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TenFourFox locks up CONSTANTLY

MatthewLTL

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I thought it was due to running the "e" on 512MB RAM but even with 1.5GB it still locks up constantly I have followed all the guides on here to "Speed" ur TFF but those guides never made the preformance of the computer, while running TFF, any better at all.
 
MatthewLTL

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bunnspecial said:
Is TFF crashing or is your whole system?

If it's the latter, bad RAM would be my first guess. Try an AHT disk.
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It's TFF, It doesn't crash it beachballs and will either stop after about 30 seconds but most of the time it never recovers. i have to :apple:+Option+Escape and force quit it.
 
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Are you using the stable or the beta version?

If the beta, stick with the stable. If the stable version, try the beta.
 
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What sites are you using? My PowerBook will only beach ball if I either have a CPU intensive task running (like Mail) or if the site is full of garbage like JavaScript and other resource pigs. Even when it beach balls, it is only for an extremely brief amount of time (a few seconds).
 
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eyoungren said:
Are you using the stable or the beta version?

If the beta, stick with the stable. If the stable version, try the beta.
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I am using the Stable version 31.8.0
Altemose said:
What sites are you using? My PowerBook will only beach ball if I either have a CPU intensive task running (like Mail) or if the site is full of garbage like JavaScript and other resource pigs. Even when it beach balls, it is only for an extremely brief amount of time (a few seconds).
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It usually happens here on MacRumors or while using Google Voice website. (VoiceMac no longer seems to function properly)
 
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For MR, try turning off the rich text editor and the Flash uploader. It's in your MacRumors account preferences.

As to Google Voice, I can't help there as I don't use it.
 
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MatthewLTL said:
It usually happens here on MacRumors or while using Google Voice website. (VoiceMac no longer seems to function properly)
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Regardless of browser, you'll get the occasional rainbow wheel due to script content - day by day sites are getting harder to accommodate under PPC - and don't forget, that is only a 1Ghz machine. I take it you've tried a script/advert blocker?
 
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Dronecatcher said:
Regardless of browser, you'll get the occasional rainbow wheel due to script content - day by day sites are getting harder to accommodate under PPC - and don't forget, that is only a 1Ghz machine. I take it you've tried a script/advert blocker?
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I have NoScript, Google Disconnect, Adblock, Flashblock all installed.
eyoungren said:
For MR, try turning off the rich text editor and the Flash uploader. It's in your MacRumors account preferences.

As to Google Voice, I can't help there as I don't use it.
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Thanks! Doing that right now!

EDIT already have the Flash Uploader turned off.
 
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These might also be overwhelming your computer.
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More likely NoScript is not set correctly. If you "Allow" specific sites then it allows ALL the sites that it connects to (including analytics and ad sites) unless a site is on the "Untrusted" list.

You have to go back and deny permission to each of the sites the specific site connects to in order to allow connections to that site but deny connections from the sites you do not want.
 
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MatthewLTL said:
I have NoScript, Google Disconnect, Adblock, Flashblock all installed.

Thanks! Doing that right now!

EDIT already have the Flash Uploader turned off.
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I would dump Adblock and Flashblock. Adblock uses enormous amounts of RAM. Bluhell is much faster if you want a browser based adblocker. Flashblock is not necessary if Flash is disabled.
 
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556fmjoe said:
I would dump Adblock and Flashblock. Adblock uses enormous amounts of RAM. Bluhell is much faster if you want a browser based adblocker. Flashblock is not necessary if Flash is disabled.
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ABP (I assume you mean ABP) has a memory leak and it's pretty huge. They still have not fixed it. That's where your enormous amounts of RAM is coming from.

If you must use an AB product, use AdBlock Edge (ABE). Much better, more efficient, but still inferior to BluHell Firewall.

Also, just a note…Ghostery also has a huge memory leak (still). I used to use it, but I found better ways to block analytics and ad sites.
 
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eyoungren said:
ABP (I assume you mean ABP) has a memory leak and it's pretty huge. They still have not fixed it. That's where your enormous amounts of RAM is coming from.

If you must use an AB product, use AdBlock Edge (ABE). Much better, more efficient, but still inferior to BluHell Firewall.

Also, just a note…Ghostery also has a huge memory leak (still). I used to use it, but I found better ways to block analytics and ad sites.
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Correct, I meant ABP. I have not found a browser based solution better than Bluhell.
 
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Correct, I meant ABP. I have not found a browser based solution better than Bluhell.
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Neither have I. It's ONLY flaw is that it does not block ads on Facebook for some reason. But other than that it's extremely light and blocks everything ad related.
 
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I used to use AdBlock Pro but was overcome with vast amounts of CPU and RAM usage with little return. Any speed difference was overshadowed by a lot of beach balling and poor general performance. Under eyoungren's recommendation, I switched to Bluhell Firewall and I must say that it is the best I have ever used. There is actually a test somewhere online comparing all of the ad blockers and Bluhell came out on top. In summary, @MatthewLTL switch to Bluhell and probably half of your problems will go away.
 
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