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Firefox freezes for few seconds while syncing new bookmarks.

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Macdunet
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Firefox freezes for few seconds while syncing new bookmarks. Happens everytime I add a bookmark or when I change a folder's place.

Everytime I bookmark some site, firefox syncs it right away, which is good in a way. But it takes a few seconds (around 5 secs) and whil FF syncs the whole window freezes. Means nothing responds anymore, not to a click nor to a roll over or scroll.

It's quite annoying actually.

So I'd say : FireFox should run this sync in background of other tasks, seamlessly.

If FF cannot run this sync in background of other tasks, is there a way to tell sync ton only sincronize just before quitting or such ?

OR, is there a way to quickly shut sync down and activate it back up when needed ?

Thanks for the answers to this time consumming problem.

Firefox freezes for few seconds while syncing new bookmarks. Happens everytime I add a bookmark or when I change a folder's place. Everytime I bookmark some site, firefox syncs it right away, which is good in a way. But it takes a few seconds (around 5 secs) and whil FF syncs the whole window freezes. Means nothing responds anymore, not to a click nor to a roll over or scroll. It's quite annoying actually. So I'd say : FireFox should run this sync in background of other tasks, seamlessly. If FF cannot run this sync in background of other tasks, is there a way to tell sync ton only sincronize just before quitting or such ? OR, is there a way to quickly shut sync down and activate it back up when needed ? Thanks for the answers to this time consumming problem.

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cor-el
cor-el
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Maybe check for problems with the places.sqlite database file in the Firefox profile folder.

Macdunet
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Thank you Cor-el,

unfortunately the links you provided me with are not quite the same problem as the one I experience.

Everything's working. The sync of bookmarks is ok. BUT again everytime I add a bookmark FF freeezes during the time of the sync (which is often around 5 secs).

I also installed the add-on Places Maintenance, and everything seems to be fine.

I want to add that this problem happens on my 2008 Mac Pro and 2014 iMac either ways, and since FF version 27. I regularily update FF so I'm up to date.

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