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Firefox on Mac crashes with error log "EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)"

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For many months Firefox has been crashing shortly after opening. I am using vs 3.6.9 now and it has crashed also. I will try to paste it in here. The log which runs too long so I'll truncate it.

Process: firefox-bin [3410] Path: /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin Identifier: org.mozilla.firefox Version: 3.6.9 (3.6.9) Code Type: PPC (Translated) Parent Process:  ??? [1]

Date/Time: 2010-09-08 14:37:31.777 -0400 OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.4 (10F569) Report Version: 6

Interval Since Last Report: 210469 sec Crashes Since Last Report: 10 Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 211 sec Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 1 Anonymous UUID: 26CA3E98-078F-45FF-B709-F7F04BE5A69B

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS) Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000 Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c0057 0xb8000000 + 786519 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80dd8e8 0xb8000000 + 907496 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8145397 spin_lock_wrapper + 1791 3 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb801ceb7 0xb8000000 + 118455

Thread 1: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x801400fa mach_msg_trap + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x80140867 mach_msg + 68 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb819440f CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 206231 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x8016d81d _pthread_start + 345 4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x8016d6a2 thread_start + 34

Thread 2: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815acc0 spin_lock_wrapper + 90152 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8179c5b CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 97763 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 3  ??? 0x8ab6a886 0 + 2327226502

Thread 3: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815aa8b spin_lock_wrapper + 89587 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb818c3eb CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 173427 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb818eeec CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 184436 3 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 4  ??? 0x8aacf7d6 0 + 2326591446

Thread 4: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a8ff spin_lock_wrapper + 89191 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176e5d CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 85989 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c6b13 0xb8000000 + 813843 3 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c0037 0xb8000000 + 786487 4 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80dd8e8 0xb8000000 + 907496 5 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8145397 spin_lock_wrapper + 1791 6 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb801ceb7 0xb8000000 + 118455

Thread 5: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a8c8 spin_lock_wrapper + 89136 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176d61 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 85737 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c6b13 0xb8000000 + 813843 3 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c0037 0xb8000000 + 786487 4 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80dd8e8 0xb8000000 + 907496 5 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8145397 spin_lock_wrapper + 1791 6 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb801ceb7 0xb8000000 + 118455

Thread 6: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a93a spin_lock_wrapper + 89250 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176f67 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 86255 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 3  ??? 0x8b94eb1b 0 + 2341792539

Thread 7: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815ac81 spin_lock_wrapper + 90089 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb816aee7 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 36975 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c6b13 0xb8000000 + 813843 3 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c0037 0xb8000000 + 786487 4 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80dd8e8 0xb8000000 + 907496 5 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8145397 spin_lock_wrapper + 1791 6 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb801ceb7 0xb8000000 + 118455

Thread 8: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a93a spin_lock_wrapper + 89250 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176f67 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 86255 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 3  ??? 0x8b94eb1b 0 + 2341792539

Thread 9: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a93a spin_lock_wrapper + 89250 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176f67 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 86255 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 3  ??? 0x8b94eb1b 0 + 2341792539

Thread 10: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a93a spin_lock_wrapper + 89250 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176f67 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 86255 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 3  ??? 0x8b94eb1b 0 + 2341792539

Thread 11: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a93a spin_lock_wrapper + 89250 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176f67 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 86255 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 3  ??? 0x8b94eb1b 0 + 2341792539

Thread 12: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a8c8 spin_lock_wrapper + 89136 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176d61 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 85737 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c6b13 0xb8000000 + 813843 3 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c0037 0xb8000000 + 786487 4 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80dd8e8 0xb8000000 + 907496 5 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8145397 spin_lock_wrapper + 1791 6 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb801ceb7 0xb8000000 + 118455

Thread 13: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a8c8 spin_lock_wrapper + 89136 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176d61 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 85737 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c6b13 0xb8000000 + 813843 3 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c0037 0xb8000000 + 786487 4 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80dd8e8 0xb8000000 + 907496 5 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8145397 spin_lock_wrapper + 1791 6 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb801ceb7 0xb8000000 + 118455

