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I'm using version 10.0 on a Mac, and recently Firefox takes forever to initially load, then takes longer than usual to load any pages

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wrighton
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I'm also noticing my laptop makes more noise when trying to load firefox and when I browse pages, while Safari doesn't do that. The sound is that of it 'processing' the information- if that makes sense. It's really being pokey in general- but especially when first opening even after I restart. Sometimes the loading circle in the upper left hand corner gets stuck when loading pages.

I'm also noticing my laptop makes more noise when trying to load firefox and when I browse pages, while Safari doesn't do that. The sound is that of it 'processing' the information- if that makes sense. It's really being pokey in general- but especially when first opening even after I restart. Sometimes the loading circle in the upper left hand corner gets stuck when loading pages.

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Matt_G
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Hi wrighton,

We have a help section on long start up times which might be helpful. There is also another section for page load issues.

There is a lot of good troubleshooting information in those sections.

Hopefully this helps!