[GRLUG] location access on firefox on Mac

[Grand Rapids Linux Users Group]

Every time you upgrade a Mac OS, it will spend the next day (or several) re-indexing spotlight (md), so sit tight and let it do it’s thing.  

That said, I wouldn’t run Catalina on anything less than a quad core i7.  I tried Mojave on a mini dual core i5, and it quite quickly got time machined back to HIgh Sierra where it will remain until the end of time.

Van 
> On Mar 17, 2021, at 16:06, Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <grlug at grlug.org> wrote:
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> Begin Rant
> 
> Glad it is working for you.   Firefox stopped working on my Mac mini.    It will launch, but no window will appear.  Updated to MacOS Catalina, Version 10.15.7, and it has been cranky ever since.   Lost my text editor, finally got Gimp working again.  Lost my Flash.   Keep getting messages to un-install Flash, and none of my browsers will run it.   Get nonsense notices that my Flash player is out of date.   The more systems get locked down to "protect" me, the less functional they become.   
> 
> End Rant
> From: grlug <grlug-bounces at grlug.org <mailto:grlug-bounces at grlug.org>> on behalf of Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <grlug at grlug.org <mailto:grlug at grlug.org>>
> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2021 16:44
> To: Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <grlug at grlug.org <mailto:grlug at grlug.org>>
> Subject: Re: [GRLUG] location access on firefox on Mac
>  
> Now it seems to be working. I don’t understand but I’ll take what I can get. 
> 
> Eric Beversluis
> Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com <http://www.ericbeversluis.com/>
> 
> On January 31, 2021 at 16:39:32, Grand Rapids Linux Users Group (grlug at grlug.org <mailto:grlug at grlug.org>) wrote:
> > Maybe someone can help me. The people at tv.youtube seem unable to.
> >  
> > It seems that each time I restart Firefox, it need to reverify my location for tv.youtube.com <http://tv.youtube.com/>  
> > and for some reason it can’t do that through firefox and I have to go get my tablet and verify  
> > through the app on the tablet.
> >  
> > With help from tv.youtube people I’ve checked the following settings on Firefox (latest  
> > FF version; running Sierra 10.12.6)
> >  
> > geo.enabled true
> > In system preferences,
> > enable locations services is checked
> > firefox is checked
> > in firefox, Preferences-Permissions-Location shows https://tv.youtube.com <https://tv.youtube.com/> “allow"  
> >  
> > Am I missing something, or is there just some reason that I’m not going to be able to verify  
> > location through FF on Mac? Does anybody know?
> >  
> > Maybe it’s a tv.youtube problem? There doesn’t seem to be a problem with accessing local  
> > CBS channel on CBS all access.
> >  
> > Eric Beversluis
> > Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com <http://www.ericbeversluis.com/>
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