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My macbook crashed but hard drive is save, now I want to transfer all firefox password and cookies into window?

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My macbook suddenly not opening so all password and cookies are in hard drive, how can I get my passwords & cookies for windows in which file it will be stored in Mac > firefox.

Please I'm in trouble.

My macbook suddenly not opening so all password and cookies are in hard drive, how can I get my passwords & cookies for windows in which file it will be stored in Mac > firefox. Please I'm in trouble.

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You can backup files like these:

  • bookmarks and history: places.sqlite
  • bookmark backups: compressed .jsonlz4 JSON backups in the bookmarkbackups folder
  • cookies.sqlite for the Cookies
  • formhistory.sqlite for saved autocomplete Form Data
  • logins.json (passwords) and key4.db (58+) or key3.db (57 and older) (decryption key) for Passwords saved in the Password Manager
    if you only have key3.db then make sure to remove an existing key4.db
  • cert9.db (58+) or cert8.db (57 and older) for (intermediate) certificates stored in the Certificate Manager
    if you only have cert8.db then make sure to remove an existing cert9.db
  • persdict.dat for words you added to the spelling checker dictionary
  • permissions.sqlite for Permissions and possibly content-prefs.sqlite for other website specific data (Site Preferences)
  • sessionstore.jsonlz4 for open tabs and pinned tabs (see also the sessionstore-backups folder)

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.