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Could you please tell me what are Firefox Aliases and why do have 9 of them?

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finitarry replied acum 14 ani
jababa
jababa

In my applications folder Firefox Alias keeps appearing, I now have 9 of them. Could you please tell me what they are? Also, when I go to open a new tab the screen fills with boxes of sites I have been to previously. I do not like this, how do I stop that from happening?

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In my applications folder Firefox Alias keeps appearing, I now have 9 of them. Could you please tell me what they are? Also, when I go to open a new tab the screen fills with boxes of sites I have been to previously. I do not like this, how do I stop that from happening? Thanks
finitarry
finitarry
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You can delete the aliases the same way you delete any other file. Select the file and press Cmd-Delete. I have no idea why aliases of Firefox would keep appearing. It does not happen to me, but then I am launching it from the dock.

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finitarry
finitarry

Aliases are the same as shortcuts. You can remove the aliases without hurting anything.

cor-el
cor-el
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See this article about the New Tab (about:newtab) page:

jababa
jababa Deținătorul întrebării

Thanks, how do I delete them?

cor-el
cor-el
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You can set the New Tab page to a different page by modifying the browser.newtab.url pref on the about:config page.

  • about:blank if you want an empty page.

If you want to keep the new tab page, but want to disable the thumbnails then create a new Boolean pref browser.pagethumbnails.capturing_disabled on the about:config page and set the value to true.

finitarry
finitarry

Soluție aleasă

You can delete the aliases the same way you delete any other file. Select the file and press Cmd-Delete. I have no idea why aliases of Firefox would keep appearing. It does not happen to me, but then I am launching it from the dock.