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Why is Firefox "not responding" to quit command?

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Since updating my Mac to Mavericks OSX 10.9, Firefox sometimes hangs up and refuses to quit when I tell it to. I have to hit command/option-esc to force quit the application. Is anyone else having this problem?

Since updating my Mac to Mavericks OSX 10.9, Firefox sometimes hangs up and refuses to quit when I tell it to. I have to hit command/option-esc to force quit the application. Is anyone else having this problem?

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This could be because an installed add-on is forcing Firefox to remain open.


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Same problem here. And I'm running OS X Mavericks, too. Here's my clipboard info:

Application Basics


Name: Firefox Version: 26.0 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.9; rv:26.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/26.0

Extensions


Name: Copy URL Version: 1.2.4 Enabled: true ID: jid0-ZAHxU5e9sjK6VVQ8uP9TqpnlWuk@jetpack

Name: Favicon Restorer Version: 1.4 Enabled: true ID: faviconrestorer@masserog.it

Name: FireFTP Version: 2.0.17 Enabled: true ID: {a7c6cf7f-112c-4500-a7ea-39801a327e5f}

Name: Hide Tab Bar With One Tab Version: 1.2beta3 Enabled: true ID: {e5bbc237-c99b-4ced-a061-0be27703295f}

Name: keyconfig Version: 20110522 Enabled: true ID: keyconfig@dorando

Name: Remove New Tab Button Version: 1.0 Enabled: true ID: remove-new-tab-button@forerunnerdesigns.com

Name: Status-4-Evar Version: 2013.10.31.22 Enabled: true ID: status4evar@caligonstudios.com

Name: Universal Print Version: 0.4.25 Enabled: true ID: {BE2100B3-1D80-48eb-ACCF-D26750644378}

Name: Adobe Acrobat - Create PDF Version: 2.0 Enabled: false ID: web2pdfextension@web2pdf.adobedotcom

Important Modified Preferences


accessibility.browsewithcaret: true accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0 accessibility.warn_on_browsewithcaret: false browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 4 browser.privatebrowsing.autostart: true browser.sessionstore.restore_on_demand: false browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID: 20131205075310 browser.startup.homepage: http://webvantage.mastermindsagency.com/SignIn.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20131205075310 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 26.0 browser.tabs.autoHide: true browser.tabs.onTop: false browser.tabs.warnOnClose: false browser.tabs.warnOnOpen: false dom.max_script_run_time: 0 dom.mozApps.used: true dom.w3c_touch_events.expose: false extensions.lastAppVersion: 26.0 font.default.x-western: sans-serif font.internaluseonly.changed: false font.name.sans-serif.x-western: Lucida Grande font.name.serif.x-western: Lucida Grande font.size.fixed.x-western: 15 font.size.variable.x-western: 14 gfx.blacklist.direct2d: 3 gfx.blacklist.layers.direct3d9: 3 network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true network.dns.disableIPv6: true network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy: 10 network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server: 10 network.http.pipelining: true network.http.pipelining.maxrequests: 30 network.http.pipelining.ssl: true network.http.proxy.pipelining: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1389801392 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858 places.history.expiration.transient_optimal_database_size: 167772160 plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf plugin.importedState: true plugin.state.adobepdfviewernpapi: 0 plugin.state.citrixonlinewebdeploymentplugin: 0 plugin.state.directorshockwave: 0 plugin.state.flip4mac wmv plugin: 0 plugin.state.ovshelper: 0 plugin.state.sharepointbrowserplugin: 0 plugin.state.yahoo! installer: 0 print.macosx.pagesetup-2: PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz4KPCFET0NUWVBFIHBsaXN0IFBVQkxJQyAiLS8vQXBwbGUvL0RURCBQTElTVCAxLjAvL0VO print.print_bgcolor: false print.print_bgimages: false print.print_colorspace: print.print_command: print.print_downloadfonts: false print.print_duplex: 402653184 print.print_evenpages: true print.print_in_color: true print.print_margin_bottom: 0.5 print.print_margin_left: 0.5 print.print_margin_right: 0.5 print.print_margin_top: 0.5 print.print_oddpages: true print.print_orientation: 0 print.print_page_delay: 50 print.print_paper_data: 0 print.print_paper_height: 11.00 print.print_paper_name: print.print_paper_size_type: 1 print.print_paper_size_unit: 0 print.print_paper_width: 8.50 print.print_plex_name: print.print_resolution: 32767 print.print_resolution_name: print.print_reversed: false print.print_scaling: 1.00 print.print_shrink_to_fit: true print.print_to_file: false print.print_unwriteable_margin_bottom: 0 print.print_unwriteable_margin_left: 0 print.print_unwriteable_margin_right: 0 print.print_unwriteable_margin_top: 0 privacy.cpd.offlineApps: true privacy.cpd.siteSettings: true privacy.donottrackheader.enabled: true privacy.popups.showBrowserMessage: false privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true security.warn_viewing_mixed: false storage.vacuum.last.index: 1 storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1388067686

Graphics


Device ID: 0x6720 GPU Accelerated Windows: 2/2 OpenGL (OMTC) Vendor ID: 0x1002 WebGL Renderer: ATI Technologies Inc. -- ATI Radeon HD 6970M OpenGL Engine windowLayerManagerRemote: true AzureCanvasBackend: quartz AzureContentBackend: quartz AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: none AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0

JavaScript


Incremental GC: true

Accessibility


Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0

Library Versions


NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.2 Version in use: 4.10.2

NSS Expected minimum version: 3.15.3.1 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.3.1 Basic ECC

NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.15.3.1 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.3.1 Basic ECC

NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.15.3.1 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.3.1 Basic ECC

NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.15.3.1 Version in use: 3.15.3.1

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Plugins are usually a more likely cause for such hangs.

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