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Since the new update of Firefox, it has crashed 9 times in 2 days! This from my normally stable browser! Crash reports have been logged; does anyone take a look at them? Could my computer be nearing completion? (It's 5 years old--MacBook Pro running OS 10.8.5) Was the newest update unstable?

Even in a Mercury retrograde, this is pretty frustrating!  :-) Here are the details? Application Basics


Name: Firefox Version: 27.0.1 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:27.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/27.0

Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days


Report ID: bp-15166cfb-d162-45c6-9cab-e88e42140218 Submitted: 8 minutes ago

Report ID: bp-b1df8005-e1ea-43fe-81ec-4c4c72140217 Submitted: 11 hours ago

Report ID: bp-1554cc79-ff73-4593-a524-28c562140217 Submitted: 24 hours ago

Report ID: bp-15d05baf-4700-4f8b-9358-560422140217 Submitted: 1 day ago

Report ID: bp-f3d40dfe-e228-4464-8821-e93022140216 Submitted: 1 day ago

Report ID: bp-05d39f77-2869-4ddb-a978-00a942140216 Submitted: 2 days ago

Report ID: bp-244c97f2-1f05-4fbe-b9f7-80c192140216 Submitted: 2 days ago

Report ID: bp-f073d23b-2e07-454a-9619-fa09c2140215 Submitted: 2 days ago

Report ID: bp-ad260d3a-b4a5-46cd-a6a0-854812140215 Submitted: 2 days ago

All Crash Reports (including 1 pending crash in the given time range)

Extensions


Name: iWeb2x Version: 1.0 Enabled: false ID: iweb2x@sciweavers.org

Name: Print Edit Version: 11.3 Enabled: false ID: printedit@DW-dev

Name: WBE Paste Version: 1.3 Enabled: false ID: wbepaste@starfield

Name: Workspace Email Zoom Version: 1.4 Enabled: false ID: zoomext@starfield

Important Modified Preferences


accessibility.blockautorefresh: true accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0 browser.cache.disk.capacity: 1048576 browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 880640 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.display.use_document_fonts: 0 browser.history_expire_days_min: 30 browser.history_expire_days.mirror: 180 browser.places.importBookmarksHTML: false browser.places.importDefaults: false browser.places.leftPaneFolderId: -1 browser.places.migratePostDataAnnotations: false browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 4 browser.places.updateRecentTagsUri: false browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID: 20140212131424 browser.startup.homepage: www.hotmail.com browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20140212131424 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 27.0.1 browser.urlbar.default.behavior: 2 dom.mozApps.used: true dom.w3c_touch_events.expose: false extensions.lastAppVersion: 27.0.1 font.internaluseonly.changed: true font.minimum-size.x-western: 14 font.name.serif.x-western: Times New Roman font.size.fixed.x-western: 14 font.size.variable.x-western: 14 gfx.blacklist.webgl.msaa: 4 network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1392687465 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858 places.history.expiration.transient_optimal_database_size: 167772160 places.last_vacuum: 1296844201 plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: audio/mpeg,application/pdf plugin.importedState: true plugin.state.scorch: 0 print.macosx.pagesetup-2: PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz4KPCFET0NUWVBFIHBsaXN0IFBVQkxJQyAiLS8vQXBwbGUvL0RURCBQTElTVCAxLjAvL0VO print.print_bgcolor: true print.print_bgimages: true print.print_colorspace: print.print_command: print.print_downloadfonts: false print.print_duplex: 5 print.print_evenpages: true print.print_in_color: true print.print_margin_bottom: 0.5 print.print_margin_left: 0.5 print.print_margin_right: 0.5 print.print_margin_top: 0.5 print.print_oddpages: true print.print_orientation: 0 print.print_page_delay: 50 print.print_pagedelay: 500 print.print_paper_data: 0 print.print_paper_height: 11.00 print.print_paper_name: print.print_paper_size_type: 1 print.print_paper_size_unit: 0 print.print_paper_width: 8.50 print.print_plex_name: print.print_printer: print.print_resolution: 0 print.print_resolution_name: print.print_reversed: false print.print_scaling: 1.00 print.print_shrink_to_fit: true print.print_to_file: false print.print_unwriteable_margin_bottom: 47 print.print_unwriteable_margin_left: 13 print.print_unwriteable_margin_right: 13 print.print_unwriteable_margin_top: 13 privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies: false privacy.clearOnShutdown.downloads: false privacy.clearOnShutdown.formdata: false privacy.clearOnShutdown.history: false privacy.clearOnShutdown.sessions: false privacy.popups.showBrowserMessage: false privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown: true privacy.sanitize.timeSpan: 4 security.default_personal_cert: Select Automatically security.disable_button.openDeviceManager: false security.OCSP.disable_button.managecrl: false security.warn_viewing_mixed: false storage.vacuum.last.index: 1 storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1390580207

