Firefox Bookmarks now in bookmarks.html format on iMac desktop

I have tried many different ways to get my old bookmarks into my iMac bookmarks and only managed to get them onto my desktop in a folder labeled "bookmarks.html" which opens as a webpage and is very wordy as it describes each bookmark.
Any suggestions as to how I can get them into my bookmarks? It has been over a month since I switched and I have started a new collection of bookmarks on the iMac.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/export-bookmarks-safari
Fnally found a way to transfer into Safari bookmarks.

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