Thread 14: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a8c8 spin_lock_wrapper + 89136 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176d61 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 85737 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 3  ??? 0x8b99e7de 0 + 2342119390

Thread 15: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a93a spin_lock_wrapper + 89250 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176f67 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 86255 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 3  ??? 0x8b94eb1b 0 + 2341792539

Thread 16: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a93a spin_lock_wrapper + 89250 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176f67 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 86255 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 3  ??? 0x8b94eb1b 0 + 2341792539

Thread 17: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a8c8 spin_lock_wrapper + 89136 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176d61 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 85737 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 3  ??? 0x8b99e7de 0 + 2342119390

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):

 eax: 0x00000004  ebx: 0xb80bfca8  ecx: 0xb8215970  edx: 0x00000000
 edi: 0xb8211640  esi: 0x80a04e90  ebp: 0xb7fffa78  esp: 0xb7fffa10
  ss: 0x0000001f  efl: 0x00010246  eip: 0xb80c0057   cs: 0x00000017
  ds: 0x0000001f   es: 0x0000001f   fs: 0x00000000   gs: 0x00000037
 cr2: 0x00000000

Binary Images: 0x80000000 - 0x8005bff7 com.apple.framework.IOKit 2.0 (???) <A013B850-6ECB-594A-CBD6-DB156B11871B> /System/Library/Frameworks/IOKit.framework/Versions/A/IOKit 0x8007a000 - 0x800e4fe7 libstdc++.6.dylib 7.9.0 (compatibility 7.0.0) <411D87F4-B7E1-44EB-F201-F8B4F9227213> /usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib 0x8013f000 - 0x802e5feb libSystem.B.dylib 125.2.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <3441F338-2218-6D36-3F95-3A16FBF6713D> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib 0x80366000 - 0x804e0fe3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 6.6.3 (550.29) <00373783-3744-F47D-2191-BEEA658F0C3D> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation 0x805d8000 - 0x805e6fe7 libz.1.dylib 1.2.3 (compatibility 1.0.0) <3CE8AA79-F077-F1B0-A039-9103A4A02E92> /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib 0x805eb000 - 0x805f7ff7 libkxld.dylib ??? (???) <322A4B52-8305-3081-6B74-813C3A87A56D> /usr/lib/system/libkxld.dylib 0x805fb000 - 0x80641ff7 libauto.dylib ??? (???) <85670A64-3B67-8162-D441-D8E0BE15CA94> /usr/lib/libauto.dylib 0x8064e000 - 0x807d0fe7 libicucore.A.dylib 40.0.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <2314BD12-0821-75BB-F3BC-98D324CFD30A> /usr/lib/libicucore.A.dylib 0x80832000 - 0x808dffe7 libobjc.A.dylib 227.0.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <DF8E4CFA-3719-3415-0BF1-E8C5E561C3B1> /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib 0x808f3000 - 0x808f6fe7 libmathCommon.A.dylib 315.0.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <1622A54F-1A98-2CBE-B6A4-2122981A500E> /usr/lib/system/libmathCommon.A.dylib 0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe4162b dyld 132.1 (???) <A4F6ADCC-6448-37B4-ED6C-ABB2CD06F448> /usr/lib/dyld 0xb8000000 - 0xb81defff +org.mozilla.firefox 3.6.9 (3.6.9) <6437A74D-607F-7339-5F7E-F6B0EF81C25D> /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin 0xffff0000 - 0xffff1fff libSystem.B.dylib ??? (???) <3441F338-2218-6D36-3F95-3A16FBF6713D> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

Translated Code Information: objc[3410]: garbage collection is ON Rosetta Version: 22.27 Args: /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001) ... truncated here

