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Hey all, Some day (I suspect it was 2024-06-06), Firefox lost all my browsing history after starting it back up from a crash or an upgrade. I didn't have the time to investigate the cause of this problem back then, but now I need some information from my old browsing history before that date. Interestingly, History -> 'Show all History' -> 'Import and Backup' -> 'Restore' lists a couple of dates well before the aforementioned date of data loss.

Are these dates automatically created recovery points (backups), and if so, when/under which circumstances does Firefox create such a backup? Where in the filesystem (Linux)/ Firefox profile does the backup data reside? I don't want to recover that old history data since that means to replace my recent browsing history. (How) can I view/extract these browsing history backups without going through an actual backup recovery process? (E.g. like, I can do with SQLite/SQLitebrowser and the places.sqlite file)?

(I installed Firefox from Ubuntu packages on my Debian Bookworm system. I don't know which version it was back then. Could have been 126)

Thank you very much!

Hi there, I just got a new work laptop and tried to sync my firefox browsers so I could keep my passwords and bookmarks from my old laptop. Unfortunately I forgot my password, so I had to reset it on my new device. I logged in again on my old laptop but it's still not syncing or updating the bookmarks on the new laptop. Is there any way to move my bookmarks and passwords over to my new laptop? Thanks!

Problème : En raison d'un ralentissement grandissant de Firefox, j'ai désinstallé le programme, après avoir sauvegardé le profil à l'aide de Mozbackup. Je l'ai ensuite réinstallé, puis j'ai restauré le profil. Même si cette restauration semble efficace, il n'en reste rien quand je lance Firefox. Que faut-il faire pour récupérer mes données ?

This morning, Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025, I submitted a Firefox bug report.

After the latest version of Firefox (Jan 21, 2005 at 8:45:59 AM, version 134.0.2 (20250120135430)) was installed my bookmarks disappeared. I was unable to restore the latest bookmark file from the "Other Bookmarks, restore". I was able to select the file but it wouldn't installed.

I tried several possible solutions base on past experience. This issue happened once before. Nothing I did worked until I access your Online website page detailing how to verify the integrity of Firefox. The verify search displayed a "place.sqlite" file was corrupt.

I examined the Profile "ft4ltmzl.defalult-release" file scrolling down to sqlite . Yep. There was a corrupt sqlite file in the profile. Following the instructions in you website page on how to remove a corrupt sqlite file I remove the corrupt file(s) then restarted Firefox. Volia. My bookmarks were back again. Firefox re-established the database. All is well.

You did a great job detailing how to verify Firefox and how to remove a corrupt sqlite file(s). The instructions were easy to follow for this particular issue.

Thank you.

James.

Apparently I sync'd from the wrong direction (machine) and my old MBP now has only one default container now. The dozen or so containers I had have disappeared. You need to be clearer in your directions and define the use cases. In my case I want to port over FF from an old MAC to a new MAC. This would include my settings, configuration history, folders, bookmarks, extensions, homepage, and my containers to a new MBP - so it looked like the old one. Eek I thought it would be smarter and see that the new MBP was a newer version and had no configuration. Now I have blown away the containers and have to remake them. I also notice now that my settings - home page, history are not the same yet so I will have to look into what is going on there.

I am disappointed with the way this is going. Your initial master sync should be clear, there is no way to see if it is done or running or completed the initial sync. Honestly, the master sync should be treated differently from intermittent syncs anyway. Now the containers on my old MBP are has changed to the original 5 or so default containers, all of my containers are definitely gone! I logged out of mozilla, since it is apparently breaking my good version of FF.

Please clear up the documentation and include the use case of porting to a new machine to include Containers.

Hi. In new version dissapear translation, so i deside to downgrade to 134 version. Translation not exist too? Is this connecected with google account, i dont have it in my cell. So i conect to yours servers to save my tabs. Now i have this 134 version and i cant bring my saved tabs they are not exist on Yours server? Why when i want open in Yours mozilla app tab with account its opening in diffrent app. When i click to mozilla them i have problem to write all my email? And where IA now this translator?

Hello all. I am experiencing 2 problems with sync. First is the older issue. I have new phone, an S24, with a similar problem that the old phone had. It is showing up under devices, unlike the old phone, an A71, but, it isn't syncing with my other 2 devices, just like the old phone. The newer issue is, while I was trying to fix the sync issue, I lost all of my tabs {for my S24}. My history & bookmarks are there, but not the tabs.

My other 2 devices are synced with each other, for quite a while now. They are: a Galaxy Tab 7 & an HP windows 11. They stay at home. My phone goes with me. I have tried a whole list of steps; this list is not in order:

• restarted all 3 devices.
• closed all tabs on S24.
• updates are on auto; Firefox just updated on all 3.
• checked all settings for S24. The other 2 devices are fine here.
• closed/reopened app on S24.
• signed out/back in on app on S24.
• uninstalled/reinstalled on S24, after I deleted the cache, not data.
• then I had trouble signing back in, finally, it worked.

Does anyone have any suggestions? The S24 does not show up at all on The Tab 7, but it does, without the name, on the laptop. It also shows up under Firefox's list. All 3 are using the same wifi/network, the same internet security, the same password manager, & the same vpn, which has the same dedicated vpn. I admit to having a separate issue with the dedicated, which is affecting the laptop & S24. Idk if this has anything to do with anything.

Thank you for any help, I don't know what to do.

I accidentally Uninstalled my Firefox(don't ask). So I reinstalled it. How do I get the info from my old installation into my new installation? I don't have the sign in info for my old installation as that where it was saved.