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Firefox on OSX continually crashing

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After an update, a couple of weeks ago Firefox is now completely unstable. It continually crashes. The It will have 2 icons in the task bar. Neither of these can be stopped by using force quit. The only solution is to restart the computer (rare to have to do this on a Mac). I uninstalled & reinstalled the software, but its made no difference.

After an update, a couple of weeks ago Firefox is now completely unstable. It continually crashes. The It will have 2 icons in the task bar. Neither of these can be stopped by using force quit. The only solution is to restart the computer (rare to have to do this on a Mac). I uninstalled & reinstalled the software, but its made no difference.

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac=Options)
key, and then starting Firefox. Is the problem still there?

While still in Safe Mode,

In the address bar, type about:crashes<enter>. Note: If any reports do not have BP in front of the numbers/letters, click it to Submit them.

The crash report is several pages of data. We need the report numbers to see the whole report.

Using your mouse, mark the most resent 7 - 10 crash reports, and copy them. Now go to the reply box below and paste them in.

aboutcrashesFx29

If you can't get Firefox to open, you will have to do this the hard way. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/mozillacrashreporter Open the file browser / explorer on your computer. Note: You may have to enable Show Hidden Folders / Files. Enter this in the address bar;

Windows: %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted Win 7/Vista: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted Win XP/2000: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted

Mac OS: /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Crash Reports/submitted Linux: /home/<username>/.mozilla/firefox/Crash Reports/submitted

Copy the last 5-7 Recent File Names in the folder. Post the information in the reply box below.