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OSX: my Console reports errors on starting FireFox, fix needed?

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Please help me understand the flagged lines in the Console Log? when I launched FireFox 51.0.1 on this URL: https://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=

following is excerpt from the Console of:( hardware details: OSX El Capitan; Ver: 10.11.6; iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, late 2015;):

Console log with flag: ( -> ): 

    1/31/17 12:32:10.000 syslogd[45]: ASL Sender Statistics

-> 1/31/17 12:32:10.268 WindowServer[165]: Untrusted client (pid=1311) attempted to set debug options. -> 1/31/17 12:32:10.433 firefox[1311]: WARNING: The Gestalt selector gestaltSystemVersion is returning 10.9.6 instead of 10.11.6. This is not a bug in Gestalt -- it is a documented limitation. Use NSProcessInfo's operatingSystemVersion property to get correct system version number. 

     Call location:
     1/31/17 12:32:10.433 firefox[1311]: 0   CarbonCore                          0x00007fff8c8f86df ___Gestalt_SystemVersion_block_invoke + 113
     1/31/17 12:32:10.433 firefox[1311]: 1   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff96b4a40b _dispatch_client_callout + 8
     1/31/17 12:32:10.433 firefox[1311]: 2   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff96b4a303 dispatch_once_f + 67
     1/31/17 12:32:10.433 firefox[1311]: 3   CarbonCore                          0x00007fff8c884fbc _Gestalt_SystemVersion + 987
     1/31/17 12:32:10.433 firefox[1311]: 4   CarbonCore                          0x00007fff8c8847d0 Gestalt + 139
     1/31/17 12:32:10.433 firefox[1311]: 5   XUL                                 0x0000000111f76230 vpx_reset_mmx_state + 662603

-> 1/31/17 12:32:10.996 lsd[268]: LaunchServices: Could not store lsd-identifiers file at /private/var/db/lsd/com.apple.lsdschemes.plist -> 1/31/17 12:32:11.278 WindowServer[165]: Untrusted client (pid=1313) attempted to set debug options. -> 1/31/17 12:32:11.320 plugin-container[1313]: WARNING: The Gestalt selector gestaltSystemVersion is returning 10.9.6 instead of 10.11.6. This is not a bug in Gestalt -- it is a documented limitation. Use NSProcessInfo's operatingSystemVersion property to get correct system version number. 

    Call location:
    1/31/17 12:32:11.320 plugin-container[1313]: 0   CarbonCore                          0x00007fff8c8f86df ___Gestalt_SystemVersion_block_invoke + 113
    1/31/17 12:32:11.320 plugin-container[1313]: 1   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff96b4a40b _dispatch_client_callout + 8
    1/31/17 12:32:11.320 plugin-container[1313]: 2   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff96b4a303 dispatch_once_f + 67
    1/31/17 12:32:11.320 plugin-container[1313]: 3   CarbonCore                          0x00007fff8c884fbc _Gestalt_SystemVersion + 987
    1/31/17 12:32:11.320 plugin-container[1313]: 4   CarbonCore                          0x00007fff8c8847d0 Gestalt + 139
    1/31/17 12:32:11.320 plugin-container[1313]: 5   XUL                                 0x000000010ac6f230 vpx_reset_mmx_state + 662603

Very many thanks for very kind help….

Please help me understand the flagged lines in the Console Log? when I launched FireFox 51.0.1 on this URL: https://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query= following is excerpt from the Console of:( hardware details: OSX El Capitan; Ver: 10.11.6; iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, late 2015;): Console log with flag: ( -> ): 1/31/17 12:32:10.000 syslogd[45]: ASL Sender Statistics -> 1/31/17 12:32:10.268 WindowServer[165]: Untrusted client (pid=1311) attempted to set debug options. -> 1/31/17 12:32:10.433 firefox[1311]: WARNING: The Gestalt selector gestaltSystemVersion is returning 10.9.6 instead of 10.11.6. This is not a bug in Gestalt -- it is a documented limitation. Use NSProcessInfo's operatingSystemVersion property to get correct system version number. Call location: 1/31/17 12:32:10.433 firefox[1311]: 0 CarbonCore 0x00007fff8c8f86df ___Gestalt_SystemVersion_block_invoke + 113 1/31/17 12:32:10.433 firefox[1311]: 1 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff96b4a40b _dispatch_client_callout + 8 1/31/17 12:32:10.433 firefox[1311]: 2 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff96b4a303 dispatch_once_f + 67 1/31/17 12:32:10.433 firefox[1311]: 3 CarbonCore 0x00007fff8c884fbc _Gestalt_SystemVersion + 987 1/31/17 12:32:10.433 firefox[1311]: 4 CarbonCore 0x00007fff8c8847d0 Gestalt + 139 1/31/17 12:32:10.433 firefox[1311]: 5 XUL 0x0000000111f76230 vpx_reset_mmx_state + 662603 -> 1/31/17 12:32:10.996 lsd[268]: LaunchServices: Could not store lsd-identifiers file at /private/var/db/lsd/com.apple.lsdschemes.plist -> 1/31/17 12:32:11.278 WindowServer[165]: Untrusted client (pid=1313) attempted to set debug options. -> 1/31/17 12:32:11.320 plugin-container[1313]: WARNING: The Gestalt selector gestaltSystemVersion is returning 10.9.6 instead of 10.11.6. This is not a bug in Gestalt -- it is a documented limitation. Use NSProcessInfo's operatingSystemVersion property to get correct system version number. Call location: 1/31/17 12:32:11.320 plugin-container[1313]: 0 CarbonCore 0x00007fff8c8f86df ___Gestalt_SystemVersion_block_invoke + 113 1/31/17 12:32:11.320 plugin-container[1313]: 1 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff96b4a40b _dispatch_client_callout + 8 1/31/17 12:32:11.320 plugin-container[1313]: 2 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff96b4a303 dispatch_once_f + 67 1/31/17 12:32:11.320 plugin-container[1313]: 3 CarbonCore 0x00007fff8c884fbc _Gestalt_SystemVersion + 987 1/31/17 12:32:11.320 plugin-container[1313]: 4 CarbonCore 0x00007fff8c8847d0 Gestalt + 139 1/31/17 12:32:11.320 plugin-container[1313]: 5 XUL 0x000000010ac6f230 vpx_reset_mmx_state + 662603 Very many thanks for very kind help….

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cor-el
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Gestalt appears to be a special system API that can be used to get information from the OS.

This API has been deprecated since OS X 10.8 and it shouldn't be a surprise that it isn't working properly in current OS X versions.

  • Bug 772179 - 'Gestalt' is deprecated in Mac OS X 10.8 
Gestalt is deprecated since Mac OS X 10.8.

See:

ronnykq
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is it Apple's or Firefox's code problem; and wouldn't it need fixing?