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I hate the new Firefox version 80 and would like to get rid of and restore the previous version I had which had all my bookmarks, settings etc. How do I do that on my macbook pro ?

I hate the new Firefox version 80 and would like to get rid of and restore the previous version I had which had all my bookmarks, settings etc. How do I do that on my macbook pro ?

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Let's see if we can find your data.

Look on your desktop. Do you see a folder called; Old Firefox? Look inside. Look for the folder with the latest creation date.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-run-firefox-when-profile-missing-inaccessible

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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-run-firefox-when-profile-missing-inaccessible

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox#Navigating_to_the_profile_folder

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles


Type about:profiles<enter> in the address bar. How many profiles are listed? How many should be there? Also, open the profile folder in your file explorer.

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hell, thank you for responding but this did not work. it seems to me the old version of Firefox is somewhere on this machine. it would be nice if I could access it. Would it help to delete the new version ?

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also to answer your question there is no "old firefox" icon on my desktop, just the one with the half eaten logo

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Hi paubry

What is wrong with your Firefox 80 version that you do not like ?

There are hardly differences between Firefox 79 and 80 in the way it works.

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my bookmarks etc are gone. They are supposed to sync (yes sync is turned on !!) but they did not which is very annoying. it wants me to "add a device" but I dont have another device, and even if I did I wouldnt want to add it. I been using Firefox for many years, and have updated it before without this problem. Please help !! I need a simple solution. Thanks