Re: firefox problem.
Hi WAMUGers, Mac emailed me Offlist this morning with his Firefox problem, so I am posting the solution back to List in case anyone else experiences Dock problems. Such as not showing the light under an application’s icon when it is running, not showing an app in the dock when it is running, not being able to drag an App to the dock. /Quote taken from Mac’s email to me: Ronni ,I can have Firefox open and running but it does not appear in the dock. If I get it from applications and try to put it into the dock it will not go. I did no think you could have an application running and it not being in the dock. I can run it by doing a spotlight search and then opening from spotlight but that gets tiresome ! Malcolm McCallum /End Quote: My replies to Mac: Hi Mac, What version of OS X are you running? What version of Firefox do you currently have installed? The current version is 10.0.2 How did you install the Firefox update? A) by using the Update function in Firefox - Firefox Preferences Advanced - Firefox Updates: Automatically install updates or check for updates B) by downloading from the Firefox download page Hi Mac, As I have not heard back from you and I have to rush out to a client now. From re-reading your email, I suspect you have some corruption / fault with The Dock. If Firefox is installed correctly and the Firefox Application is in your Application Folder and you can open it from by double clicking the Application icon in Applications and it runs perfectly … BUT does not show as a running app in the Dock! This indicates there is a fault / corruption in your Dock. If this is what is happening: Quit all running Applications. Then: Relaunch the Dock: 1. Open Terminal.app in your Applications Utilities 2. Copy Paste this command killall Dock 3. Hit Return 4. Quit terminal. 5. Open Firefox from the Applications folder See if this solves your problem. If it does, you can then drag the Firefox icon from the Applications folder onto the Dock beside Safari. If it doesn’t you will need to delete the plist file, so email back and let me know how you get on and if it has not sorted the problem for you, I’ll email details on what files to delete. —— Update: Mac has emailed back letting me know that the Relaunching of Dock has fixed his problem. Mac did need to run the command killall Dock a second time, but this should not have been necessary. == A bit more info about the Dock: When an application is running, it will automatically show up in the Dock. If you click and hold on the application in the Dock it will present you with a popup menu with some options. Among them is ‘Keep in Dock’. To Add a Application to the Dock: Drag the Application’s icon from the Applications Folder onto the Dock, anywhere LEFT of the Divider mark. To add a Document or Folder to the Dock: Note: The divider between the section that contains Home, folders and the trash. You can drag between the divider and the trash any documents you want instant access to. If you drag folders to that section, clicking on the folder once there will reveal a hierarchical menu of that folder's contents. The Divider: You can Drag this dashed line to resize the Dock. You can Control-Click it to see the divider’s Contextual Menu to bring up a menu with quick access to some of the settings in the Dock preference pane and a command for opening the Dock preference pane. VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: All shortcuts on the Dock are just that, shortcuts, and nothing more. Don't make the mistake of removing the file from the hard drive after putting it in the Dock. If you do, you will never be able to access that file once in the trash, or emptied. The dock is there for instant access. It is NOT a data storage folder. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.3 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 18/02/2012, at 4:05 PM, McCallum Malcolm wrote: I have just installed the latest firefox update which works well BUT when I run it it does not appear in the dock and I cannot find out why. Safari is there , What have i not done :-( Mac Malcolm McCallum doc...@westnet.com.au Skype docmactor -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
firefox problem.
I have just installed the latest firefox update which works well BUT when I run it it does not appear in the dock and I cannot find out why. Safari is there , What have i not done :-( Mac Malcolm McCallum doc...@westnet.com.au Skype docmactor -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: firefox problem.
Hi Mac, Do you mean it doesn’t appear in the dock when you are actually using it, or do you mean it doesn’t stay in the dock after you Quit Firefox? If it is that it disappears after you have finished using it, you need to drag the Firefox.app icon from Applications onto the Dock. Place it beside Safari. Cheers, Ronni On 18/02/2012, at 4:05 PM, McCallum Malcolm wrote: I have just installed the latest firefox update which works well BUT when I run it it does not appear in the dock and I cannot find out why. Safari is there , What have i not done :-( Mac Malcolm McCallum doc...@westnet.com.au Skype docmactor -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: firefox problem.
Yes , Thats exactly what I mean. Sorry for delay in answering, domestic problems. Mac Malcolm McCallum doc...@westnet.com.au Skype docmactor On 18/02/2012, at 4:05 PM, McCallum Malcolm wrote: I have just installed the latest firefox update which works well BUT when I run it it does not appear in the dock and I cannot find out why. Safari is there , What have i not done :-( Mac Malcolm McCallum doc...@westnet.com.au Skype docmactor -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: firefox problem.
