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Small script that will delete the localhost entry in the Firefox SiteSecurityServiceState.txt file, then prompt you to restart your browser using about:restartrequred. Restarting this way should preserve your tabs.
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hsts-localhost-fix-firefox.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Path to the Firefox Profiles directory
FF_PROFILE_PATH="$HOME/Library/ApplicationSupport/Firefox/Profiles"
# Get the "Default" path for your profile.
# Alternatively look for '*.dev-edition-default'
FF_PROFILE_DIR=`cd $FF_PROFILE_PATH; find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.default' | cut -sd / -f 2-`
# Remove the localhost line in the file, and create a backup
sed -i.bak '/localhost/d' $FF_PROFILE_PATH/$FF_PROFILE_DIR/SiteSecurityServiceState.txt
# Prompt to restart Firefox
/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox -new-tab "about:restartrequired"
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