how can i back up firefox book mark so that they can be used if I re-install?
stewie
Firefox backing up book marks
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stewie
Firefox backing up book marks
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Aging Technogeek
Re: Firefox backing up book marks
Instead of just backing up your Firefox bookmarks, back up your entire Firefox configuration file.
Open your /home/username folder (for username, substitute your user name) and click to open the "View"menu. Click on "Show Hidden Files". Find the folder named .mozilla (the "." identifies the folder as hidden so do not omit it) and copy it to where ever you keep your back up files.
Whenever you do a reinstall or require a new Firefox installation for any reason, use the backed up .mozilla folder to replace the folder in /home/username, and you will have a fully configured browser the next time you call Firefox.
The .mozilla folder is created the first time you launch Firefox so if you install the backup before the first Firefox launch, there will not be an existing folder to delete.
If you use Thunderbird for email, the .mozilla folder also contains the Thunderbird config files so Thunderbird will be set up automatically as well.
Open your /home/username folder (for username, substitute your user name) and click to open the "View"menu. Click on "Show Hidden Files". Find the folder named .mozilla (the "." identifies the folder as hidden so do not omit it) and copy it to where ever you keep your back up files.
Whenever you do a reinstall or require a new Firefox installation for any reason, use the backed up .mozilla folder to replace the folder in /home/username, and you will have a fully configured browser the next time you call Firefox.
The .mozilla folder is created the first time you launch Firefox so if you install the backup before the first Firefox launch, there will not be an existing folder to delete.
If you use Thunderbird for email, the .mozilla folder also contains the Thunderbird config files so Thunderbird will be set up automatically as well.
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dawgdoc
Re: Firefox backing up book marks
Follow Aging Technogeek's advice to get the full profile, this is essentially what I did when adding Mint 9 to this laptop. I copied the profile I had in Mint 7.
However, when I decided to sync the bookmarks on a system already configured for extensions and add-ons so that it matched this one I used the Firefox's built in tool.
Firefox > Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks > Import and Backup
and then put the .json file it created onto a USB pendrive and on the other system used the Restore feature in <Import and Backup>.
There are also Firefox extensions to sync bookmarks which you may be able to use to back them up. Xmarks comes to mind.
However, when I decided to sync the bookmarks on a system already configured for extensions and add-ons so that it matched this one I used the Firefox's built in tool.
Firefox > Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks > Import and Backup
and then put the .json file it created onto a USB pendrive and on the other system used the Restore feature in <Import and Backup>.
There are also Firefox extensions to sync bookmarks which you may be able to use to back them up. Xmarks comes to mind.
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Brian49
Re: Firefox backing up book marks
If you want to back up just the bookmarks, open the Organize Bookmarks dialog (from the Bookmarks menu, or by hitting Ctrl+Shift+O), and then hit the Import and Backup button on the dialog's toolbar. Bookmarks can be saved as a *.json file, or exported as HTML.
Note: dawgdoc's post wasn't there at the moment I wrote this.
Note: dawgdoc's post wasn't there at the moment I wrote this.