Graphics


Device ID: 0x 407 GPU Accelerated Windows: 8/8 OpenGL (OMTC) Vendor ID: 0x10de WebGL Renderer: NVIDIA Corporation -- NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT OpenGL Engine windowLayerManagerRemote: true AzureCanvasBackend: quartz AzureContentBackend: quartz AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: none AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0

JavaScript


Incremental GC: true

Accessibility


Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0

Library Versions


NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.2 Version in use: 4.10.2

NSS Expected minimum version: 3.15.4 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.4 Basic ECC

NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.15.4 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.4 Basic ECC

NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.15.4 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.4 Basic ECC

NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.15.4 Version in use: 3.15.4

Since the new update of Firefox, it has crashed 9 times in 2 days! This from my normally stable browser! Crash reports have been logged; does anyone take a look at them? Could my computer be nearing completion? (It's 5 years old--MacBook Pro running OS 10.8.5) Was the newest update unstable? Even in a Mercury retrograde, this is pretty frustrating! :-) Here are the details? Application Basics ------------------ Name: Firefox Version: 27.0.1 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:27.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/27.0 Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days --------------------------------- Report ID: bp-15166cfb-d162-45c6-9cab-e88e42140218 Submitted: 8 minutes ago Report ID: bp-b1df8005-e1ea-43fe-81ec-4c4c72140217 Submitted: 11 hours ago Report ID: bp-1554cc79-ff73-4593-a524-28c562140217 Submitted: 24 hours ago Report ID: bp-15d05baf-4700-4f8b-9358-560422140217 Submitted: 1 day ago Report ID: bp-f3d40dfe-e228-4464-8821-e93022140216 Submitted: 1 day ago Report ID: bp-05d39f77-2869-4ddb-a978-00a942140216 Submitted: 2 days ago Report ID: bp-244c97f2-1f05-4fbe-b9f7-80c192140216 Submitted: 2 days ago Report ID: bp-f073d23b-2e07-454a-9619-fa09c2140215 Submitted: 2 days ago Report ID: bp-ad260d3a-b4a5-46cd-a6a0-854812140215 Submitted: 2 days ago All Crash Reports (including 1 pending crash in the given time range) Extensions ---------- Name: iWeb2x Version: 1.0 Enabled: false ID: iweb2x@sciweavers.org Name: Print Edit Version: 11.3 Enabled: false ID: printedit@DW-dev Name: WBE Paste Version: 1.3 Enabled: false ID: wbepaste@starfield Name: Workspace Email Zoom Version: 1.4 Enabled: false ID: zoomext@starfield Important Modified Preferences ------------------------------ accessibility.blockautorefresh: true accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0 browser.cache.disk.capacity: 1048576 browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 880640 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.display.use_document_fonts: 0 browser.history_expire_days_min: 30 browser.history_expire_days.mirror: 180 browser.places.importBookmarksHTML: false browser.places.importDefaults: false browser.places.leftPaneFolderId: -1 browser.places.migratePostDataAnnotations: false browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 4 browser.places.updateRecentTagsUri: false browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID: 20140212131424 browser.startup.homepage: www.hotmail.com browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20140212131424 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 27.0.1 browser.urlbar.default.behavior: 2 dom.mozApps.used: true dom.w3c_touch_events.expose: false extensions.lastAppVersion: 27.0.1 font.internaluseonly.changed: true font.minimum-size.x-western: 14 font.name.serif.x-western: Times New Roman font.size.fixed.x-western: 14 font.size.variable.x-western: 