Can I re-use old bookmarks doc that was accidentally trashed

Question

I'm running OS X 10.8.5; recently on Chrome I accidentally deleted my Bookmarks. I did save the old bookmarks doc(renamed) from the trash while the newer Bookmarks that is now on Chrome is an old version.
I would like to be able to reset the old bookmarks doc back into the current Bookmarks menu on Chrome; When I open it, it opens in Text Edit which doesn't look at all like the format when it's used in the Chrome Bookmarks menu.
Is it possible to do this ?
Thanks
RL

Answer 1

John Whitehead wrote:
I recently upgraded to a new iMac. I used my old iMac's TM backup to populate the new machine and was awestruck with the intelligence and efficiency of the operation. I then assumed that the old TM settings would have been transferred and that the new machine would continue to back up to the same destination. I now realise that this hasn't happened and I have gone a long time without backing up. Was my assumption simply incorrect and this is not the expected behaviour, or was the assumption correct but the process faulty?
I would like to continue to use the old backup if possible because there may well be stuff that I've deleted that I want to restore (happened the other day when my career took another involuntary zigzag...). But when I point Time Machine to the external disk in question it wants to start all over (and there's currently not enough space).
if you migrated from the old TM backup TM should give you an option to continue old backups on the very first actual backup. but the first backup will be full no matter what. if there is not enough space on the TM drive the easiest thing to do is to erase the external using disk utility (DO NOT try to do it from finder) and start backups from scratch.
Is it possible to persuade it to carry on where the old machine left off?
If it isn't, is there any value in keeping the old backup? >
that's up to you.
Would I be able to access it in future if there was something I desperately needed?
yes, if you wanted to. you can always access them in browse mode. control-click on TM in the dock and select "browse other TM disks". but then you should get another external for current backups. and keep in mind that your TM drive should be at least twice as big as the total amount of data you are backing up. this is needed to accommodate incremental backups and also, TM needs some extra free space to operate.
I'll be grateful for any assistance.