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About a week ago I started getting these update error messages stating "Update available - Firefox couldn't update automatically. Download the new version". I've also tried clicking "Learn more" on the error message but it's a dead link. Going into the settings for updates I am set to auto update, but when I manually check for updates it says "Failed to check for updates".

The help article on this issue simply tells you to download and manually reinstall Firefox, but I'm having to do this nearly every day. I work in IT myself so I know a "bandaid" workaround when I see one. Is there a solution to this issue?

Your instructions under "help" say to click on "Firefox" and click on "preferences". When I click on Firefox the menu does NOT have "Preferences" in it. What's up with that?? And how do I clear the cache and cookies?

when i type site url or chose from dropdown the error message Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site.

We can’t connect to the server at cciawards.za..

If you entered the right address, you can:

   Try again later
   Check your network connection
   Check that Firefox has permission to access the web (you might be connected but behind a firewall)

For the last several years I have had Firefox configured to display all website fonts in my custom font, Dyslexie. As of upgrading to v119 yesterday, I have lost this function; all websites now display their native fonts. I still have Firefox Settings Default Font set to Dyslexie, but it no longer works. Any help would be appreciated.

Can't login to tv.verizon.com. Entering login info produces the message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Trying the same login with Chrome works fine.

Should I be going back to using Chrome again?

I'm on MacOS Sonoma 14.0. Since the Firefox update to v. 119.0, I have had a really strange issue which is hard to describe, but I'll try.

In the Bookmarks Sidebar, whenever I click a folder, it disappears from view leaving a blank, empty space. The folder is still there, and everything in the folder is visible, but the folder itself is just a blank space. When the blank space is clicked on, the folder reappears and can still be selected, but the folder beneath it becomes invisible. It is almost as though the background and the foreground text and folder outline are the same color. The same thing occurs with History. The bookmarks themselves never become invisible, just the folders.

Has anyone seen this behavior? Does anyone have any idea how to fix it?

Thanks.

I was told by Blue Cross tech support that to regain access to their portal, I need to replace my old Fepblue.org password with a new one within my Firefox browser. How do I do that?? Apparently, the Firefox browser doesn't recognize the new password I submitted to Fepblue. portal. Please help? Thanks

Hi,

I've been using firefox for 10 years and this is the first time this is happening on me. Firefox was working fine but it does not work starting yesterday, simple task like opening and starting a new tab firefox took more than 20 seconds. None of the pages are showing anything, even those about:config pages are not working Every other browsers, like safari and chrome is working perfectly.

I tried to refresh, reset, safe mode, uninstall and deleted library/caches/firefox, library/application support/firefox, but the same problem still occurs.

My specs: macos 14.1. intel 13900kf, 6800xt, corsair vengeance ddr5 48gb, wd 850x ssd

Here is what is showing in terminal. Thank you.

admin@admins-iMac-Pro ~ % /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -P 2023-11-07 14:57:32.777 firefox-bin[1957:22990] WARNING: Secure coding is not enabled for restorable state! Enable secure coding by implementing NSApplicationDelegate.applicationSupportsSecureRestorableState: and returning YES. [Parent 1957, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1957, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch socket subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 admin@admins-iMac-Pro ~ % [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch socket subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 2023-11-07 14:58:15.970 firefox-bin[1983:23331] WARNING: Secure coding is not enabled for restorable state! Enable secure coding by implementing NSApplicationDelegate.applicationSupportsSecureRestorableState: and returning YES. [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #2] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch utility subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #3] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #4] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787

Hi. Everytime I'm looking for something on Google, my search is automatically redrressed to the Bing page through "clickcrystal.com". I cancelled Bing as a search engine from the Firefox list but I can't find "clickcrystal.com". I think it's a sort of malware. I also tried to find it through "CleanmyMac" but no results.

Can someone help me please?

Luca

Hello,

How come that we are in 2023 and we still do not have major features like Chrome's Profiles or Orion Browser's Profiles.

For example, Orion Browser creates an app per profile and this allows MacOS users to customize each app with a different icon. This seems small but on a taskbar we can differentiate the instances faster.

Why is that the best option for managing profiles in Firefox is the Firefox Profile Switcher, a third-party tool supported by a community member?

Will this ever be addressed? Firefox is better than the others in so many things but, for example, even Safari implemented Profiles now.

To be clear: containers are NOT the same thing as profiles and profiles still have an usage. For example, my work profile has no syncs, different extensions and stricter configurations than my personal profile and this cannot be done with containers.

Thank you!

When I select "bookmark this tab", in the Firefox browser, I used to get the window allowing you to choose where to put the new bookmark. This 'bookmark location' window no longer appears so you don't know where the bookmark has gone. Prior to now, this feature has always worked fine.

I quit Firebox and reopened it but the problem remains.

I'm using Firefox 119.0.1 (64 bit) (the most current vers.) on a Macbook Pro running Ventura 13.3. I switched from Chrome to Firefox on this new Mac.

Please help!

Thanks very much.

kdivad

Hello,

I have a spreadsheet with links. I need to open multiple links in the order they are in the spreadsheet.

When I select multiple links and click "option+return", the links open in the opposite order.

https://share.greenarrowemail.com/XtXzltRD

I would expect the first link to the on the left and the second link to be on the right.

Is there anything I can do to make this happen?

Thanks in advance.

Jeff

I am not able to navigate websites per the ADA Accessibility requirements using my FireFox browser. I have tested the same websites in Chrome and the TAB key is working correctly, but in my instance of Firefox it does not. I have a colleague who tested the same website in their Firefox browser and they are not experiencing a problem navigating the website using their keyboard TAB key.

I am on a Mac with most recent FF installed. Colleague was on a PC and tested in FF.

How can I get FF to work correctly on my Mac?

Boxes in forms on websites don't show up clearly. I cannot tell if I've checked the box or not. Also columns in graphs don't line up. I'm guessing I set up something incorrectly in Firefox browser settings, but I have no idea what.

Constantly seeing websites loading with these unusual fonts. I deactivated the setting which allows websites to render their own fonts and have disabled seversl add ons with no resolution. I am on Mac OS 14.2

Hello all,

I'd like to now if it's possible to roll out a version of Firefox with password manager disable. While still be able to have the account option enable so Bookmarks and History can be synced.

As my work place has disable Firefox account sync saying they cannot disable Firefox password manger.

If someone could please if this is possible is so can you share how this would be done.

Thanks, Nathan.