Exporting Firefox Bookmarks

[Iamcazzy]

How do I export my Firefox 48.0.2 Bookmarks from one laptop to another. Both laptops have W10 installed. I've done it once or twice on the same laptop for back-up purposes but I'm not certain if the procedure is the same between laptops.

Thank you.

[Lie-in King]

I use a Firefox "Sync" account so that any changes I make on my desktop or laptop are automatically updated on the other device.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-set-sync-my-computer

If that isn't what you wanted, try the next link - use "Table of Contents" to click for further info/instructions -

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/restore-bookmarks-from-backup-or-move-them

HTH

[Lie-in King]

fender - if it works for you, fair enough, but I'd like to point out the author's disclaimer at the top of your link.

[Lie-in King]

As I said, fair enough - I simply wanted to draw attention to the fact that *should* anything go wrong with it that there's no support for it any more.

[Buenchico]

In short:
Make sure that the menu bar (File, Edit, View, etc) is visible in Firefox on both the 'old' and 'new' computers. If it's not, right-click at the top of the screen and put a tick next to 'Menu bar'

On the 'old' computer, plug in a USB memory stick (or SD card, or whatever).
Go to Bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks
Then go to Import & Backup > Export to HTML
Save the file to your memory stick
Eject the memory stick from the 'old' computer and insert it into the 'new' one'
Follow the same process as before on the 'new' computer but (obviously) choosing the 'Import from HTML' option instead.
Navigate to the location of your file and double-click on it.
Job done.

The above is the 'official' way to do it and it usually works well. However if you've got many thousands of bookmarks stored it can sometimes fail to import all of them. An alternative is to search for the file 'places.sqlite' on the 'old' computer, copy it to a USB stick and then replace 'places.sqlite' on the 'new' one with the old file. Dead easy and guaranteed to work!

[Iamcazzy]

Thank you both.

[Iamcazzy]

Oops and you too Buenchico!