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How do I migrate my Firefox settings to my new iMac?

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chelle56
chelle56
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New iMac. Have 8 years of settings/bookmarks on my old mac (time machine backup). How can I migrate all those bookmarks to my new iMac

New iMac. Have 8 years of settings/bookmarks on my old mac (time machine backup). How can I migrate all those bookmarks to my new iMac

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Saurav
Saurav
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Hello

  1. press Ctrl+ J [ it will open downloads window / Library]
  2. Click on all bookmarks [in left side of window]
  3. Click On import and backup
  4. then click on backup and save the file on desktop.
  1. Transfer that .json file to your mac.

On mac follow above steps and instead of backup choose restore and choose file.

FredMcD
FredMcD
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That only does bookmarks and history.

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

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles