All Products Community Forum

When I am using Google search on my MacBookPro w/ Sequoia 15.5 The location permission pop-up box does not show the remember my choice box. How can I change settings to allow it?

Thank you!

Erle Smith

Hello, I have added quite a number of bookmarks to my Firefox app on my iPad. I’m set up for syncing to my iPhone. I’ve tapped sync now on my iPhone and on the iPad, but only a few of the bookmarks have synced to the iPhone. I’ve also shut down and rebooted both devices. Both are signed in via email and set up for syncing, so I’m at a loss as to what to do next. Does it just take time? Any advice? Thank you.

Recently transferred from Chrome. My understanding was Firefox private browsing was supposed to work similarly to chrome incognito mode; once you close the browser, all local files are deleted and cookies are cleared.

However, with Firefox it maintains my logins. If I log into an account while private browsing and the close the browser, I’ll still be logged in next time I go to the website even if it’s days later (and I have never logged into this account in a non-private browsing window!)

I never had this issue using chrome incognito, so it seems to be a Firefox problem.

Is this just not something Firefox supports? Is there any way to prevent storage of cookies and private data?

We been using Thunderbird for over 20 years and used MozBackup while it was supported and used it a few times when something got corrupted. To migrate from one PC to a new PC, we always used the "manual method" described below. As our files are 10.2 GB (mine) and 6.4 GBMB(wife's) in size, that goes like this:

If your profile folder is larger than 2 GB, you need to use your file manager and create a backup copy of your profile folder yourself.

1. To find your profile folder, you can use the Open profile folder link in the first step of the Export tool. You will see the contents of your profile folder in your file manager. The profile folder has a name like abc12defg.default-release. 2. Select and copy the entire content (content only, not the folder) of your profile folder. 3. Create an empty folder where you want to keep your backup, e.g. on a USB flash drive. You can choose a helpful folder name like Thunderbird_profile_backup_2022-06-28. 4. Paste the contents of your profile folder into your empty target folder.

On the larger 10.2 GB filetransfer, after launching TB on the new machine there was a lot of the spinning circle icon appearing / disappearing ... then it just stopped, gave it some time. Rebooted and all was fine with the world. Most accounts were accessible, one was not and I copied that from the desktop open on the same desk.

With the 6.4 GB file transfer to wife's laptop, it did not work ... tried again, no luck.

Tried my 10.2 GB file on wife's laptop and it worked fine. Can't understand why, after each attempt TB was uninstalled and everything TB related was removed from roaming folder. System was rebooted, searched for anything TB related, rebooted, installed TB, closed it, copied folder contents into profile folder on laptop, Rebooted and no go.

It will take the 10.2 GB file but not the 6.4 ... I'm confused.

Is there a font setting to change JUST the font size (event title field) that is displayed on the TB Calendar monthly grid view. Was able to change overall size in TB, but did not really want same change on mail views? Perhaps a specific TB setting (or userchrome command)?

Yes, I did see the question on Calendar Event font size changes, but not applicable to this as I read it...

Thanks for any suggestions, if any....

Is there away i can get my browser history and data back ,i logged out of windows couldnt remember my password ,logged in with a new password and all my data is gone .....

Hello, FF support forum,

I think I have seen a Container retain my login to a site when I open it again after closing it. Is there a way to configure Containers so that they are mini versions of the dump-cookies-temp-data when I close Firefox entirely? I would so love that functionality.

Regards, G.W.

If I receive and save emails as a .eml file and open in a text editor, I can see there is a "received" day and time and then further down I see a "date" day and time. Thunderbird seems to default to the "date" day and time when the email shows in the message list whereas other email clients use the "received" day and time.

As an example, a large group email written/sent at 10:06 am today - the "date" field is 10:06. The "received field" shows 11:39 am. In this example, the original writer did send at 10:06 but it did not arrive in my inbox until 11:39. Thunderbird shows/sorts the email to 10:06. Other email apps like Gmail, Outlook and Ipads mail app all show/sort the email as 11:39.

I've tried sorting Thunderbird by Date and by Received but the order stays the same regardless.

This issue isn't always noticeable because in most cases, the "Date" and "Received" are within a few seconds of each other.

I can appreciate Thunderbird lists sorting by Date and Received, but it seems like its not working correctly.

