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How to restore a Backup File made on Windows 10 on Linux Fedora

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b.sellier27
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Hello,

I just moved from Windows 10 to Linux Fedora Workstation and I used the "Back up and restore" option in the Sync Tab available in Firefox on Windows 10 to save my data in the form of a unique html file. (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-backup)

But now that I'm in Firefox on Fedora, this option does not seem to be available (in the Sync tab in Settings). Is there any way I could at least recover my bookmarks ?

I'm using Firefox 147.0.1 from the official Federa repo.


Thank you for your help.

Hello, I just moved from Windows 10 to Linux Fedora Workstation and I used the "Back up and restore" option in the Sync Tab available in Firefox on Windows 10 to save my data in the form of a unique html file. (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-backup) But now that I'm in Firefox on Fedora, this option does not seem to be available (in the Sync tab in Settings). Is there any way I could at least recover my bookmarks ? I'm using Firefox 147.0.1 from the official Federa repo. Thank you for your help.

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Denys
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Hi,

Firefox Backup is only available on Windows, which is stated on the article.

If the backup file is everything you have, I guess you have the following options:

  • Recover from the backup on a Windows (10/11) machine and then use a different way to transfer your data.
  • Get some info from the file manually (which may not be a very pleasant process). Unfortunately, I'm not sure someone will be able to assist with it here, but you can ask on Matrix.
  • Find a third-party extension/app that will pull info for you.
Buza umbuzo

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