How can I restore my bookmarks properties?

A few days ago, I installed XMarks extension in Firefox and Chrome to sync my bookmarks between the two browsers. I just noticed that all of my Firefox boomarks properties have been deleted (I used the bookmarks properties to save password data occasionally) and I'm wondering if there is a way to restore the bookmarks properties - perhaps doing a System Restore to a prior checkpoint?

Restore a bookmark backup from before you installed Xmarks. 
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/restore-bookmarks-from-backup-or-move-them

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Firefox didnt sync my bookmark to my account???? WTF. i reinstall my windows but i thought ff synced my bookmarks. .. how can i restore my bookmark from my account?????

Firefox didn't sync my bookmark to my account???? WTF. i reinstall my windows but i thought ff synced my bookmarks. .. how can i restore my bookmark from my account?????

Sorry. Sync isn't really intended as a backup medium as you were trying to use it for. It isn't meant to be a storage "cloud". It's purpose is to keep Firefox bookmarks synchronized across multiple Firefox installations or Profiles - so all your bookmarks are the same on each device / Profile.

Bookmarks have disappeared on two machine unable to restore from backup folder in Firefox. How can I restore my bookmarks?

All my bookmarks have disappeared on two machines. I tried used the restore function it did not work, and I tried to updated my Plugins and for some reason Firefox would not register the updates . How can I restore my bookmarks?

Immediately backup the profiles on both machines. Keep the profile backup files and folders somewhere safe outside the Firefox program and profile paths. The Windows Desktop would be a suitable location.
* see [[Back up and restore information in Firefox profiles]]
* also note the information on bookmarks [[Restore bookmarks from backup or move them to another computer]]
Do you use Firefox sync ?
*[[Firefox Sync - Take your bookmarks, tabs and personal information with you]]
that is not itself a backup, but you may consider the synced second device to be a backup
Restored bookmarks overwrite the existing bookmarks. You may still have some left, but unfortunately you could have overwritten most or all of them with corrupt copies. If you backup the profile at least you have access to copies of whatever automatic backups were made. Note in future that it is good practice to periodically make backups.
Post back again once you have backed up the profiles, and read the linked articles.

Maybe this question has been found already, but I have yet to find the answer. How can I restore my bookmarks after it has been deleted from my 'bookmarkbackups' folder?

So it has been a couple months now since I last cleaned up my bookmarks toolbar. And I could remember a couple of bookmarks tabs I wish I did not delete. I found some articles saying I could try restoring previous versions of my bookmarks from the dates of recent system restore points. But the earliest date I found was of only last week's. I've checked everywhere in my Firefox profile for anything that I could restore to date back into that time, but they too only tracked back as early as last week. I believe the automatic backups Firefox had made during that time has now long been deleted from the system in order to make room for my most current ones. How am I going to be able to retrieve those bookmarks when their aren't any backups available now to restore from?

If you do not have backups of your bookmarks, either in the bookmarkbackups folder or saved elsewhere, then you can't restore your bookmarks.
For future prevention: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Backing_up_and_restoring_bookmarks_-_Firefox

How can I restore my bookmarks, and the Firefox drop-down in the top left?

I cannot use Firefox as I always used to.
It has lost all of my Bookmarks Bar, so I cannot go to, for example, my email link.
It goes straight to a full screen display of my (Google) homepage and won't let me see the old Firefox drop-down in the top left corner.
How can I get any Firefox help?
I can just about survive using Internet Explorer - is that what Mozilla want?
oh, it's back now. what happened?

Hello,
you can easily move the Bookmark icon to left using the Customize feature from the Menu [[Image:New Fx menu]] button on the Right top corner.
please also see:
*Classic Theme Restorer. https://addons.mozilla.org/hu/firefox/addon/classicthemerestorer/
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/learn-more-about-the-design-of-new-firefox
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-to-make-new-firefox-look-like-old-firefox

How can I restore my bookmarks with old Firefox Sync?

I have key sync and password from old Firefox Sync. And I want to restore my bookmarks.
Three years ago I use Firefox sync, but since i don,t use it.

You need to connect to Sync using a pre-Firefox 29 version to restore a connection to the Sync server and try to recover your data. Then follow the instructions to update your Sync account for Firefox 29. See this KB article - [[How to update to the new Firefox Sync]]
Firefox 29+ uses a hidden Recovery Key and no way to enter the old "Key".
Three years of inactivity? Your data may not be there, Sync wasn't intended to be a data storage cloud. It was created to keep multiple Firefox installations synchronized.

How can i restore the bookmarks toolbar that i had before this upgrade?

where did you guys put the bookmarks toolbar in this new firefox?
how can i get it back?
i miss it.

Hi ronbar59, when you're in the Customize mode, can you confirm that "Bookmarks Toolbar Items" is on the correct bar and not somewhere else in the interface?

