Do you save passwords to frequently visited websites in Firefox with this dialogue drop down menu?

If so, do you utilize the Firefox master password, which can be set here:

I would greatly advise using a master password. By doing this you are protecting yourself from someone walking up to your computer and logging into a website with those saved passwords, as Firefox will prompt you for this master password during a session of Firefox or after your computer wakes from sleep. This is the first step to amping up security on your mac. However, not having a master password allows anyone who can gain access to your computer the ability to copy and view ALL of your passwords. Let me repeat that. If you don’t have a master password set, someone else can go on your computer and look at all your passwords.

This is simple done by clicking on the Saved Passwords from the above screen and then clicking the show passwords as shown below. If you don’t have a master password set, Firefox will display all passwords, but if you do have a master password set, then Firefox will ask for the password before doing so.

I highly advise that you make sure you have a Master Password set in Firefox, otherwise if your computer or even your hard drive falls out of your possession you are at great risk.

Personally I always have maintained a master password, that is until I began using the app, 1Password, which we will cover in a future post.

Hey, our MacBook’s fan has been running really loud lately. It used to not at all, and now it does 100% of the time, even when we’re not running anything. Also, the battery has been lasting for a lot less time than it used to. Any ideas of what it is or what we could do?

One thing you can check is the activity monitor (if you use spotlight and search for Activity Monitor). Change the little box up top to say “All Processes” and then sort the list by the CPU option. Chances are something like Safari or Firefox is running really high and when you’re shutting the lid to put it to sleep, that process is still running even though you think it’s not, which is why the battery isn’t lasting as long as it used to. If it’s a program that you recognize (i.e. Safari, Firefox, iTunes) you can select it and choose the stop sign looking button that says “Quit Process” and it will fully kill that program/application.

You can try restarting the computer completely if you haven’t in awhile.

If it continues to be a problem, I’d recommend taking it to your local Apple service centre (click here to visit Apple’s Online Service Assistant to determine your options) and get it checked out. It could be something simple like the battery needing replacement — or something more serious like your hard drive dying a slow, painful death.

Then, it’s just a matter of waiting for one of your contacts to have installed it themselves so you can try it out!

You can tell one of your contacts has the video plugin installed because they’ll have a little video camera icon by their name in your contact list like this: