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Why does it keep telling me to restart in 32 bit mode?

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A yellow button appears with a notification along to top of the window below the different link tabs. It tells me it would be better in 32 bit mode. I click the button and firefox restarts.

A yellow button appears with a notification along to top of the window below the different link tabs. It tells me it would be better in 32 bit mode. I click the button and firefox restarts.

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I found the fix here -->

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/mac-firefox-4-b7.html

Basically, you go into "Get Info" for the Firefox icon and check off "open in 32 bit mode"