Mac OSX. Backed up my entire user account to a hardrive. How do I get to the firefox profile stored under library/app support? doesn't show up
Had to reformat and reload OSX on my Apple Imac. Saved the complete user account to a hard drive assuming profiles and all would be in here. Looking to bring my profile back into the reformatted computer and the "Option" click go command to reveal the "library" under application support jumps to the new computer user account. How do I unlock the old one and get to the magic "library" folder that contains the profile....on my hard drive user account backup?
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Firefox uses two locations for the Firefox profile folder, so make sure to look in the correct location.
You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.
- Help -> Troubleshooting Information -> Profile Directory:
Windows: Show Folder; Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder - http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
See also:
Location used for the main profile that keeps your personal data (Root Directory on about:profiles).
- ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/<profile>/
Location used for the disk cache and other temporary files (Local Directory on about:profiles).
- ~/Library/Caches/Firefox/Profiles/