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Unable to view secure web pages from one particular user account
My dad's computer is running OS X 10.5.8, and is almost always unable to open secure web pages from his account. It's not that he can't log in—it's that the servers never even send a reply. ...
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How to start a service automatically after openning an application?
For example, I have a service that I want it to be started automatically when I open Firefox.
I know how to write scripts as services in automator, but I don't know how to make a hook that when ...
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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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Why do Firefox and Chrome crash on my Macbook Pro?
I have trouble running Firefox and Chrome on my Mac.
Firefox is crashing from time to time:
http://pastebin.com/UYYjPbZe
Chrome crashes right after installation, it couldn't run it even once:
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Why can I browse with Firefox but not with Safari or Chrome?
I had a problem a while back where Chrome was working fine but Safari and Firefox were not. This was fixed by unchecking the "auto-discover proxy" box in the network configuration. See my previous ...
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How to Access Network services on a MBP with Lion Behind an ISA server
I have a MBP running OSX lion.
I work in an academic environment where every thing is windows based. The campus runs an ISA server for security and all the services (mail, msn messenger, java ) are ...
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How can I fix Firefox's jagged scrolling on Lion?
I noticed that scrolling in Firefox on Lion is not very pleasant experience.
Is there a way to optimize it for better performance?
I tried smooth scrolling setting - but it didn't do anything.
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What causes Firefox to not show me a new tab? Can this be fixed?
I am using Firefox 7.0.1 on Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7. Often times when I make a new window, the tab bar contains only a single "+" tab, even after I got to a URL:
If I make new tabs, then I cannot ...
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Lion: Change Keyboard shortcut CMD + ALT + Left/Right Arrow for spaces OR Firefox's next/previous tab
I'm using Firefox, where CMD + ALT + ← / → Arrow changes to the next / previous tab. This is an important feature to me.
Since Lion, this shortcut changes the active space to the next and ...
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Why I can’t use zoom+ or zoom- in firefox4 in mac‘s Multi-Touch Touchpad?
I can use zoom function in firefox3 and safari,but when I update to firefox4,I find I can’t use the zoom function ,how can I fix this problem?
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Change Firefox tab-switching keyboard shortcut
To move to the next tab in most browsers, you use ctrl+⇥.
Then, to close it, you have to reach over to ⌘+W.
I don't like switching modifier keys like that; I'd prefer to just use ctrl ...
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CNET on Mac - page not found
I've been having this problem for some time now - first I thought it was some temporary thing with CNET servers, but it doesn't seem so.
I can see the index pages of CNET sites (download.cnet.com, ...
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Share favorites in Firefox using Bootcamp?
I'm using BootCamp to install Windows 7 on my Mac. On both OS I'm using Firefox 6. Is there an easy way to automatically share the favorites in both OS?
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Finding Firefox bookmarks in Spotlight
Is there a program that will allow me to use Spotlight to search my Firefox bookmarks and open the browser window?
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Applescript to automate drop-down selection in Mozilla Firefox
I'm trying to automate the selection of a value from a drop-down box in Mozilla using an applescript. What I want it to do is to tab to the drop-down box and enter down twice to select the third item ...
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How to 'clear refresh' a page display in web browsers (aka. 'hard refresh', ie. ignoring cache)?
While doing web development I often need to refresh a site I'm building with the cache ignored. What are the best ways to do this?
I used to use the 'Disable cache' option in Firefox's Web Developer ...
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Youtube video won't play with Firefox but will with Safari!
What can I do to solve this problem ?
On the same iMac, there are several accounts. For one of them, Youtube videos won't play in Firefox, but will with Safari. For the other accounts, Firefox and ...
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Tor Browser Bundle Firefox error
I just installed the Tor Browser Bundle (1.0.24). Vidalia launches with no problems. Tor connections are created. However, Firefox doesn't start. When I manually click on the Firefox app in the ...
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How do I install the VLC Web Browser Plugin in Firefox?
I am running OS X Version 10.6.7 and Firefox 4.0.1. I am trying to install the Web browser plugins for 10.5 and later (release 1.0.5), there is not a newer version of the plugin at the moment. I ...
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Browsers won't load css/js files with https URL
Firefox, Safari and Chrome won't load any CSS or JS files when I open an HTTPS url, for example on Twitter, it will only load the HTML.
When I look at firebug in Firefox I get the following errors:
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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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Mountain Lion Broke Firefox - Cannot Download Files
Ever since upgrading to Mountain Lion I have had endless problems with Apps and firefox. My current issue is that I am unable to download files using firefox ever since the update. I get a messagebox ...
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Play a sound effect in Firefox when I can't go back a page any further?
Is it possible to make Firefox play a sound effect when I can't go back/forward a page any further? Meaning, if I'm in a tab and it has three pages in its history, and I go all the way back to the ...
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Reset Quicktime MIME associations for Firefox in Lion
Trying to help a friend who upgraded from Leopard to Lion (doing the usual Leopard->Snow Leopard->Lion route). Everything seems to be working fine except for Firefox.
The browser MIME type settings ...
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OS X Lion Safari, Chrome and Firefox crashing while trying to access caixa.gov.br account
For months I'm having problems accessing this link https://internetbanking.caixa.gov.br/SIIBC/index.processa from caixa.gov.br
It only works when I use Opera, but it fails on Chrome, Safari and ...
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Google Hangouts with 10.6.8 and Firefox 8.0.1
I've been trying to use Google Hangouts in Firefox for a few weeks, but Firefox keeps asking me to install a plugin. I've installed the required plugin more than once, but the page behaves as if I ...
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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 ...
