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Tasmanian Devil

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3. Just some thoughts ...

Fri Jun 19, 2026, 02:42 AM

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Hi, just some thoughts ...

1) Reboot and see if it still fails. If multiple processes are running a reboot will at least nuke those and give you a chance.
2) But it sounds to me like one of its threads is crashing on launch (and the user interface is hanging waiting for it). Easiest thing to try is to launch Firefox with the Shift key held down (just during launch) to try and see if it'll work in "safe" mode.
3) If neither of those brings joy, then next steps are to start cleaning up the session store files in your Library, but that's kinda complex for now. Give a shout if more help needed.

In the meantime, try Brave, or (ugh) Google Chrome or something else to get to your bank.

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