Cannot import Firefox Bookmarks

I want to import my Firefox v3.6 bookmarks into OSX 10.6 Safari. I cannot find an export function in Firefox, and I have not been able to import in Safari by using the import function. I have read a number of posts on other forums outlining how to do it, but they do not work for me (no export button in Firefox). Can anyone direct me in how to do this?

Import it manually then.
Mac
Profile folders are in one of these locations:
~/Library/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/<profile folder>
~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/<profile folder>
The tilde character (~) refers to the current user's Home folder, so ~/Library is the /Macintosh HD/Users/<username>/Library folder.

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Probably your Mac cannot understand the Windows html format, please try the following to see if it helps:
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I suspect there may be corruption in the Firefox file.
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