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| Thread ID: 111902 | 2010-08-16 06:20:00 | Back up Favourites. | Cicero (40) | Press F1 |
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| 1128306 | 2010-08-16 06:20:00 | Is it possible to back up favourites from I/E and F/F? | Cicero (40) | ||
| 1128307 | 2010-08-16 06:37:00 | Yes. In IE8 > File > Import and Export > Export to file. Dont use Firefox as I prefer IE. You can imort the Bookmarks from IE into FF. |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1128308 | 2010-08-16 06:48:00 | Yes. In IE8 > File > Import and Export > Export to file. Dont use Firefox as I prefer IE. You can imort the Bookmarks from IE into FF. Thanks Snork. F/F was from favourites do dah. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1128309 | 2010-08-16 07:02:00 | FF - Bookmarks menu -> organise bookmarks. Select -> import and backup -> then backup or restore. | Nomad (952) | ||
| 1128310 | 2010-08-16 07:26:00 | FF - Bookmarks menu -> organise bookmarks. Select -> import and backup -> then backup or restore. Thanks Nom,as [I] said I had found F/F via Favourites but have you tried back up,you get a JSON do dah which is useless. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1128311 | 2010-08-16 07:35:00 | Thanks Nom,as [I] said I had found F/F via Favourites but have you tried back up,you get a JSON do dah which is useless. Eh? If you import that into firefox it will restore your bookmarks. When you say backup, are you wanting a html based file? |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 1128312 | 2010-08-16 08:03:00 | Thanks Nom,as [I] said I had found F/F via Favourites but have you tried back up,you get a JSON do dah which is useless. You can get a firefox extension to read JSON files if you're interested in browsing your various favourites backups files. |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 1128313 | 2010-08-16 11:17:00 | Eh? If you import that into firefox it will restore your bookmarks. When you say backup, are you wanting a html based file? Simply want to save favourites for when I reformat this computer. I have exported as HTML so all ok. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1128314 | 2010-08-16 12:29:00 | Simply want to save favourites for when I reformat this computer. Ahh. In any case, both methods (html file or json file) will work. Though I find the Json file is (in my case) smaller size wise. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 1128315 | 2010-08-16 22:04:00 | Personally, for this operation, I save the whole FF profile and re-instate it to the new FF install. That way everything is as it was. | linw (53) | ||
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