and let it do its thing
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Nathan
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@hollydolly , do you not care for the Safari browser? I have not, in the past when I was using Apple machines. I've recently read somewhere that Safari now doesn't track your browsing.