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FireFox Slow on MacBook
Black Ice
Charlotte, NCRegistered User regular
Charlotte, NCRegistered User regular
MacBook Pro OSX 10.5.7, 4 GB memory
FireFox 3.5.1
I have had the worst problems with FireFox. It lags up when typing. It lags up scrolling down pages. It lags up watching videos.
When typing, I'll press the delete key a few times and the text box freezes. I'll start typing "too fast" and the text box freezes and unfreezes a full 1-2 seconds later. In typing these few sentences, the text box has frozen three times.
I can't watch videos. On YouTube, for instance, the videos freeze every 10 seconds or so. Clicking on the options like "Bookmarks," "FireFox," etc. at the top of the screen cause a full one second delay. FireFox is chugging, chugging, chugging.
I tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it - and that worked for about half a day until the problem just suddenly recurred. I don't have any of these problems with Safari.
Activity Monitor shows the following:
33 threads
CPU ranging from 10-80 (typically in the 10-20 range)
Real Memory: 727 MB
Virtual Memory: 1.96 GB Intel
33 threads is way more than any other application.
In comparison, Safari shows:
16 threads
CPU 0.0 (perhaps because I'm typing this in FireFox)
Real Memory: 227.79 MB
Virtual Memory: 1.22 GB Intel
Extensions in Firefox:
Dictionary Lookup 1.5.1
DownloadHelper 4.5
FoxyTunes 3.5.5
Google Toolbar
MediaWrap 0.1.7.3 (couldn't even see Flash content without MediaWrap - wtf)
New Tab Homepage 0.4.1
Memory usage looks higher in FireFox, but I don't know why. Is that the problem? How can I fix FireFox? Thanks in advance.
P.S. - I know many other people are having the same problems.
FireFox 3.5.1
I have had the worst problems with FireFox. It lags up when typing. It lags up scrolling down pages. It lags up watching videos.
When typing, I'll press the delete key a few times and the text box freezes. I'll start typing "too fast" and the text box freezes and unfreezes a full 1-2 seconds later. In typing these few sentences, the text box has frozen three times.
I can't watch videos. On YouTube, for instance, the videos freeze every 10 seconds or so. Clicking on the options like "Bookmarks," "FireFox," etc. at the top of the screen cause a full one second delay. FireFox is chugging, chugging, chugging.
I tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it - and that worked for about half a day until the problem just suddenly recurred. I don't have any of these problems with Safari.
Activity Monitor shows the following:
33 threads
CPU ranging from 10-80 (typically in the 10-20 range)
Real Memory: 727 MB
Virtual Memory: 1.96 GB Intel
33 threads is way more than any other application.
In comparison, Safari shows:
16 threads
CPU 0.0 (perhaps because I'm typing this in FireFox)
Real Memory: 227.79 MB
Virtual Memory: 1.22 GB Intel
Extensions in Firefox:
Dictionary Lookup 1.5.1
DownloadHelper 4.5
FoxyTunes 3.5.5
Google Toolbar
MediaWrap 0.1.7.3 (couldn't even see Flash content without MediaWrap - wtf)
New Tab Homepage 0.4.1
Memory usage looks higher in FireFox, but I don't know why. Is that the problem? How can I fix FireFox? Thanks in advance.
P.S. - I know many other people are having the same problems.
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The thread you linked is pretty old, I doubt the people there are having the exact same problem as you are.