How do I transfer all my bookmarks from a few-year-old PC to a new PC?
I have used FireFox on a Dell PC for four years, and have a long list of bookmarks. Now, I am getting a new Dell PC, and want to have my list of bookmarks on that machine. Thanks !
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Press the <Alt> or <F10> key to bring up the tool bar. Then select Bookmarks. Hot key is (Ctrl+Shift+B; Mac: Command+Shift+B). Once the window is open, at the top of the page, press the button labeled Import and Backup. Select Export Bookmarks To HTML, and follow the prompts and save it to a HTML file. Copy the file to another computer. Repeat the instructions above, BUT select Import Bookmarks From HTML,
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There is a feature called Firefox Sync that will do all of that easily! This includes your history, bookmarks, open-tabs, and installed add-ons! I think you will love this feature!
This link has steps on how create your own firefox sync account.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-set-up-firefox-sync
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Press the <Alt> or <F10> key to bring up the tool bar. Then select Bookmarks. Hot key is (Ctrl+Shift+B; Mac: Command+Shift+B). Once the window is open, at the top of the page, press the button labeled Import and Backup. Select Export Bookmarks To HTML, and follow the prompts and save it to a HTML file. Copy the file to another computer. Repeat the instructions above, BUT select Import Bookmarks From HTML,
Using the backup option (based on.json) is probably better than the export (.html) version, IF only bookmarks are involved. Also you may want to transfer other things such as the History and passwords.
The new Sync should be able to handle most things correctly.
CARE if NOT using Sync
You may need to use the .html files however if the new machine also has a few bookmarks on it that you need to retain. (.html will tag on to the end of other bookmarks .json overwrite them) The small number of bookmarks may be exported as .html and imported again afterwards.
If you try to use the sync method by the way make certain that you are using Firefox29 and the new updated Sync, on both machines do not try with the old version of Sync and Firefox or you could run in to problems.
Whatever you do make sure you backup the Firefox profile first. If anything goes wrong and you have not done that you may regret it.
- Back up and restore information in Firefox profiles
- If you do need to resort to manual methods see: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox#Suggested_profile_contents_to_transfer
- (This probably is not needed ) Restore bookmarks from backup or move them to another computer
- (This probably is not the best method from and to Firefox) Export Firefox bookmarks to an HTML file to back up or transfer bookmarks
- Sync your Firefox bookmarks, history, passwords and more
- How do I set up Sync on my computer?