[G4] Slooooow Firefox load

[Harry Freeman]

Greetings Jim ( + )!( + )

One of the first things that I would do is open the application  
"Activitity Monitor" which should be located in your "Application/ 
Utility" folder. This application will let you know your "CPU, System  
Memory, Disk Activity, Disk Usage and Network" activity. Using this  
application will let you know it you have run out of memory and  
started using virtual memory.

It sound to me like you have started using virtual memory because  
thing start happening very slowly, and you may not have a lot of  
vertual memory. OSX blocks off some of your disk space for virtual  
memory, however if the operating system or installed data needs more  
disk space the OS will start giving virtual memory (disk space) for  
other use.

I would also suggest that you get a copy of application "AppZapper"  
which is rated as one of the best for removing installed software.

You could also take a look at the "Console" log files to find out what  
is happening.


Best regards,

Harry
San Jose, Ca.
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On Sep 5, 2008, at 3:22 PM, James Edwards wrote:

> I have these 6 MAC's that are having a problem loading Firefox.  
> Clicking on the icon in the Dock and it "bounces" about 5-7 times  
> then stops. about 30 seconds later the menu bar at the top of the  
> screen shows a single item "Firefox". After about another minute,  
> the full Firefox menu bar shows up. After another minute or so, the  
> Firefox Browser window finally shows up. After that browsing appears  
> normal. The entire load process can take 2-3 minutes. Safari loads  
> in about 20 seconds, and all other programs load normally.
>
> I tried re-loading Firefox, no solution. On one machine, I removed  
> every trace of Firefox I could find including the preferences etc.  
> Didn't help.
>
> Any Ideas?
>
> THANKS!!
>
> Jim
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