How can I restore auto-saved firefox profile after a troubleshooting reset?

Tried to find a problem opening webpage; went to firefox help>troubleshooting; clicked on "reset"; determined there _is_ a problem with some add-on; tried to restore original profile saved as "Old Firefox Data"; tried to use "Profile Manager" via "Terminal," (per instructions on Mozilla webpage "...profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles") but "Terminal" says "no such file." Re-booted system, re-tried "Terminal," no help. Profile at ~Lib>app>support>firefox>profiles remains as "xxx.default". Can't determine how to restore "Old Firefox Data" without "Profile Manager." (I have a screenshot of "Terminal" response, but can't determine how to send it to you. Firefox v. 18.0.1, Mac OS X 10.6.8, Intel Core 2 Duo.
The "educated guesses" details (below) appears to know I have "LastPass" plugin, but it's not visible on the menu bar, even with View>"Add on bar" checked.
*&^%^$ computers!!!

Thanks, jscher. The problem - I believe - is that the "profile" folder name is "xxx.default." I think if I were to simply copy/paste the old data contents into the .default folder, the next time I tried the "reset to default" button - well, who knows what would happen?! I've already tried deleting the "xxx.default" file and just leaving the "Old Firefox Date" folder in the "Profiles," but on restart, the "xxx.default" makes its appearance again, ignoring the other folder. A "pointer" has been set somewhere! I suspect that's why Terminal needs to be used, to reset/rename that "pointer." Unfortunately, Terminal seems not to be able to "find" the "profiles" memory, and I don't know enough about Terminal to bash around looking for it! Aaaarrrrrggggggghhhhhhh!

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