Ever since I installed FF 68.0.1 on my Mac (10.14.6) and signed up for sync, it requires re-installation and re-installs all my extensions.
The behavior only occurs on the computer I used to set up the Firefox account. It occurs every time I launch FF on that computer. Once I re-install it, sign in to the account and confirm the sign-in e-mail, FF appears to work properly.
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You can create a new profile to test if your current profile is causing the problem.
See "Creating a profile":
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Profile_issues
If the new profile works then you can transfer files from a previously used profile to the new profile, but be cautious not to copy corrupted files to avoid carrying over problems.
No love there, I created a virgin profile, set it as default and restarted Firefox and got the same behavior, it re-installed Firefox.
I find it unlikely the problem is with my profile, since I am syncing the profile across multiple Macs, but this problem only occurs on the machine I used to create my Firefox account. This whole problem started with Sync; for years I kept my profile on an external drive that I physically moved between machines, but somewhere in the 60+ range of releases, Firefox started acting unstable and looked like it was being optimized to work with Sync, so I joined the parade.
It sure looks to me like a permissions problem, but I can't find where anything is anymore. Firefox no longer installs a directory under /Applications, just a single executable file named Firefox, unlike every other app in the universe.
Thanks, anyway
dpn7 said
I find it unlikely the problem is with my profile, since I am syncing the profile across multiple Macs, but this problem only occurs on the machine I used to create my Firefox account. This whole problem started with Sync; for years I kept my profile on an external drive that I physically moved between machines, but somewhere in the 60+ range of releases, Firefox started acting unstable and looked like it was being optimized to work with Sync, so I joined the parade.
That is part of your problem! There were changes made in Firefox 67 / 68 where the profiles.ini file and how it 'relates' to the local Profiles on each device.
I wonder if Firefox is creating a new Profile on that Mac; what with you needing to reinstall it each time - ??
Just a SWAG as a long time Firefox user - starting in Aug 2002.
Sorry I do 'do Mac's' and I have having a hard enough time relating to the changes made in the Windows OS's with Fx 68 Profiles.
Yup, new profile every time it's re-installed. Always correctly synced. And I am on a Mac.