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I've been using a Mac G5 (PowerPC) with OS 10.4 and I just bought an Intel-based iMac. How can I transfer all my Firefox settings (bookmarks, stored passwords, etc.) from the old version to the new one?

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celulloyd
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I've been using a Mac G5 (PowerPC) with OS 10.4 and I just bought an Intel-based iMac. How can I transfer all my Firefox settings (bookmarks, stored passwords, etc.) from the old version to the new one? I tried to copy the settings folder in my library but I think the heirarchy is different in Lion. Any suggestions?

I've been using a Mac G5 (PowerPC) with OS 10.4 and I just bought an Intel-based iMac. How can I transfer all my Firefox settings (bookmarks, stored passwords, etc.) from the old version to the new one? I tried to copy the settings folder in my library but I think the heirarchy is different in Lion. Any suggestions?

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mluna
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Hi,

You can synchronize your bookmarks, history, and passwords from your old machine to the new one using the Sync service. This article describes how to do so: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/How to sync Firefox settings between computers

Thanks, Michelle

celulloyd
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I'll give it a shot. Thanks!

cor-el
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I don't think that you can use Sync because Sync requires at least Firefox 4 after the Sync extension for Firefox 3.5/6 got removed.

You will have to copy the files manually to that new computer via an USB stick or CD-ROM or a network connection.