Google admits tracking Safari users | Technology | guardian.co.uk – StumbleUpon. Ok. This almost makes me want to stop using Chrome. I used to use Firefox but it got to glitchy and unstable. Maybe its time to go back.
Finder right click \. Baltwo has the solution. I have never seen this solution before. Great work.
FWIW, there’s a com.apple.LaunchServices.plist in my user’s Preferences folder.
Launch the Terminal app in /Applications/Utilities/, copy & paste in this one-liner, hit the return key, quit Terminal, and restart:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
Force Quit Applications warning on iMac…: Apple Support Communities. Interesting that it lists 3 programs that must be memory leakers. I seem to do better avoiding Firefox and Safari. Can’t really avoid the Finder but that is nice to know that restarting it may fix issues. The solution is below:
I just upgraded the recent version of Safari 5.1.2 for Snow Leopard and it’s supposed to fix the memory leak that’s eating up my RAM. Hopefully that will fix the problem.
Plugin crash reports | Troubleshooting | Firefox Help. This is sad. How many years has Adobe had to fix Flash crashing? I have given up on flash games and going to play iOS games on my friends iPhone because at least you can play those.
Firefox Web Browser — Plugin Check & Updates. This is a helpful and fast way to make sure your plugins are up to date. Essential if you are using Flash video or have a PDF plugin.
They are also called LSO’s and you can find a Firefox extension and description of what they are here.
LSO’s threaten your privacy because they never expire.
However, as every cookie they can contain data that you consider as useful. For example stored Flash game settings or personal data for automatic logins. If you decide to delete a LSO make sure not to loose important data. See FAQ on how to exclude certain LSO’s from deletion.
Fix for netflix error code n8156-6013. I ran into this problem on a Windows XP machine after i upgraded the Firefox from 4 to 5. It worked perfectly in Chrome which I am using to watch it now. There are several solutions listed in this link.
Living Without Adobe Flash If you have Firefox it gives a link for an extension that will default to HTML5. With all the updates to Flash, and the poor performance on mobile devices it seems inevitable to switch. I shared in the comments the extension for Chrome which I use.
Do you know the extension for Chrome? Its called Video5.
Video5
YoNoSoyTu
Free
Loads HTML 5 video instead of using Flash for supported websites. Uses icons from Glyphish http://glyphish.com/.
Or here if the link is static:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bnbgfkneigcldienfggfoacjnkbmmhhe?hl=en-US