How can I restore lost bookmarks in older version of mozilla when I uninstalled mozilla? When I reinstalled mozilla (new version) the old bookmarks were missing

I've tried restoring to an earlier date and only the newer version of mozilla comes up without the bookmarks that I had in the older version of mozilla. I didn't do a backup of my bookmarks in the older version before uninstalling it. I thought mozilla would just keep them in my newer version of mozilla. I would like to get the bookmarks back that were in my older version of mozilla.

Did you chose to remove personal data when uninstalling?
Firefox will delete your profile folder in that case and you lose personal data like bookmarks.
Did Firefox create a new default profile?
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
Note that a System Restore can restore older versions of.ini and .js files like profiles.ini, so you need to be cautious when doing s System Restore and always first create a full backup of the Firefox profile folder. 
You can consider to 9temporarily) undo the restore and backup your personal data.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Backing+up+your+information

How can I restore bookmarks?

I have hundreds of bookmarks which I've acquired over a number of years, most in folders on the bookmark bar on my iMac. I use Chrome as a browser. I also have a Nexus 7 and have an app called Chromesync, to sync the bookmarks from my iMac to my other devices. I synced bookmarks via the Nexus 7 a few days ago, and when I went into the bookmarks bar on my iMac (and also on my Macbook Pro) the folders showed in the bookmarks bar but they were all empty... absolutely NO bookmarks at all.
I back up with Time Machine once a day. I also have an additional external HD which backs up once a week. How can I restore my bookmarks from either of those backups?
Thanks.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I do have Time Machine backups and also a clone of my iMac HD on an external HD. I just don't know how to restore from them.
Thanks.

I backed up my bookmarks to an external drive, rebuilt my system, and now when I try to restore from that file, I get "unsupported file type" How can I restore from this file?

I backed up my bookmarks to an external drive, rebuilt my system, and now when I try to restore from that file, I get "unsupported file type" How can I restore from this file?

Make sure that the backup file with the bookmarks has the correct file extension: .html for a HTML backup and .json for a JSON backup. 
You can check that via the right-click context menu of that file and open the Properties. 
If you are not sure about the file type then you can open the file in Firefox via "File > Open File" 
A JSON backup will show as one long text line without line breaks and a HTML backup as a web page with clickable links. 
A JSON backup starts with: {"title":"","id":1,"dateAdded": 
An HTML backup starts with: <nowiki><!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1></nowiki>
You may need to add quotes ("") around the name to rename the file to the correct file extension.
See also:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Backing_up_and_restoring_bookmarks_-_Firefox

I have problems with seeing my bookmarks, file, view, edit...buttons. I tried other shortcuts. I noticed that all of my bookmarks are located in the Internet Explorer browsers, how can I restore setting back to Mozilla Firefox?

I have problems with seeing my bookmarks, file, view, edit...buttons. I tried other shortcuts. I noticed that all of my bookmarks are located in the Internet Explorer browsers, how can I restore setting back to Mozilla Firefox?

Is the menu bar missing (the one containing File, View, Edit etc)? If it is, the following link shows how to restore it - https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Menu+bar+is+missing

How can I restore bookmarks to Safari?

I accidentally synced my wife's MB Air to my iCloud account and wiped out her Safari bookmarks and her contacts. How can I restore them? Her machine is backed up with Time Machine so I imagine I can use library files/plist to restore, but don't know which file to use, etc.
Thanks,

so I imagine I can use library files/plist to restore, but don't know which file to use
You're on the right track...
Using Time Machine...
The file you need is Bookmarks.plist located in ~/LIbrary/Safari

I keep losing the line at the top of the page which includes "file,edit veiw,bookmarks,history,help etc" I can get it back by pressing lt+F8 but it goes again when i press another key.how can I restore this permanently

I have lsot the line in the toolbar spaces which include "file,edie,veiw,bookmarks,history,help"etc.Ican get it back by pressing Alt+F8 but it goes when I press any other key.How can I restore this permanently

Thanks for the information, is this a windows 7 problem?

My IPhone4s (cell phone) and my SIM card have destroyed.now I have lost all phone book number. I have just an mini-ipad2 ,it contain just contacts name which I had their email address in my yahoo Bookmark. how can I restore and reassume my phone numbers?

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DearSir/Madam
My IPhone4s (cell phone) and my SIM card have destroyed.now I have lost all phone book number. I have just an mini-ipad2 ,it contain notes and just contacts name which I had their email address in my yahoo Bookmark. how can I restore and reassume my phone numbers?
Please help me because I need to much to my phone Directory.
Thank you so much
Mehran

mehranheidari wrote:
Yes I have failed,unfortunately .
Then from where did you think you could recover your data?

We had a power surge the other day and ever since, my bookmarks in Safari do not display their respective logos, i.e., New York Times logo rather than the generic blue circle. How can I restore them?

We had a power surge the other day and ever since, my bookmarks in Safari do not display their respective logos, i.e., New York Times logo rather than the generic blue circle. How can I restore them?
Thanks for any help.

One way to add Facicons back is to visit those sites again.
It is time consuming if you really want to have all those back.

How can I restore my bookmarks properties?

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