For many months Firefox has been crashing shortly after opening. I am using vs 3.6.9 now and it has crashed also. I will try to paste it in here. The log which runs too long so I'll truncate it. Process: firefox-bin [3410] Path: /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin Identifier: org.mozilla.firefox Version: 3.6.9 (3.6.9) Code Type: PPC (Translated) Parent Process: ??? [1] Date/Time: 2010-09-08 14:37:31.777 -0400 OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.4 (10F569) Report Version: 6 Interval Since Last Report: 210469 sec Crashes Since Last Report: 10 Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 211 sec Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 1 Anonymous UUID: 26CA3E98-078F-45FF-B709-F7F04BE5A69B Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS) Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000 Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c0057 0xb8000000 + 786519 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80dd8e8 0xb8000000 + 907496 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8145397 spin_lock_wrapper + 1791 3 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb801ceb7 0xb8000000 + 118455 Thread 1: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x801400fa mach_msg_trap + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x80140867 mach_msg + 68 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb819440f CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 206231 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x8016d81d _pthread_start + 345 4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x8016d6a2 thread_start + 34 Thread 2: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815acc0 spin_lock_wrapper + 90152 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8179c5b CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 97763 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 3 ??? 0x8ab6a886 0 + 2327226502 Thread 3: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815aa8b spin_lock_wrapper + 89587 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb818c3eb CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 173427 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb818eeec CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 184436 3 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 4 ??? 0x8aacf7d6 0 + 2326591446 Thread 4: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a8ff spin_lock_wrapper + 89191 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176e5d CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 85989 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c6b13 0xb8000000 + 813843 3 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c0037 0xb8000000 + 786487 4 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80dd8e8 0xb8000000 + 907496 5 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8145397 spin_lock_wrapper + 1791 6 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb801ceb7 0xb8000000 + 118455 Thread 5: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a8c8 spin_lock_wrapper + 89136 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176d61 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 85737 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c6b13 0xb8000000 + 813843 3 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c0037 0xb8000000 + 786487 4 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80dd8e8 0xb8000000 + 907496 5 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8145397 spin_lock_wrapper + 1791 6 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb801ceb7 0xb8000000 + 118455 Thread 6: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a93a spin_lock_wrapper + 89250 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176f67 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 86255 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 3 ??? 0x8b94eb1b 0 + 2341792539 Thread 7: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815ac81 spin_lock_wrapper + 90089 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb816aee7 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 36975 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c6b13 0xb8000000 + 813843 3 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c0037 0xb8000000 + 786487 4 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80dd8e8 0xb8000000 + 907496 5 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8145397 spin_lock_wrapper + 1791 6 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb801ceb7 0xb8000000 + 118455 Thread 8: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a93a spin_lock_wrapper + 89250 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176f67 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 86255 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 3 ??? 0x8b94eb1b 0 + 2341792539 Thread 9: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a93a spin_lock_wrapper + 89250 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176f67 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 86255 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 3 ??? 0x8b94eb1b 0 + 2341792539 Thread 10: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a93a spin_lock_wrapper + 89250 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176f67 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 86255 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 3 ??? 0x8b94eb1b 0 + 2341792539 Thread 11: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a93a spin_lock_wrapper + 89250 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176f67 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 86255 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 3 ??? 