Its great you all decided to update to a new system but my bookmarks are still stored under the .json file and i would like them back

Question

my computer crashed and i need to restore my bookmarks but it wont recognize the json bookmark file. it is real nice of firefox to update how bookmarks are saved and not tell people so they know to change their backups WTF

Answer 1

''emeralddragon [[#question-1051030|said]]''
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but it wont recognize the json bookmark file
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What do you mean be this?
Bookmark / History Backups
Type '''about:support'''<Enter> in the address bar.
Under the page logo on the left side you will see '''Application Basics.'''
Under this find '''Profile Folder.''' To it’s right press the button
'''Show Folder.''' This will open your file browser to the current
Firefox profile. Now '''Close Firefox.'''
Enter the '''bookmarkbackups''' folder. This is where Firefox makes backups
of your bookmarks. Look for the '''jsonlz4''' file you want to restore
(check the time / date / size). Right click on that file and select '''Copy.'''
Now go back to the profile folder where you started. Rename the file
'''places.sqlite''' by adding '''.old''' to it. Now right click in the folder
and select '''Paste.''' The file you just pasted here, rename it to
'''places.sqlite.''' After you are done, restart Firefox.