I used the "backup" routine for my bookmarks on 2 seperate PCs. The .json files were created but when I do a "restore" of either backup file, I get nothing!!!! How do I get them back???
The question and subject says it all! I've got thousands of bookmarks and now I've got NONE!!!
Thr backup process had GOT to work. I have to .json files that I need to restore. Whats missing and how do I fix?
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Make sure that the backup file with the bookmarks has the correct file extension: .html for a HTML backup and .json for a JSON backup.
You can check that via the right-click context menu of that file and open the Properties.
If you are not sure about the file type then you can open the file in Firefox via "File > Open File"
A JSON backup will show as one long text line without line breaks and a HTML backup as a web page with clickable links.
A JSON backup starts with: {"title":"","id":1,"dateAdded":
An HTML backup starts with: <!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>
Modified by cor-el
They are both definitely .json file formats. Now what?
What to DO with the .json files ??????
You can use Restore in the Library to restore the bookmarks that are saved in such a JSON backup.
Note that restoring a JSON backup will replace all the bookmarks that you currently have, so if you need to preserve some then export them to an HTML file before doing the restore.