How Do I Transfer My Browser Bookmarks To A New Pc?

[Impret-Sir]

I have just bought a new PC, and want to transfeer the many bookmarks I have from my old one. Botth pcs will be usung Mozila Thunderbird. I tried to save them to an exterior ssd, but they sved as a 'JSON' file, which thunderbird on the new machine appparantly doesnt recognise.

[barry1010]

What browser are you using?

[ToraToraTora]

Thunderbird is an email client? Do you mean Firefox? if so create an account and it will save all your bookmarks across machines.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/access-mozilla-services-firefox-account
I have several PCs and my bookmarks are synced across them all.

[Impret-Sir]

Hi,
Yes, sorry, I meant Firefox!

[ToraToraTora]

great then set up an account as above.

[Impret-Sir]

Can you explain a little more how it works? Will it 'read' the bookmarks on my old machine then download them to the new next time I switch to that one? Forgive my ignorance, never done this before!

[ToraToraTora]

when you create an account it will save all your bookmarks etc on the cloud. Then when you log in on any machine it will retrieve the bookmarks. So first create an account on your old machine. Then go to your new machine and log in to firefox and they will be there.

[Impret-Sir]

Thank you, thats very helpful!

[ToraToraTora]

Remember you have to log in on the new machine, just starting firefox will not be enough. Start firefox then click, "sign in/up" top right here
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/access-mozilla-services-firefox-account

[ToraToraTora]

PS...it may take a few minutes to sync when you first log in on the new machine.

[Impret-Sir]

OK, Thanks again. BTW, is there a similar function for my Thunderbird address book, or emails?

[ToraToraTora]

Yes, it should integrate if you are using thunderbird.

[kraim]

Congratulations on your new PC! It can be frustrating when your bookmarks don't transfer properly, but there are a few solutions that you can try. One way to transfer your bookmarks is to use a cloud storage service like OneDrive. You can back up your files online with a few clicks, and then sync them onto your new PC when you're ready. This saves space on your new PC's hard drive and makes it easy to access your files and photos.

If you prefer to transfer your bookmarks directly, you can follow some simple steps in Mozilla Thunderbird. First, open Thunderbird on your old PC and select the Bookmarks menu. From there, choose "Show All Bookmarks." Then, in the Library window, click "Import and Backup" and select "Export Bookmarks to HTML." Save the bookmarks file to your external SSD, which should save the bookmarks as an HTML file. Then, on your new PC, you can import the HTML file into Thunderbird by following the same steps but choosing "Import Bookmarks from HTML" instead.

Alternatively, you could use the Windows 7 built-in backup feature. You can back up your files by right-clicking your local drive to open the Properties window, then clicking "Back up now" in the Tools pane to open the Backup or restore your files window. That's where you can back up your files and choose a location to save the backup file. You can then restore your files on your new PC by following the instructions in the same window.

[ToraToraTora]

^^^^ that's the hard way if you are a masochist.