On 18/02/2012, at 8:55 PM, McCallum Malcolm doc...@westnet.com.au wrote: Yes , Thats exactly what I mean. Sorry for delay in answering, domestic problems. Mac I don't understand your reply... Have you now got Firefox in your Dock? I asked you in my previous email. 1.Do you mean it doesn’t appear in the dock when you are actually using it? Or 2.Do you mean it doesn’t stay in the dock after you Quit Firefox? You reply doesn't say which it is. If it is that it disappears after you have finished using it, you need to drag the Firefox.app icon from Applications onto the Dock. Place it beside Safari. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 18/02/2012, at 4:05 PM, McCallum Malcolm wrote: I have just installed the latest firefox update which works well BUT when I run it it does not appear in the dock and I cannot find out why. Safari is there , What have i not done :-( Mac Malcolm McCallum doc...@westnet.com.au Skype docmactor -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Firefox problem
Revisiting my previous request for help with FireFox. After an upgrade to FireFox some weeks ago, I cannot access YouTube videos.The video appears with a note that that video is no longer available, however if I go through Safari the video runs. I cannot see any preferences to change. Any ideas for me? regards Kevin -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Firefox problem
On 19/06/2009, at 9:41 AM, KEVIN Lock wrote: Revisiting my previous request for help with FireFox. After an upgrade to FireFox some weeks ago, I cannot access YouTube videos.The video appears with a note that that video is no longer available, however if I go through Safari the video runs. I cannot see any preferences to change. Any ideas for me? We could guess that over time you may have updated OS as well and carried through a lot of old preferences etc. I would search your USER ( Library ) for anything of Firefox and ditch it all , then do a Firefox reinstal Note some items may go under the name Mozilla , or Firefox Mozilla Bob regards Kevin -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Firefox Problem
I recently swapped from Safari to Firefox 1.0.7. I had tried an earlier version of Firefox and had no problems except that I could not import my Safari bookmarks. [G4 Quicksilver, OS 10.3.8] This version has problems with the windows: 1. The windows only have a scrolling arrow for going up, you can't scroll down a line at a time. You have to go down a screen at a time and then you can go up a line at a time 2. When more than one tab is open it shows part of the first tab underneath (in the book marks window area). Refreshing gets rid of it but it comes back. 3. On some sites the frames are not lined up. On the Devon FHS Map page http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/maps.htm the map is displaced down and to the left and you can't scroll down the window with the list of parishes (no scrolling arrows at all). To get to the Ws you have to use the down arrow and display them one at a time on the map. No problem with Safari. I have tried all the scrolling options. Any one got any ideas? I am thinking of reverting to Safari! Best wishes to all from Diana
Re: Firefox Problem
Have you tried updating to the latest Firefox 1.5.0.1? Yvonne On 13/03/2006, at 12:54 PM, Diana Graham Stevens wrote: http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/maps.htm
Re: Firefox Problem
Yvonne wrote: Have you tried updating to the latest Firefox 1.5.0.1? Curiouser and curiouser. I thought I got the latest version but I went to Mozilla and downloaded again. As it happens the last dmg file is still on the Desktop, exactly the same except for a 1- added to make the name different! But in the about FireFox panel it says Firefox version 1.0.7 and at the bottom of the panel it says: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.0.7 I definitely installed it as my previous version did not have the Import function. I shall re-install from the new dmg file and see what happens. Thanks for your help and also thanks to Lloyd who tried out the DFHS site for me. I shall report back. Diana
Re: Firefox Problem
I installed again from the new dmg file. The about Firefox window now has version 1.5.0.1 and two of the problems are cured but there is still no down arrow in the scroll bar. Is this the case with other users or is it just me? Diana
Re: Firefox Problem
Hi Dianna, I did install Firefox 1.5.0.1 about 1 week ago and I have the same problem as you do, no down arrow!! I have a G5 1.8Ghz dual running OS X 10.3.9. Apart from this firefox seems to work well. I can't figure this out. Regards, Philippe on 13/3/06 5:49 PM, Diana Graham Stevens at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed again from the new dmg file. The about Firefox window now has version 1.5.0.1 and two of the problems are cured but there is still no down arrow in the scroll bar. Is this the case with other users or is it just me? Diana -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Firefox Problem
On 13 Mar 2006, at 5:49 PM, Diana Graham Stevens wrote: I installed again from the new dmg file. The about Firefox window now has version 1.5.0.1 and two of the problems are cured but there is still no down arrow in the scroll bar. Is this the case with other users or is it just me? Diana From a feedback writer : You could try this I found a possible fix for page up/page down keys not working. You will need to turn off caret browsing in firefox by either: 1. toggle it with F7 2. goto Firefox Preferences Advanced General Tab uncheck the allow text to be selected with the keyboard option My OSX 10.3.9 works Ok with Firefox 1.5.0.1 and I have that box unchecked Bob
Re: Firefox Problem
Bob Wrote: I found a possible fix for page up/page down keys not working. You will need to turn off caret browsing in firefox by either: 1. toggle it with F7 2. goto Firefox Preferences Advanced General Tab uncheck the allow text to be selected with the keyboard option My OSX 10.3.9 works Ok with Firefox 1.5.0.1 and I have that box unchecked Thanks for the suggestion Bob. I do not have the box checked and if I hit F7 it asks if I want to turn caret browsing on. I am fairly sure it has always been off. I am still using 10.3.8 but Philippe says he has the same problem and he is using 10.3.9. Now it has developed another quirk. If I hide Firefox when I reactivate it the window is mostly blank, the top menus are gone so I can't refresh, but if I ask for a new tab the tab underneath reappears! It is all too difficult, I think I shall have an early night and think about it again in the morning. Diana
