You can export your Firefox bookmarks for use in other browsers. This article shows you how to export your Firefox bookmarks and import them into Safari.
Note: This article applies to Mac and Windows. The Safari browser is not currently available for Linux.
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Exporting bookmarks from Firefox
- Click the menu button
to open the menu panel.
Click the Library button on your toolbar. (If you don't see it, click the menu button, then click click the menu button.)
Click and then click the Show All BookmarksManage Bookmarks bar at the bottom.
- In the toolbar of the Library window click the Import and Backup button
and choose from the drop-down menu.
- In the Export Bookmarks File window that opens choose a location to save the file, which is named bookmarks.html by default. The desktop is usually a good spot, but any place that is easy to remember will work.
- Click . The Export Bookmarks File window will close.
- Close the Library window.
- Click the menu button
Your bookmarks are successfully exported from Firefox, to import them into Safari proceed to the next section.
Importing bookmarks into Safari
- Start Safari
- On the menu bar, click on the menu and choose .
- Find the file you saved from Firefox and click .
- Start Safari
- At the top of the Safari window, click on the menu and choose .
- If you don't see the menu bar, press the Alt key.
- If you don't see the menu bar, press the Alt key.
- Find the file you saved from Firefox and click .
- Name the Bookmark folder whatever you would like.
Click on the menu to ensure all of your bookmarks have been successfully imported.
