Firefox Support Forum

A few days ago links in messages stopped working in Outlook (Microsoft 365) on my Windows 10 Pro 64-bit PC.

Good ol' Microsoft support reset Firefox on the PC and I lost all bookmarks, history and personalized settings. Tried to copy data from Old Firefox Data file into profile on reset Firefox. Didn't work. Uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox and tried to copy data from old profile to new profile. Nada.

Only option now is to try to sync Firefox on my Mac to new install on PC. I'll still lose some bookmarks and history but it will be better than what I have now. I have a Firefox account on both devices but when I log in to Firefox on the Mac I cannot find anything pertaining to sync.

Problem one: how do I navigate to sync in Firefox for Mac. Problem two: when I bought the Mac 6 years ago I tried to sync Firefox on my PC to the new Mac. For some reason Firefox synced the empty new profile on the Mac to the old PC. I lost all bookmarks and history accumulated on the old PC! I do not want to go through that again.

I have never found anything on Mozilla that clearly explains how to control which way the sync works. Must be certain that I'm copying all the bookmarks, history, tabs etc, from the old device to the new on and not vice versa.

Hi! I have two Firefox accounts, one for work and one for personal use. I often have them running on the same computer at once (this does cause them to crash occasionally, but not often enough to be a problem). However, today I tried to log into a website where I regularly do freelance work and received this error code: "Error code: SSL_ERROR_PROTOCOL_VERSION_ALERT"

I would assume something was wrong with the website itself, however when I went to that same site on my other account, it loaded just fine. I've restarted my computer, restarted firefox, deleted cookies and caches and browser history, but still get the same message on my work account. Any idea how to fix this?

Thanks!

I've been having this issue for several months now. It seems my Firefox on MacOS (Both Monterey and Ventura Intel) can't load any Google sites (google.com, gmail, google meet, etc) after I put the computer to sleep and wake it up again. Only gets fixed after quitting and relaunching firefox.

I've recreated this issue while in "Troubleshooting Mode" with all my addon's disabled, so it is not related to an addon.

This issue might be also happening after some amount of time idle as well, but I've only been able to recreate it by putting the machine to sleep and waking it up the next day.

Is there a way to fix this? or is there a way to get more debug info to help diagnose?

On my iMac, running Ventura 13.5.2, my Firefox (primary) browser, running 117.0.1, all of a sudden began running way beyond slow; it appeared to do so -to some extent- also with Chrome as well, but Safari appeared to press through the problem and has taken the primary spot until I can figure out what has/is happened/happening?

I have closed-out each (numerous times), and performed reboots of all (apps and computer), only with what appears to be worsening performance. Similarly, I have run anti virus, cleanup, and non-essential file removal all without any positive results?

Ultimately, when I open Firefox on the iMac, I am looking at the opening (blank)Tab, and when I request any search, it just sits there...

Because the program appears to be operating correctly on the MacPro13 (this computer), the problem obviously exists on the main (iMac) computer but I cannot figure out exactly what is causing it, and how to eliminate it?

If I completely remove it from the iMac's HD, will downloading a new copy remove all saved tabs, settings, etc. (basically, starting anew)?

Hi, I uninstalled my old firefox from macbook by going to the 'application' folder and dragging it into the bin I then installed a new firefox However now I have two firefox on my macbook - could anyone tell me how to solve this???

Thanks!

Firefox automatically updated on 18/09/2023. I now get the 'unable to connect' message for many bookmarked tabs (e.g. hotmail sign in). I have not changed any firefox settings and I can connect to the sites in Chrome. I'm running mac 10.15.7 Is this a bug or do I need to change a setting? Thanks in advance for help... Tim

Olá. Já faz um tempo, mas meu web wpp não carrega mais nenhuma figurinha. Alguém conseguiu solucionar isso já? Ela fica como um arquivo de midia por baixar. Minha versão do ff é 117.0.1.

obg.

Basically as the title says. The only sites this is an exception for is youtube as well as big streaming services but on youtube the video seems like it takes longer to buffer and has a lot more pauses.

I am on Version 117.0.1 which was installed on September 12th for me. I did not notice any issues prior.

I am on a macbook air which is updated to latest software.

I have tried the following:

Running it in troubleshoot mode. It did not fix the issue.

Turning on/off autoplay. It didn't work.

Clearing cookies/cache. Nothing.

Started firefox without a theme. Didn't do anything.

I unchecked "Use hardware acceleration when available." which did nothing.

Sites I have tried watching videos on include:

reddit

pornhub/other porn sites (for testing purposes...)

instagram

Vimeo

Using Firefox 17.0.1 on MacOS Ventura 13.6 on my 2017 iMac I am unable to connect to the internet while using Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN. All was working normally until I installed MacOS Ventura 13.6 yesterday. The VPN works normally when using Chrome or Safari. I have tried changing my network proxy setting without any luck. The default setting is "Use System Settings", using No Proxy or Auto Detect Proxy doesn't help. I don't see a switch for Enable DNS over HTTPS. All works fine when the VPN is disabled. I tried deleting the VPN a couple of times then reinstalling but that didn't help.

What am I missing here? I have used this VPN for years without any issues & it worked on Firefox until I installed MacOS 13.6...... using 13.5 I had no problems. Any suggestions or thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks...... Brad

I am running Firefox on Mac OS 13.5.2. Every few videos I watch on Youtube skips a few seconds forward (audio and video). I only started experiencing this problem once updated firefox to 117.0.1 (64-bit).

A few weeks ago a small link of the current page started appearing at the bottom of the page when playing videos on every website on every device that has Firefox. Ive seen this link before but it always goes away when I put the video in full screen. A temporary fix is going to another tab and switching back. This makes it go away until I see another video.

Just recently I noticed that if I click a desktop shortcut or email link, it opens Firefox to the home page. The only way a shortcut will open the specific page is if Firefox is open already. This happens if I select opening a link in a new tab or new page. Again, this never used to happen until very recent.

Also, this only happens with Firefox on my Mac. On Windows, Firefox doesn't need to be open already in order for the shortcut to open the specific page.

Hello,

I rebooted my Mac and all of sudden I can't get to any websites using Firefox. I'm using Chrome now so I can work. However, my preference is to use FF. Can someone please help me?

Thanks, -Jerome

I was trying to copy a you tube link and paste it into my hotmail email. Although I could paste the link into a search bar within the hotmail email page it wont let me paste it intoan actual new email I want to send. Ive reinstalled firefox with no success. This problem doesnt occur in chrome or safari. Any ideas? Thanks