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Macbook running snow leopard gets too hot and crashes everytime I use You Tube

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Everytime I try to see a you tube video my macbook which runs on Snow leopard is getting too hot. I checed on the utilities and found that the firefox plugging process ( shock wave flash ) is using too much CPU.

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Everytime I try to see a you tube video my macbook which runs on Snow leopard is getting too hot. I checed on the utilities and found that the firefox plugging process ( shock wave flash ) is using too much CPU. Please help

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try the new feature of firefox

help==>troubleshhot....==>reset firefox!

  • only ur extensions will go*
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Hey, thanks for replying. But I do not see any reset button in the help column?

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no problem

follow the instructions just watch the video in the link!

and make sure u r using a beta firefox

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SSr2u1wMoFg

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Try disable hardware acceleration, see how to in : Managing the Flash plugin "Troubleshooting-Playing Flash videos makes Firefox hang" , and check it again.

see also: The Adobe Flash plugin has crashed


thank you

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