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How does sync prioritize different versions of my password data on different devices?

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A new Mac App I bought called "CleanMyMac" deleted all my Firefox passwords on my Mac, which was not my intention. (And shame on CleanMyMac for not putting up a warning message.) I didn't want that accidental deletion to be spread to my various iOS devices (causing me to lose passwords there too) so I have turned off Sync for now. I have since recreated my passwords on my Mac (and exported them to a file for backup) and want to resume Syncing. What can I do to ensure that when I turn Sync back on the newly created Password data on my Mac gets priority over the older (now obsolete) password data on my iOS devices?

In other words, I want the passwords on my Mac to replace (via Sync) the obsolete passwords on my iOS devices.

Is there are way to tell Firefox which version should have priority? It was a huge amount of work to recreate all my passwords and logins.

Thanks!

A new Mac App I bought called "CleanMyMac" deleted all my Firefox passwords on my Mac, which was not my intention. (And shame on CleanMyMac for not putting up a warning message.) I didn't want that accidental deletion to be spread to my various iOS devices (causing me to lose passwords there too) so I have turned off Sync for now. I have since recreated my passwords on my Mac (and exported them to a file for backup) and want to resume Syncing. What can I do to ensure that when I turn Sync back on the newly created Password data on my Mac gets priority over the older (now obsolete) password data on my iOS devices? In other words, I want the passwords on my Mac to replace (via Sync) the obsolete passwords on my iOS devices. Is there are way to tell Firefox which version should have priority? It was a huge amount of work to recreate all my passwords and logins. Thanks!

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