I need to transfer my settings which I saved in the vq6vpz1e.default file to a new macbook air and am having trouble doing it
I read that if I saved my old settings found in the vq6vpz1e.default file, I could then transfer them to a new computer. However now that I have done that, I don't know how to actually input them into the new computer which is a macbook air. Any tips would be greatly appreciated, thanks
It is better to only copy files with important data to that new profile and not the full profile folder to the new computer
Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox
* [[Recovering important data from an old profile]]
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