If I migrate to Firefox from Safari will all my Bookmarks be transferred automatically?

If I change my browser on my MacBook Pro from Safari to Firefox will all my Bookmarks in Safari be transferred to Firefox automatically or do I have to do it manually?

Thank you but succeeded in transferring all my Safari Bookmarks in HTML using the suggestions on the Firefox site in the section 'Import Bookmarks.........from another browser' I have all the Safari bookmarks in folder now in Firefox. I wish to have no folder but it works.

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In ubuntu, if i upgrade to Firefox 4.0 will all my bookmarks, cookies, history and all that be removed?

Alot of people say that FF4 is awesome, i want to upgrade to it but i can't risk losing my saved stuff, so before i proceed i need an answer.

Greasemonkey 1.15 runs in Firefox 27.0.1. I'm not familiar with the other one.
Extensions you install from the Add-ons site usually are updated automatically, or you can update them manually from the Add-ons page. Either:
* Ctrl+Shift+a
* orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons
In the left column, click Extensions. Then click the "gear" button and choose Check for Updates.
You shouldn't lose anything.
However, there was a change in Greasemonkey a few updates ago where data storage for scripts was moved out of the main Firefox preferences file (prefs.js) into separate storage compartments. Maybe there was a problem converting the old script data to the new format??

If I change from Int Explorer will my favourites/bookmarks be saved automatically in Firefox?

My Internet Explorer continually crashes/freezes & I want to change to Firefox.
Will my favourites/bookmarks be saved automatically?

Firefox uses its own bookmarks that are kept separately from the IE Favorites in an SQLite database file called places.sqlite.
Firefox will offer to import the IE Favorites on the first start, so those will be available, but you may need to move them to the bookmarks toolbar for easier access.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/how-do-i-use-bookmarks
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Importing+favorites+and+other+data+from+Internet+Explorer
See also:
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Browsing+basics

I have a one-year old iMac and Safari will NOT remember bookmarks I try to add. Any suggestions?

I have a one-year old iMac and Safari will NOT remember bookmarks I try to add. Any suggestions?

Launch the Terminal application by entering the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Copy or drag -- do not type -- the line below into the Terminal window, then press return:
ls -Oel Library/Safari
Copy any lines of output that appear below what you entered and paste them into a reply to this message.

Why did your Firefox browser completely dump all my Bookmarks?

Why did your Firefox browser completely dump all my Bookmarks?
Suddenly - there's nothing. WHY?

See this: <br />
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Lost+Bookmarks

Firefox will no longer open. all proceedures have been tried. there's an error in generating a crash report. If I reinstall firefox from scratch, will I loose all bookmarks?

I had power hits that cycled my computer a few times. I had to do a recovery from a week ago. Firefox will no longer start. A crash report pop-up shows an error and cannot send a report. I'm assuming the program will have to be reinstalled. Will I loose all previous bookmarks. Doing a windows search for bookmarks only shows about 1/3 of saved bookmarks. Are they gone too.

I gambled, and all bookmarks returned.

How do you remove Firefox from computer, will not delete from "Add/delete hardware"

Have tried to remove firefox from computer. Tried "add/remove harware, programs" from control panel, won't do anything keeps popping back up. Several months ago firefox crashed and computer would not let me log on to the internet. Went back to internet explorer works great. But now I can't seem to get rid of firefox from my computer. My internet carrier (cox.net) say that firefox is not compatible with their internet system. How can I remove firefox from control panel, is taking up space in my computer?

Try Programs or Programs and Features, Firefox is software not hardware.
Look in there for Mozilla Firefox not Firefox.

Safari will not delete bookmarks

Safari will not add or delete bookmarks. If a bookmark is deleted it will reappear when safari is reloaded. Same thing when adding a bookmark.

Try troubleshooting the Safari .plist file.
Quit Safari.
Open a Finder window. Select your Home Folder in the Sidebar on the left. It has a small house icon. Then open the Library folder then the Preferences folder.
Move the com.apple.Safari.plist file from the Preferences folder to the Desktop. Relaunch Safari. Try creating a new bookmark. If that didn't help, move the .plist file back to the Preferences folder.
From the Safari menu bar click Safari / Reset Safari. Select the top 7 buttons, click Reset. Try a bookmark.
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Safari will not save bookmarks

Hi. Ever since I set up a standard account to use, Safari refuses to save bookmarks. I was able to transfer the bookmarks.plist file from the original admin acct. to standard account. Yet, when I import the bookmarks.plist file into Safari, I get an error message (which provides no advice on how to troubleshoot) telling me that Safari failed to save bookmarks.
I had this problem before with iTunes after setting up a new standard acct. The advice given was to delete the account--which didn't fix that given problem.
Thanks for any advice.
iMac G5 w/ iSight Mac OS X (10.4.8)

What exactly happens when you try to save a bookmark?
One thing I always try when an app misbehaves is to quit the app like I describe next then reset the iPad. Double click the Home button to show the screen with running and recently used apps. Each app icon will have a sample page above it. Flick up on the page (not the app icon) and the page will fly away and the app icon will disappear. This quits that app. Then reset your device. Press and hold the Home and Sleep buttons simultaneously until the Apple logo appears. Let go of the buttons and let the device restart. See if that fixes your problem.

Since I downloaded the firefox update I no longer have the firefox screen and not all my bookmarks will work. Why?

