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How can I browse offline my already visited websites?
OK, I am online half of the day and offline the other half using a MacBook Pro. As I am coding primarily on this Mac, I am interested in caching all the websites I visit: especially forums, blogs, ...
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How do I install one extension for all Firefox profile?
I run many firefox profiles simultaneously. Since moving to the mac, I've lost the British English dictionary. I can install it as an extension on each profile, but I'd like to install it once across ...
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GMail compose on Firefox on Mac cmd+leftarrow cmd+rightarrow
I am using GMail and I cannot move to Firefox from Chrome, because the Cmd+LeftArrow and Cmd+RightArrow do not work in Compose window as "Move to the begining of the line" and "Move to the end of the ...
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how to disable Firefox's app tab glow?
I recently switched from Linux to Mac OS X, and one little tweak that didn't survive is disabling the blue highlight "glow" that Firefox adds to App Tabs when they have updates. Any idea how to do ...
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Install X11 version of Firefox on OSX 10.8.2
I'm trying to install a x11-enabled version of Firefox on my OSX 10.8.2, so it can integrate nicely with xmonad.
My problem: Firefox in macports is extremely old (7.x) and building 17.x from source ...
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Is there a Firefox Task Manager?
The previous question provides answers for Windows and other addons are for older versions of FF, or do not answer the question. This is a specific question for OSX.
Chrome has a built in task ...
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1answer
325 views
Enable f12 shortcut for firebug
I was wondering, how to enable the F12 shortcut key on OS X for Firebug? I don't really use Dashboard, so I'm more than happy to disable it.
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Why does only Safari have (nearly) perfect inertial scrolling in OS X?
I'm quite amazed that Safari is the only browser in OS X that manages to get (nearly) perfect inertial scrolling.
Even with lots of flash content on a website, Safari's scrolling is smooth.
There ...
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2answers
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Is it possible to copy Firefox bookmarks with iOS Safari?
Quite simply I use Firefox sync on both my Macs and want to migrate these bookmarks to my iOS devices, not necessarly sync all the time, just migrate them as they currently are.
Is it possible, and ...
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How can I remove Firefox using terminal?
I'm a beginner with Mac OS X. Would somebody please tell me how to fully uninstall Firefox using Terminal on Mac OS X Lion?
I'm experiencing hangs and crashes with Firefox 5.0.1, so I want to remove ...
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1answer
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Plain text paste on Firefox on OSX
ctrl + shift + V does plain text paste on Chrome and Firefox on Linux and Windows (removes all HTML formatting from WYSIWYG pasted text).
I think Chrome honours cmd + shift + V, but this doesn't seem ...
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Why is this dialog being displayed when I start firefox?
I'm a beginner Mac OS user.
When I open Firefox I receive the dialog below, why doesn't Firefox just start? What is the point of the below dialog?
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Why Firefox takes so long to open in Mac OS X?
When I first boot my MacBook Pro with Core i7, 8 GB ram, and 7200 rpm hard drive running Mac OS X 10.6.7, it still takes a long time (10 or so dock icon bounces) for latest Firefox 4.0.1 to open.
Why ...
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Can Firefox 4 and Firefox 3.6.15 coexist on the same OSX machine?
Firefox 4 is out and I'm a little bit worried about the lack of compatibility of my loved Addons on this new version.
Can I install Firefox 4 to try it without the need to upgrade the 3.6.15 version?
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2answers
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Can OSX proxy settings vary by browser?
I'm moderately familiar with OSX but am attempting to solve an issue remotely.
My girlfriend is in Argentina for a bit, and the IP location bars her from many "US only" sites that she frequents.
To ...
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Diagnose periodic slowdowns/freezes
When I am watching a YouTube video, the video will pause and freeze for about one second, every 10 seconds on the dot. I've timed it. I have also tried watching activity monitor but it doesn't show ...
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1answer
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Why is Firefox randomly reopening itself after quitting?
I've had a strange problem that's been bugging me for awhile. It seems that every couple times I quit Firefox, it will reopen itself automatically. Basically:
I'll hit cmdq
Firefox will shut down
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Mute specific program
Is there any way to mute a specific program? I want to be able to mute Firefox.
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1answer
279 views
How to disable sound when switching Firefox tabs with ⌘1-⌘9
I use the keyboard shortcut ⌘1-⌘9 to switch to tabs in Firefox. In OS X every time I do this there's a sound, which can become annoying when the volume is turned up.
I looked in about:config for ...
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Change search Google in Safari to use Firefox
Cmd+Shift+L searches for the selected text in Google using Safari. Can I change this to use Firefox instead?