TB 140 on Win 10 and 11, and TB for Android - same on all apps.

Connectivity to www.xfinity.com disappeared...with latest firefox 140.0.4 as near as I can tell. xfinity still works on Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Please fix firefox browser so I don't have to go to chrome or edge. thanks!

Hello, I'm trying to deploy a dynamic HTML signature on Thunderbird 140 ESR using policies.json. The goal is to pull user data (full name, job title, phone number) from our Active Directory.

The PostMessage policy for setting the signature is completely ignored. However, other policies like DisableAppUpdate work perfectly, so I know policies.json is being read correctly.

Troubleshooting has confirmed this is not a path or permission issue, as the signature also fails when using a local file (file:///C:/...) and even when the signature is set as direct text inside the policy itself.

Is this a known bug or issue in v140 ESR? Is there a reliable method to deploy a dynamic signature from AD via policy?

Thank you.

Hi Folks - This is a silly question, I'm sure and if there's something in Settings I'm missing, my apologies!

But, with the new version, when I leave my Inbox - whether it's to write an email or read one that has been sent to me - and I return, the Inbox is very briefly empty, then all of the emails in the Inbox show up in a, for lack of a better term, cascading effect.

Everything's working fine - but seeing this every single time is a bit disconcerting. Help?

In Windows 11 settings > personalization > composition, is a way to change sounds like: error sound, connect device etc.. Before Firefox I used chrome and I set a sound for minimizing/maximizing and it worked. Whenever I minimized the browser it would play a custom sound. Since I started using Firefox the sounds don't seem to work anymore. Now I know the sound still works because when I minimize/maximize the file explorer it plays the custom sound. Is it not supposed to work or is it a bug? How can I make it play the custom sound? Thanks in advance :) (In Windows 10 it didn't work aswell)

The problem (Firefox being slow) happens within the confines of Troubleshoot Mode, I have already attempted a restart as well as clearing all temporary cached files and pages to no avail. While I did manage to make it better through setting my proxy settings to 'No Proxy', Firefox still seems to be running at a slower pace than even the dreaded Chrome. Youtube is the worst offender, with videos that used to run smoothly in Chrome now lagging, buffering, and moving so slow that Youtube is forced to automatically reduce the video quality (however, I should note that even on 360p do I encounter a large amount of slowness). Please note that I am a total dummy when it comes to technical stuff, so I will most likely need extensive and comprehensive instructions on ways to solve/diagnose this issue. I thank anyone who's willing to help me with this, it's the only thing that Firefox is worse at in comparison with Chrome.

When I search for something in the address bar using Firefox, I don't receive Google suggestions. The second photo is from another browser and shows exactly what I want.

What settings might I have changed?

Firefox currently: https://prnt.sc/11K105eLPdle

I want: https://prnt.sc/ToJ_b2PQ14k9

Note:

   browser.search.suggest.enabled => true

   browser.urlbar.suggest.searches => true

I've looked at the details in the config. As above. I've also used the Firefox Reset feature, but the problem still persists.

I just installed Firefox 140.0.4 on my MacBook Pro, and the text size in the tab headings is way too small. I've seen fixes (from years ago) for older versions of Firefox, but they haven't worked for the recent version 140.0.4.

Hello!

I just observed a new issue with S/MIME. When trying to send an encrypted mail to somebody new, I get an error “End-to-end encryption requires resolving certificate issues with somebody@example.com”.

The message is not very helpful, and doesn’t propose any solution. So a web search gave me this article: Prerequisite for sending an encrypted email message. It states:

> If Thunderbird considers the email's signature and the sender's certificate valid, it will automatically be imported and available when you attempt to encrypt an email to that correspondent using the S/MIME technology.

When I open the sender’s mail, the signature is confirmed as valid by Thunderbird.

Ignoring the warning message and trying to send the encrypted mail results in the following error in the log: `mailnews.send: NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE: Component returned failure code: 0x80070057 (NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE) [nsIMsgComposeSecure.beginCryptoEncapsulation]`

So, I verified in my list of certificates for people, and that new person didn’t figure in the list. Other people did, the last one from 6 June.

Is it possible there’s a bug causing TB to not import the certificate when I open the mail? What would a workaround be? Is there a way to import a sender’s certificate manually from their signed mail?