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Firefox Sync does not appear in my preferences

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I want to transfer my bookmarks to a new computer. Firefox Sync does not appear in my preferences

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hello tombeaulieu, firefox sync was added in a later release and isn't available for firefox 3.6. please export your bookmarks manually & import them on your new computer like it's described in here: Export Firefox bookmarks to an HTML file to back up or transfer bookmarks

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hello tombeaulieu, firefox sync was added in a later release and isn't available for firefox 3.6. please export your bookmarks manually & import them on your new computer like it's described in here: Export Firefox bookmarks to an HTML file to back up or transfer bookmarks

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Firefox 4 and later require a Mac with an Intel processor and OS X 10.6 (Firefox 16 runs on OS X 10.5).

For an unofficial Firefox 17.0.2 ESR compatible version (TenFourFox) that runs on PowerPC Macs with OS X 10.4.11 or OS X 10.5.8 you can look at:

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