Partial progress: I used the command line Tom provided, below. A firefox options box opened and I selected -- I forgot to write this down but I think it was Restore Toolbars, or something along those lines.
If I then chose the option to continue in safe mode, Firefox opened and both of my problems were solved (no bookmarks in the sidebar and empty space at the bottom of the window). If I chose the option to make changes and restart (same changes), only one of the two problems was solved (bookmarks). I closed Terminal (which closed Firefox) and restarted the browser the normal way. Now I have my sidebar bookmarks back. But I still have that blank space at the bottom of the browser window. (I also still have the Google Toolbar I installed.) I'm halfway there. Any help on fixing the remaining problem (bottom white space) would be appreciated very much. Thanks. ------ Forwarded Message From: Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:46:44 -0500 Subject: Re: Firefox f-up >Being a Terminal virgin, I'm probably making an obvious mistake. There is no room for virgins in Unixland. >Firefox.exe -safe-mode >Terminal responded: >-bash: firefox.exe: command not found It is traditional in Unixland to provide only the barest hint of the correct syntax. I think most Unixheads would be mightily offended if the proffered solution did not require at least some reinterpretation work correctly. So at the risk of being mightily offensive, here is the full command for OS X. Note that this assumes that you have not renamed your copy of Firefox. Of course, most Unixheads would rename Firefox to at least include the version number so that they could keep mutiple copies around. /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox -safe-mode Now we have to discuss why you are running the bash shell when "everyone" knows that bash is not the "best" shell. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************ ------ End of Forwarded Message ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
