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i have a old firefox data file from a computer transfer i did and i want to get all the bookmarked sites i had orginized how can i do this?

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koolmanya
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so a while back i transfered my old computer files to my new computer and when i did that i tried getting my firefox books marks added when i did it it just made a file old firefox data. i went into it it has the books marks but the problem is it isnt really readable kinda jumbled up and i wanna know if i can import it to my current one or somehow get it organized so i can at least see them apart or on a note pad just each bookmark on its own line? i added a picture of what it looks like

so a while back i transfered my old computer files to my new computer and when i did that i tried getting my firefox books marks added when i did it it just made a file old firefox data. i went into it it has the books marks but the problem is it isnt really readable kinda jumbled up and i wanna know if i can import it to my current one or somehow get it organized so i can at least see them apart or on a note pad just each bookmark on its own line? i added a picture of what it looks like
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You can use the Scratchpad (Firefox/Tools > Web Developer) to inspect and edit files in JSON format quite easily. There is a "Pretty Print" button to add line breaks.

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the-edmeister
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Backing up and restoring your Profile should have included your bookmarks. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile

That looks like a JSON bookmarks backup file, from 11-01-2012. Did you try restoring that file?

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/restore-bookmarks-from-backup-or-move-them#w_using-a-bookmark-backup-file

Never messed with JSON files other than viewing them on a few occasions out of curiosity. There are no line breaks which make them very difficult to read.

As far as working with that file in {like} NotePad goes:

A. use Find / Search for each indecent of a "uri" string, then "copy and paste" the uri into another text file, and then move on to the next "uri" string.

B. use a text program where a filter can be set for the "uri" field in the JSON file for a line break or to "scrape out" the "uri"s only for display or export to a list of uri's.

Or try using an online JSON editor like this, to try to display only the "uri" field. https://www.jsoneditoronline.org/

cor-el
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You can use the Scratchpad (Firefox/Tools > Web Developer) to inspect and edit files in JSON format quite easily. There is a "Pretty Print" button to add line breaks.