After it bounces in the dock, It takes an additional 30 seconds for the window to open. I haven't done any updates or added any add-ons in the past few weeks, but this just started about a week ago.
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This problem is all too common...
You have to buy a new mb/mbp. Apple remotely decreases the performance of purchased macs when a new update is on the horizon, in an effort to get you to buy more products...and as we all know the new core i5 mbps are almost here.
you have an aluminum macbook...should be about a year old right?
Its time to upgrade anyway, so might as well.
You have to buy a new mb/mbp. Apple remotely decreases the performance of purchased macs when a new update is on the horizon, in an effort to get you to buy more products...and as we all know the new core i5 mbps are almost here.
you have an aluminum macbook...should be about a year old right?
Its time to upgrade anyway, so might as well.
So gothamm, what ur saying is dont buy a mac unless you have a nice fat trust find that allows you to spend over £2k a year on a smacking new top end MBP.
Cause even though the hardware specs are STILL better than those of the competitors a year later, your OSX is doomed because of Apples cartel?
Just drop firefox into the trash and download a nice fresh updated version from the mozilla website. Worked for me, I had firefox lagging bigtime.
Cause even though the hardware specs are STILL better than those of the competitors a year later, your OSX is doomed because of Apples cartel?
Just drop firefox into the trash and download a nice fresh updated version from the mozilla website. Worked for me, I had firefox lagging bigtime.
Yeah, why don't I just get a new computer every 2 months anyway. Thanks for the suggestion.
Actually, I plan on having this laptop at least until I graduate from college in 2013.
If I delete firefox, will all my add-ons and saved passwords be gone?
Actually, I plan on having this laptop at least until I graduate from college in 2013.
If I delete firefox, will all my add-ons and saved passwords be gone?
Vacuum Places
In Firefox versions prior to 3.6 the Places database (which contains your history and bookmarks among other things) can suffer from fragmentation. Places fragmentation will make startup and the Smart Location Bar a lot slower. It turned out to have a much bigger negative effect than originally thought. That is why the latest version of Firefox automatically defragments the Places database regularly during idle time.
For older versions, you may want to install the Vacuum Places extension and run it once. Afterwards you can uninstall the extension again as you generally don't need it that often. Running Vacuum Places once every two months could drastically improve startup time.
Of course, upgrading to Firefox 3.6 not only solves the problem, it is much faster overall so well worth the upgrade.
In Firefox versions prior to 3.6 the Places database (which contains your history and bookmarks among other things) can suffer from fragmentation. Places fragmentation will make startup and the Smart Location Bar a lot slower. It turned out to have a much bigger negative effect than originally thought. That is why the latest version of Firefox automatically defragments the Places database regularly during idle time.
For older versions, you may want to install the Vacuum Places extension and run it once. Afterwards you can uninstall the extension again as you generally don't need it that often. Running Vacuum Places once every two months could drastically improve startup time.
Of course, upgrading to Firefox 3.6 not only solves the problem, it is much faster overall so well worth the upgrade.