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Firefox 59.0.3 on OSX10.11 Restore session not showing

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aieio
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Hi, I'm running Firefox 59.0.3 on OSX10.11, few days ago I accidentaly closed with the red button insted of using the command close in firefox so I lost my tab session. I thought that firefox would've saved that beacuse I chose the option of showing the previous session when firefox starts, but appartently this doesn't work when you close the window of firefox using the red "X". So I looked for the "restore session" command but I couldn't find it, it is not where it is supposed to be. so the command "restore previous session" is not showing in my browser. I could I fix this issue? Thank you!

Hi, I'm running Firefox 59.0.3 on OSX10.11, few days ago I accidentaly closed with the red button insted of using the command close in firefox so I lost my tab session. I thought that firefox would've saved that beacuse I chose the option of showing the previous session when firefox starts, but appartently this doesn't work when you close the window of firefox using the red "X". So I looked for the "restore session" command but I couldn't find it, it is not where it is supposed to be. so the command "restore previous session" is not showing in my browser. I could I fix this issue? Thank you!

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Shadow110
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Firefox version 60.0 is out tomorrow try a install with Full Version Installer.

Always :

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

aieio
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I tried it to update, but it's still missing

Shadow110
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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile

  • bookmarks and history: places.sqlite
  • bookmark backups: compressed .jsonlz4 JSON backups in the bookmarkbackups folder
  • cookies.sqlite for the Cookies
  • formhistory.sqlite for saved autocomplete Form Data
  • logins.json (passwords) and key4.db (58+) or key3.db (57 and older) (decryption key) for Passwords saved in the Password Manager
  • if you only have key3.db then make sure to remove an existing key4.db
  • cert9.db (58+) or cert8.db (57 and older) for (intermediate) certificates stored in the Certificate Manager
  • if you only have cert8.db then make sure to remove an existing cert9.db
  • persdict.dat for words you added to the spelling checker dictionary
  • permissions.sqlite for Permissions and possibly content-prefs.sqlite for other website specific data (Site Preferences)
  • sessionstore.jsonlz4 for open tabs and pinned tabs (see also the sessionstore-backups folder)

If find the Session and it does not work : RESTORE SESSION FILES (maybe) https://www.jeffersonscher.com/res/scrounger_json.html

aieio
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I tried but it still doesn't appear =( don't know what to do