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Using old Firefox app from Time Machine

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kwt1952
kwt1952

Hi I have lost all my passwords and bookmarks.

Going into Time Machine, I wenk back a week, highlighted the Firefox app, and hit the restore button.

So far, so good.

When I tried to open it, a message was displayed: Using an older version of Firefox can corrupt bookmarks etc already saved to an existing Firefox profile. Create a new profile.

I tried to create a new profile without success. The page displayed did not explain how to do this.

TIA.

Hi I have lost all my passwords and bookmarks. Going into Time Machine, I wenk back a week, highlighted the Firefox app, and hit the restore button. So far, so good. When I tried to open it, a message was displayed: Using an older version of Firefox can corrupt bookmarks etc already saved to an existing Firefox profile. Create a new profile. I tried to create a new profile without success. The page displayed did not explain how to do this. TIA.

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Paul
Paul
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Hi

This support article may help:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recover-user-data-missing-after-firefox-update

kwt1952
kwt1952 Umnikazi wombuzo

Thank you for your quick response.

I exported the bookmarks from Safari successfully. Obviously, some bookmarks were specific to Firefox, but better than nothing.

Thanks again.