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Private window on my mac is not working

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imbert
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I uninstalled firefox and reinstalled it and opened a private window. It worked once with the purple in the browser and after the first time it has stopped working.

Is the purple not a sign or is it always present in private windows?

I uninstalled firefox and reinstalled it and opened a private window. It worked once with the purple in the browser and after the first time it has stopped working. Is the purple not a sign or is it always present in private windows?

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I you are using Firefox in Always use Private Browsing mode the purple won't appear.

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the-edmeister
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I you are using Firefox in Always use Private Browsing mode the purple won't appear.

imbert
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ah ha !

got it

thank you for this info, I am using it in Always use Private Browsing

what a relief !