14 gfx.blacklist.webgl.msaa: 4 network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1392687465 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858 places.history.expiration.transient_optimal_database_size: 167772160 places.last_vacuum: 1296844201 plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: audio/mpeg,application/pdf plugin.importedState: true plugin.state.scorch: 0 print.macosx.pagesetup-2: PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz4KPCFET0NUWVBFIHBsaXN0IFBVQkxJQyAiLS8vQXBwbGUvL0RURCBQTElTVCAxLjAvL0VO print.print_bgcolor: true print.print_bgimages: true print.print_colorspace: print.print_command: print.print_downloadfonts: false print.print_duplex: 5 print.print_evenpages: true print.print_in_color: true print.print_margin_bottom: 0.5 print.print_margin_left: 0.5 print.print_margin_right: 0.5 print.print_margin_top: 0.5 print.print_oddpages: true print.print_orientation: 0 print.print_page_delay: 50 print.print_pagedelay: 500 print.print_paper_data: 0 print.print_paper_height: 11.00 print.print_paper_name: print.print_paper_size_type: 1 print.print_paper_size_unit: 0 print.print_paper_width: 8.50 print.print_plex_name: print.print_printer: print.print_resolution: 0 print.print_resolution_name: print.print_reversed: false print.print_scaling: 1.00 print.print_shrink_to_fit: true print.print_to_file: false print.print_unwriteable_margin_bottom: 47 print.print_unwriteable_margin_left: 13 print.print_unwriteable_margin_right: 13 print.print_unwriteable_margin_top: 13 privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies: false privacy.clearOnShutdown.downloads: false privacy.clearOnShutdown.formdata: false privacy.clearOnShutdown.history: false privacy.clearOnShutdown.sessions: false privacy.popups.showBrowserMessage: false privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown: true privacy.sanitize.timeSpan: 4 security.default_personal_cert: Select Automatically security.disable_button.openDeviceManager: false security.OCSP.disable_button.managecrl: false security.warn_viewing_mixed: false storage.vacuum.last.index: 1 storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1390580207 Graphics -------- Device ID: 0x 407 GPU Accelerated Windows: 8/8 OpenGL (OMTC) Vendor ID: 0x10de WebGL Renderer: NVIDIA Corporation -- NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT OpenGL Engine windowLayerManagerRemote: true AzureCanvasBackend: quartz AzureContentBackend: quartz AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: none AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0 JavaScript ---------- Incremental GC: true Accessibility ------------- Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0 Library Versions ---------------- NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.2 Version in use: 4.10.2 NSS Expected minimum version: 3.15.4 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.4 Basic ECC NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.15.4 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.4 Basic ECC NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.15.4 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.4 Basic ECC NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.15.4 Version in use: 3.15.4

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The first 5 reports all have the same signature, meaning, Firefox is crashing doing the same thing each time. The reports link to a bug indicating that when Firefox is running on Mac in 32-bit mode, it may be running out of memory. But at this point, there's no workaround or fix, except to run Firefox in 64-bit mode. Or maybe have more memory available for Firefox?

I think when installed, Firefox runs in 64-bit mode, but users might switch it to 32-bit mode to use particular plugins or sites; in the past I've seen the suggestion to do that for Netflix.

Hopefully someone more familiar with MacOS X will have better suggestions.