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Importing Firefox Bookmarks

Summary:

After you restore your bookmarks, they will need to be imported into Firefox.

Solution:

To import your bookmarks into Firefox, you will first need to restore the bookmarkbackups folder.

Before following the importing instructions below, please ensure you unhide the Library folder so you can navigate to those files within the program.

Mozilla stores the data in the following location by default:

Macintosh HD/Users/[User Name]/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/xx1234xx.default/bookmarkbackups

In this folder, you will see files with names using this format: bookmarks-yyyy-mm-dd.json. The format refers to a date. For example, bookmarks-2020-12-30.json is the backup file of your bookmarks from December 30, 2020.

xx1234xx.default is the profile name that is automatically generated by Mozilla Firefox.

Importing Your Restored Bookmarks

Open your Firefox web browser and click Bookmarks; Show All Bookmarks from the menu.

Show Bookmarks

In the Library window, click the Import and Backup button and select Restore. Click Choose File to browse to the location of your restored bookmark.

Restore .json file

In the window that appears, browse to your Desktop and select your restored bookmarks-yyyy-mm-dd.json file. Click Open to start the import process.

Select .json file
This process will delete any of the bookmarks that are currently saved in Firefox on your computer.

A message will appear warning you that all your current bookmarks will be replaced. Click OK to proceed.

Warning message

Once the import is complete, you can close the Library window.

Import complete
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