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Where did my bookmarks go
Raziel078
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So my computer just crashed while I was in the middle of downloading a file and for some reason over half of my bookmarks are just gone. I don't know what could have happened. Especially considering half the damn things are still there completely unaffected. Does anyone know what happened and how I can recover these? This is so random i feel like winamp is responsible since it always seems to crash my computer if I have the audacity to play a movie file on it without asking really nicely first.
I would like to put something clever and about me but I fear my company will find it
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Okay, if you're in Linux, go to ~/.mozilla/firefox/<random string>.default and look for a folder called "bookmarkbackups" or something like that. If you're in Windows, it'd be %appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\<random string>.default. If you're in OSX, you'd be looking for something under the "Library" directory - I can't remember exactly where its profiles are stored.
Basically, if you go into your Firefox profile directory, look for a directory labelled "bookmarkbackups" or similar.
And, for the future, I'd also recommend using Foxmarks or try out Mozilla Weave, which currently only backs up bookmarks and history. However, the next version is supposed to be able to back up your entire profile, so I'd recommend checking it out.