I never use Firefox - I use Safari and if I run into problems I use Google Chrome.
Apple's own Preview app is usually what bogs my system down. When I hear the fans speed up, I usually need to restart Preview. On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Dave Cavner <w123wa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Type 'top -u' (no quotes) in Terminal to view the processor hog(s). > > If you want to keep FF, keep add-ons to a bare minimum. Ditto the number > of open tabs. Restarting the browser often/daily will keep the memory leaks > in check. FFs ad blockers are fabulous when they work but make some sites > appear to hang. > > Dave > SoCal - '82 240D (3 pedal), '84 300TD (Euro), '85 300TD (Cali) > > > On May 23, 2012, at 2:01 PM, Allan Streib wrote: > > > Firefox is a pig. Any reason you are not just using Safari? > > > > > > Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> writes: > > > >> I have this iMac, it has 4GB of memory and 4 CPUs and 1 TB drive (half > >> empty) with a 2TB connected for backups. The thing runs bog slow > >> sometimes with the spinning wheel, with Thunderbird, Firefox, maybe a > >> Preview doc or two, iTunes, and maybe an iChat and something else > >> running (and Finder, which always seems to run). > >> > >> I get this idea that this is not how it should be. I think it is > >> Firefox that is buggering it, as the system monitor shows FF running > >> over 1GB of memory usage as time goes on, and varying CPU usage up to > >> 80-90+% sometimes. Nothing else shows much memory or CPU usage If I > >> close FF (and usually I have to do a force quit) and restart it, > >> reload my session, it seems to be fine for awhile. Facebook seems to > >> be the app/page that hangs most, or maybe is causing the problem. I > >> can't decide if FF is buggering things, or some pages that are open in > >> tabs in FF (and FB in particular). This seems to have become more > >> prevalent with the latest versions of FF, I am wondering if they are > >> getting so bloated that they suck up resources way out of proportion > >> to what they should be. > >> > >> I also hear the hard drive banging away when FF is running, but it is > >> not clear why or what it is doing. > >> > >> Here is what memory usage looks like (with FF shut down) > >> > >> Free 2.14GB > >> Wired 430.0 MB > >> Active 976MB > >> Inactive 497.2 MB > >> Used 1.86GB > >> > >> CPU is showing > >> %User 0.75 > >> %System 0.50 > >> % Idle 97.38 > >> 385 threads, 68 processes > >> > >> I'll get some numbers after FF has run awhile > >> > >> Any thoughts? > >> > >> --R > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
