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Firefox crashes

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It won´t even open. I get the crash reporte saying that there was a failure and it must shut down. I am using OSX 10.9.1

It won´t even open. I get the crash reporte saying that there was a failure and it must shut down. I am using OSX 10.9.1

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Open a new window or tab. In the address bar, type about:crashes. Using your mouse, mark the most resent crash reports, and copy them. Now go to the reply box below and paste them in.

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