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Sep 19, 2009 | 11:28 am

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Strange Problem With Firefox on my Mac

I'm having a problem with Firefox on my MacBook that I thought I would never see again, after having had the same problem for years with IE on Windows.

Just recently, FF started "loading up" active and virtual memory, to the point that after 30-45 minutes of surfing, the whole machine slows down to a crawl, as 50-75% of active memory is dedicated to Firefox.

I remember this problem with IE, and it was "unsolvable" until Mister Softee finally released a usable version of Explorer. This was like 5 years ago, mind you. To have this problem on a Mac is shocking, just SHOCKING I tell you.

I'm 99% certain that the problem is with FF, not the OS. I have the latest version of FF, but only OS X 10.4 (though this should not matter).

Any ideas on how to solve this? Should I patiently wait until mozilla releases an u/g?

As it is right now, I have to restart my browser once an hour. For someone who works online, this is a major pain.

Any suggestions will be most appreciated. :-:

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