Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

retrieve synched bookmarks from firefox for android

more options

i had a total hard drive failure and had to buy a replacement, my bookmarks were synched whith my android tablet and i can still access them there. how do i setup foxmarks in the new windows pc so that it restores those synched bookmarks?

i had a total hard drive failure and had to buy a replacement, my bookmarks were synched whith my android tablet and i can still access them there. how do i setup foxmarks in the new windows pc so that it restores those synched bookmarks?

All Replies (5)

more options

Foxmarks was renamed to Xmarks 4 or 5 years ago.
http://www.xmarks.com/
http://www.xmarks.com/about/help

more options

i am not using xmarks i am using firefox synch.

can i set up xmarks on my tablet and use it so it grabs the (now non existant) pc bookmarks (which do show on my tablet)?

more options

You mentioned foxmarks.

 "how do i setup foxmarks in the new windows pc ... ?" 

You need to add that "device" to your existing Sync account.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-a-device-to-firefox-sync

more options

Gah. my mistake, i was googling for a solution and foxmarks was mentioned several times...

how do i set up the new device so it retrieves not overwrites the synched bookmarks (happened to me once before, pretty sure it was my mistake)

more options

Select what you want to do in the bottom part of the Sync Options dialog. Replace all data on this device with my Sync data.