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I must sign in to gmail every single time.

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pinkjacket88
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In firefox I must sign in to gmail every single time. It did not do this before.Other browsers allow me to open gmal and switch between accounts. checking Stay signed in does not work. I may be missing a setting but I cannot find it. Thanks

In firefox I must sign in to gmail every single time. It did not do this before.Other browsers allow me to open gmal and switch between accounts. checking Stay signed in does not work. I may be missing a setting but I cannot find it. Thanks

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FredMcD
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Your ‘logged-in’ status is stored in special cookies. If the cookie is removed, you are logged out.


You may be in Private Browsing mode or told Firefox not to remember.

Type about:preferences#privacy<enter> in the address bar. The button next to History, select Use Custom Settings.

Turn off Always Use Private Browsing Mode Turn on Remember My Browsing And Download History At the bottom of the page, turn on Clear History When Firefox Closes. At the far right, press the Settings button. Turn on ONLY Cache and Form And Search History leaving the others off.

cor-el
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Make sure you install Firefox properly and that you do not run Firefox from within the DMG (Disk Images) file.

Open the Firefox Disk Images file and drag the Firefox application to the Applications folder on your hard drive. You shouldn't double-click the Firefox application to run it from the Disk Images, but instead drag it out of the DMG folder.