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Rainbow circle constant scrolling & freezing

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ricardofel
ricardofel
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Constant issues with the rainbow circle scrolling and scrolling and freezing....ALL THE TIME. Took my iMac to apple and everything checks out perfectly. Have re-installed firefox and the same issues!!!!!!!!!!

Constant issues with the rainbow circle scrolling and scrolling and freezing....ALL THE TIME. Took my iMac to apple and everything checks out perfectly. Have re-installed firefox and the same issues!!!!!!!!!!

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FredMcD
FredMcD
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Sounds like your CPU is being overworked.

Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox. A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh).

Is the problem still there?

ricardofel
ricardofel Question owner
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Now I'm using google chrome and no issue! The problem is with firefox.