After I downloaded the latest update firefox as I knew it disappeared. The opening screen no longer shows the fox logo. The search box on the toolbar lists as conduit search. And I am finding that not all my bookmarks still work. Example-I have to go to att to access my mail. That is fine if that is the way it is supposed to work but if so I would like to know how to change my home screen--or at least the first thing I see when firefox opens to the att site as I generally use my computer for email. I am also accustomed to using google search and as I am a crazy old cat lady I am not really ready to change the way I am familiar with my computer.
Ideally, could I get the fox picture screen with the google search and the ability to click on the bookmark labeled mail back on my computer???
I am not computer literate unless it acts as it always has. Thanks, Dawn

hello dawn, please be aware that there are malicious websites out there which will trigger fake update notices/popups which try to trick you into downloading software bundled with adware. please never click on such websites or execute such files on offer - updates are handled automatically by firefox and you don't have to download any file for it (you can always manually check if you're up-to-date by going to ''firefox > help > about firefox'').
please try these steps to regain your firefox:
# [[Reset Firefox – easily fix most problems|reset firefox]] (this will keep your bookmarks and passwords)
# afterwards go to firefox > addons > extensions and in case there are still extensions listed there, disable them.
# go to the windows control panel and remove all software recently installed where you don't know which purpose it has or otherwise looks suspicious.
# finally run a full scan of your system with different security tools like the [http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free free version of malwarebytes] and [http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ adwcleaner] to make sure that adware isn't present in other places of your system as well.
[[Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware]]

How can I import/restore bookmarks to firefox from another computer/browser with bookmark icons included?

When you import bookmarks from Firefox or another browser into Firefox in a separate computer the bookmarks get imported fine, however their icons get disappeared. You have to click on every single bookmark in order to load its corresponding icon!
Note: The Google Chrome does not have this issue. The bookmark and their icons get imported to Chrome without further clicking on the imported bookmarks.

You would have to copy the places.sqlite file or possibly import an HTML backup (bookmarks.html) to get the favicons.
A JSON backup doesn't include the favicons, so in that case you need to visit each bookmarked site.

I upgraded to Firefox 7 and lost all my Bookmarks and the Toolbar which I use every day for all the important things I do on my Mac.. PLEASE HELP ME... Is there some way to restore my previous settings, go back to the older version or something?

PLEASE HELP!... I am seriously freaking out... I use my Toolbar all the time!... and ALL OF MY BOOKMARKS ARE GONE ALSO!

I am not an expert or even close, and I offer this only because this is how I figured out how to do it. I used a similar approach to importing all email accounts, email content and the address book into a new version of Thunder bird, but I assume this is common knowledge.
My system:
Windows 7 64 bit, recently upgraded from XP64. Installed Mozilla Aurora but seems the same as recent Firefox versions with respect to these features.
Limitation:
This solution depends on whether or not automatic backups were done of the bookmarks when you used your old installation. They were on my system and I don't remember doing it, but maybe I did. Others might know if this is periodically done by default. Assuming you have some backup (*.json) files,
Locate your the bookmark backup files from the old version of your browser. On XP it was located in
E:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.<your computer name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\bookmarkbackups
Each of the bookmark backup files look like this example:
bookmarks-1010-09-22.json
They might also be located one folder deeper, in my case:
E:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.<your computer name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\x72qybcl.default\bookmarkbackups
Again, they will look like this:
bookmarks-1010-09-22.json
Copy all of these .json files to the backup folder on your new installation. On my new Windows 7 file system system I found their new home at:
C:\Users\Art\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\0ptl24i3.default\bookmarkbackups
On an XP system I'm sure they would be found along a path, possibly on a differed drive, similar to where your got them from as above.
I fired up Aurora. Drop down "Bookmarks" tab, Select "Show All Bookmarks" (found near the bottom). This brings up the "Library" window. At the top of the window is a tab "Import and Backup". Click this and select "Restore". All of the prior backup files will be available indexed by the date of backup. Select one and all of your prior bookmarks will be repopulated, including the bookmarks Toolbar.
Hope this helps.

After a recent Firefox update, I lost all my Bookmarks and recent sites visited. Also, I am unable to Bookmark any page now.

After a recent Firefox update, all the Bookmarks I had saved, disappeared. Also, I am unable to scroll down to see the sites I had already visited and saved. Now, when I go to a page I would like to Bookmark, I am unable to do so. I will click on Bookmark This Page but it does not work.

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Computer crashed ! Will all iPhone data be transferred to new empty iTunes ?

Title says it all:
My computer crashed, so will all the data (music, books, pictures, apps, data inside apps, folder organisation, apps' logins and passwords, ) currently inside my iPhone be transferred to the new empty iTunes ?
I don't care about Notes and Contacts which are synced to iCloud.
Or will the empty new iTunes empty my iPhone ?

Sorry but you know nothing about my story and what happened with my computer so please don't barge in with wrong conclusions and make a fool of yourself.
Fortunately there are helpful people around such as wjosten to hep and not judge.
Not to mention saying things such as "It's also counterintuitive to believe that a cell phone is a backup device."
Who believes that ? Who are you talking to ? Certainly not me. As it's exactly the opposite: originally sync has been created to back up your device on a computer. The computer is the back up, not the device. And when your back-up fails anybody expects to be able to copy ALL your data simply from the original drive to another back-up drive.
Apple's one-way-only method is ABSOLUTELY counter-intuitive, you will find coultless topics on the internet of people not getting it and having issues with this and software such as Phoneview, DiskAid, IExplorer, etc... being created by third-parties to compensate Apple's weaknesses.
Just another example : I would be happy to know why they had to wait "the Third Millennium, over 30 years since the first consumer-oriented computer became available" to add the ability to sync contacts and calendars between a Mac and iOS device via USB connection, available only now since OSX 10.9.3 !!...
Apple has certainly made historically good choices over the years, but no matter how difficult it is to admit for some people it also has made and stuck to other very poor choices. And this is one of them, right there...

I run OSX 10.6.8 The latest version of Safari has been downloaded in error. How can I retrieve Safari with all old bookmarks etc?

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If I migrate to Firefox from Safari will all my Bookmarks be transferred automatically?

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