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Firefox 18.0

I have some bookmarks pinned to the taskbar. They show the URL of the link, not the name of the bookmark. For example; in my bookmarks dropdown menu I have a bookmark named 'hotmail', but when I pin it to the Firefox icon in the task bar it shows up as https://login.live.com.....

How do I rename it or get it to show the same name as in the dropdown menu?

Hi There

I recently needed to restore my computer and I decided I'd backup my bookmarks before doing so to save me the trouble of re-adding them all. I followed one of the guides on this website and had my backup file ready to go, but when I went to import/restore them, it wouldn't take the file that was made.

After following the steps of the guide, Firefox created a "Unix Executable file". First I tried to import this file, then I tried to restore to this file through Firefox. After that didn't work, I just double-clicked the file and it opened up a terminal window (I'm on OS X by the way) and spit out some text then an error.

After that I just right clicked the file and tried to open in Firefox. I ended up with a bunch of text going off the side of the screen and after scrolling for a bit I was able to find some URL's to my bookmarks in the code, so the bookmarks are in there.

What can I do to restore these?

Sometimes when clicking on a Live Bookmark, a transparent outline drops down instead of the normal stories. I've included a link to a picture of the problem. This happens about 50% of the time when clicking on the Live Bookmark. My only work around is to keep clicking the LIve Bookmark until it shows up normal again. I recently downloaded Aurora to see if that would fix the issue, but it did not. Before I was using the beta version of 19.

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Hello, I believe that what I'm asking is simple & clear. Do you or do you not store user data backups on your servers? I've been using Firefox, as the default browser, for over 7 years. Naturally, I had to upgrade my pc's & operating systems several times through this period. Every time I use a new device & of course a new OS, I normally lose my old data (History & Bookmarks). If you keep records or backups of old users' data, there will be no problem & I could restore all my old data following your instructions. If not, which is probably the case, I'd like to suggest you consider developing or at least put more stress on running backup before uninstalling & re-installing a new OS for the users to pay more attention to this issue. That's all, thanks. Regards, Aly Hamed

Why is it so complicated to import my old Firefox bookmarks? I have a harddrive from my old computer (march 2012) in a ext hard drive enclosure which is attached to my new laptop via USB, and I can NOT find a simple way to import my old bookmarks. I wasted several hours today trying to do that. I have bookmarks-2012-02-07.json and I have places.sqlite. I want to >include< which ever file has my old bookmarks with the existing new bookmarks file. That’s it! Please don’t tell me to convert it HTML, it didn’t work.

Need to import my bookmarks from a different json file. When I try to import it says that it will overwright my current bookmarks. Don't want to do that, only add it it. Is that possible?

I had the error message: "The bookmarks and history system will not be functional because one of Firefox's files is in use by another application. Some security software can cause this problem" and fixed it using this these steps (Solution 2): http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-bookmarks-and-history-will-not-be-functional

So I was able to get my bookmarks back but not my browsing history (is there any way to get it back by the way?), but I'm not sure that I got all of my bookmarks back from the backup. Is there any way to see when my backup was last updated so I can be sure that I got all of my bookmarks back? I haven't bookmarked anything in a long time so I can't tell just from looking at the most recent ones at the bottom of the list.

I'm using Firefox 19.0.2 on Fedora 17. I've copied a javascript function onto my computer (and marked it as executable) and put it on my Smart Bookmark list as a bookmarklet. Alas, when I try to use it, all it does is open the file, displaying the contents in the browser window. How do I get it to work as it's supposed to?

Since getting in to the habit of better organizing my bookmarks, I have bookmark folders that are up to three levels deep.

How can I save a bookmark to a specific folder without having to use the mouse or click "Choose..."?

It would be nice if there were a way to just type it, with folder suggestions coming up. I.e. I would be able to hit Ctrl+D, type the name, hit tab, and type Classes\303\HW to have it bookmark to that folder. Right now, I can only bookmark to recently used folders with the keyboard.

I know this can be done with the mouse, but I am looking for a fast way with the keyboard, possible with a plugin of some sort.

I have a Mac Desktop running 10.7.5 and am trying to import bookmarks from Firefox on an older Mac running 10.3.9. I exported the bookmarks file to an html file successfully and copied that file to the new Mac. Following the suggestion from Firefox help, I then tried to import those bookmarks from the html file but when I went to the bookmarks toolbar, there is no import option of any kind shown to take the next step. What is wrong?

I've been a Firefox user since before the beginning. I used the original Netscape 1.0.

Tonight I did one thing: add my Android Tablet browser to sync.

IT IMMEDIATELY ERASED ALL MY GODDAMN BOOKMARKS!

I realize that sync is not a form of backup but the one thing it should NEVER do is ERASE anything.

I've had it with this piece of crap browser. It has been steadily going downhill for a long time and I'm fed up with it. This is the last straw. It's not like there aren't alternatives.

Non-destructive alternatives.

I want to be able to access my Bookmarks from the start menu as I was able to access my favorites when I used IE. Is there any way to do this? It doesn't work to use the XMarks and synchronize the two - as I have been using Chrome for a long time - and my Bookmarks are complete within it.

I have already tried coping and pasting. I am so frustrated with this - I am ready to change back and I would hate to do this considering how much I like y'alls browser!

Thanks for your help. Terry Lynne :)

Hello,

I need a bookmark setup like I had in IE. A side panel with a scroll arrow if possible.
I am running Windows 7 on a new computer with cable.
Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you,

Jim Franchetto

I followed the instructions about how to put my bookmarks in alpha order but it didnt work so what is the correct way to do it in alpha order a-z

I also noticed this fix in the forum- Chosen solution by philipp

hello, the view menu in the library doesn't change the arrangement of bookmarks themselves (but only allows you to temporarily view them sorted by certain criteria). in order to organize them alphabetically, right-click a bookmarks folder & select "sort by name".

but there is no sort by name in the droip down box when I right click a bookmarks folder, but I eventually found the folder and done it as sort by name showed so I click on it and closed the bookmark, then opened again but did not change?

Good Day,

Has anyone else noticed the following issue?:

Re Firefox 19.0 Bug/Broken Feature MISSING Bookmarks Library's Search filter feature.

ie: select "Show All Bookmarks" => enter a search string in 'Search Bookmarks' eg:win => MISSING "Search in:" filter(s)

This has been present in all previous Firefox versions before 19.0, and it is a VERY VALUABLE feature.

Any ideas/suggestions?

Thank You Very Much, Roberta

When I right-click on a bookmark in a bookmark folder, I am not presented with a way to sort the bookmarks. I am used to IE where there is an option to sort the links (or folders within a folder) alphabetically with just one click.

If I search for "Shell", e.g., and then click on the "name" column, most "Results" are duplicated. E.g., "Perdido | About Shell" in the "Shell" Parent Folder is shown twice ... same URL et al. I can see that Bookmarks added on or after 02-01-2013 are NOT duplicated.