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my firefox is so slow

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my firefox is so slow on my mac (Intel i7 quad ,8GB ram) on youtube or any page flash is so slow i see this problem on last version 31 and it is heat my mac and make it so slow all my mac i should close firefox to use my mac . i did not see this on safari

my firefox is so slow on my mac (Intel i7 quad ,8GB ram) on youtube or any page flash is so slow i see this problem on last version 31 and it is heat my mac and make it so slow all my mac i should close firefox to use my mac . i did not see this on safari

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Hello,

Some problems with Flash video playback can be resolved by disabling hardware acceleration in your Flash Player settings. (See this article for more information on using the Flash plugin in Firefox).

To disable hardware acceleration in Flash Player:

  1. Go to this Adobe Flash Player Help page.
  2. Right-click on the Flash Player logo on that page.
  3. Click on Settings in the context menu. The Adobe Flash Player Settings screen will open.
  4. Click on the icon at the bottom-left of the Adobe Flash Player Settings window to open the Display panel.

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  5. Remove the check mark from Enable hardware acceleration.
  6. Click Close to close the Adobe Flash Player Settings Window.
  7. Restart Firefox.

This Flash Player Help - Display Settings page has more information on Flash Player hardware acceleration, if you're interested.

Does this solve the problem? Let us know.

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does not work !

still heating freezing (the big problem is it is freezing my mac )

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} While you are in safe mode; Press the Alt or F10 key to bring up the tool bar. Followed by;

Windows; Tools > Options Linux; Edit > Preferences Mac; application name > Preferences

Then Advanced > General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.

Poke around safe web sites. Are there any problems?

Then restart.

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does not work !

when i go to wab it is so slow and go to youtube in other tap it is freezing after sometime move but so slow ( i am browsing it with safe mode )

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for your information this problem comes after last version 31  !! what is so bad it is make the browsing so slow . i use safari with some pages

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any help !

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Lets try this.

Download Firefox Full Installer All languages {web link} and save it somewhere.

Open your file browser. Go to the folder that Mozilla is in; C:\Program Files (x86)

Rename Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Maintenance Service folders by adding an X in front of them.

Now run the full installer. Let us know how it goes.