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« on: September 16, 2011, 11:38:17 AM »
Have FF v. 6.0.2 on both my Macs and on the Snow Leopard one, FF has been acting funny. It slows way down and will not accept another URL unles I quit and restart it. Sometimes it requires a Force Quit.
Then I got a huge message on the screen that Firefox Bin quit and the message to Apple was automatic.  I didnt even know what FF bin was till I googled it. Seems other people with Macs are having  trouble with it too. It quits and FF is still running.  Tis very odd that the same add-ons are the same on both of my Macs. And have not had trouble with them.
Ive not had time to troubleshoot it, but there is a lot of info on it and troubles it can cause.
But there is a way to disable stuff, screenshot,
All grandkids coming for the weekend, weather is perfect, so I wont have time to do much with FF, but will save all the info I get on this bin thing and work on it Monday.
Thanks in advance.
jane
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« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2011, 07:46:42 PM »
Most browsers have settings for many, if not all, caches. Have you checked the prefs for any settings like that?

I find setting things at zero helps when working on a website live. Setting the caches at zero means a simple refresh (command-R) will download the page instead of retrieving it from the cache. Of course, you need a fast interweb connections or you'll spend a lot of time watching the page reload! laughhard.gif
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« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2011, 07:53:30 PM »
Ive got wonderful speed here, never had a problem with that.
Its just FF on the Snow L machine. All settings are the same on both. And that BIN thing only shows up on that machine. Not on this one.
Believe it or not, Ive never cleared the caches on any of my browsers ever. I didnt realize that it was good practise to do so.

Nor have I ever cleared the history on any of them.  
Its this BIN thing that is causing the problem from what I have seen by Googling that.

Its quite interesting as the Ubunto people and just a few Mac people see this.
I learn more stuff every day!
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« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2011, 08:31:22 PM »
So...
    Did you try clearing the cache(s)?

    What is the solution from the folks who are seeing the problem?

    Is the "BIN" even a cache? dntknw.gif

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« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2011, 08:46:52 PM »
Have just read this thread at the Mozilla forums:

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.ph...87&start=30

A couple of people note that trashing the caches worked.
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« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2011, 07:59:30 AM »
Thanks for that link, a big weekend here, so I hadnt time to do anything yet with this. Here goes.
I think I cleared the cache correctly, in advanced prefs, network, hit the button.
Now for some odd reason, my bookmarked pages pop up instantly, surprised at how fast.
Both Macs FF is working much much faster.
Will look more at this BIN thing when I have time. It might not happen again like you say.
Jane
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