0x8b94eb1b 0 + 2341792539 Thread 12: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a8c8 spin_lock_wrapper + 89136 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176d61 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 85737 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c6b13 0xb8000000 + 813843 3 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c0037 0xb8000000 + 786487 4 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80dd8e8 0xb8000000 + 907496 5 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8145397 spin_lock_wrapper + 1791 6 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb801ceb7 0xb8000000 + 118455 Thread 13: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a8c8 spin_lock_wrapper + 89136 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176d61 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 85737 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c6b13 0xb8000000 + 813843 3 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80c0037 0xb8000000 + 786487 4 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80dd8e8 0xb8000000 + 907496 5 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8145397 spin_lock_wrapper + 1791 6 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb801ceb7 0xb8000000 + 118455 Thread 14: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a8c8 spin_lock_wrapper + 89136 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176d61 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 85737 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 3 ??? 0x8b99e7de 0 + 2342119390 Thread 15: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a93a spin_lock_wrapper + 89250 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176f67 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 86255 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 3 ??? 0x8b94eb1b 0 + 2341792539 Thread 16: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a93a spin_lock_wrapper + 89250 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176f67 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 86255 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 3 ??? 0x8b94eb1b 0 + 2341792539 Thread 17: 0 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb815a8c8 spin_lock_wrapper + 89136 1 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb8176d61 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 85737 2 org.mozilla.firefox 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523 3 ??? 0x8b99e7de 0 + 2342119390 Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit): eax: 0x00000004 ebx: 0xb80bfca8 ecx: 0xb8215970 edx: 0x00000000 edi: 0xb8211640 esi: 0x80a04e90 ebp: 0xb7fffa78 esp: 0xb7fffa10 ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010246 eip: 0xb80c0057 cs: 0x00000017 ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037 cr2: 0x00000000 Binary Images: 0x80000000 - 0x8005bff7 com.apple.framework.IOKit 2.0 (???) <A013B850-6ECB-594A-CBD6-DB156B11871B> /System/Library/Frameworks/IOKit.framework/Versions/A/IOKit 0x8007a000 - 0x800e4fe7 libstdc++.6.dylib 7.9.0 (compatibility 7.0.0) <411D87F4-B7E1-44EB-F201-F8B4F9227213> /usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib 0x8013f000 - 0x802e5feb libSystem.B.dylib 125.2.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <3441F338-2218-6D36-3F95-3A16FBF6713D> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib 0x80366000 - 0x804e0fe3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 6.6.3 (550.29) <00373783-3744-F47D-2191-BEEA658F0C3D> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation 0x805d8000 - 0x805e6fe7 libz.1.dylib 1.2.3 (compatibility 1.0.0) <3CE8AA79-F077-F1B0-A039-9103A4A02E92> /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib 0x805eb000 - 0x805f7ff7 libkxld.dylib ??? (???) <322A4B52-8305-3081-6B74-813C3A87A56D> /usr/lib/system/libkxld.dylib 0x805fb000 - 0x80641ff7 libauto.dylib ??? (???) <85670A64-3B67-8162-D441-D8E0BE15CA94> /usr/lib/libauto.dylib 0x8064e000 - 0x807d0fe7 libicucore.A.dylib 40.0.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <2314BD12-0821-75BB-F3BC-98D324CFD30A> /usr/lib/libicucore.A.dylib 0x80832000 - 0x808dffe7 libobjc.A.dylib 227.0.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <DF8E4CFA-3719-3415-0BF1-E8C5E561C3B1> /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib 0x808f3000 - 0x808f6fe7 libmathCommon.A.dylib 315.0.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <1622A54F-1A98-2CBE-B6A4-2122981A500E> /usr/lib/system/libmathCommon.A.dylib 0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe4162b dyld 132.1 (???) <A4F6ADCC-6448-37B4-ED6C-ABB2CD06F448> /usr/lib/dyld 0xb8000000 - 0xb81defff +org.mozilla.firefox 3.6.9 (3.6.9) <6437A74D-607F-7339-5F7E-F6B0EF81C25D> /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin 0xffff0000 - 0xffff1fff libSystem.B.dylib ??? (???) <3441F338-2218-6D36-3F95-3A16FBF6713D> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib Translated Code Information: objc[3410]: garbage collection is ON Rosetta Version: 22.27 Args: /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001) ... truncated here

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Is there anything I can do to be able to use firefox, something temporary or a quick-fix?

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No answer to this problem for 3 weeks and 12 others have posted that they have the same problem. My quick fix has been to download the remarkable Google Chrome for the Mac.

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go to System Preferences -> Sharing -> and disable File Sharing. This worked for me!! found the solution in this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2135265&tstart=0