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I do a lot of research, and may have 300 - 400 tabs open. 2. I needed to do a clean install of Win 11, so I saved my open tabs as bookmark, I checked and they were all there. I also saved the folder from AppData Roaming - Firefox\Firefox\Profiles\ivdajzll.default-release\sessionstore-backups. Only when I open a tab with about:sessionrestore, the below Restore Session button is grayed out.

I then exported my book marks as an HTML file. I installed FF, opened up bookmarks manager, and chose to import from html, pointed to my saved file and selected open, nothing happens. When I look at the side panel in bookmarks manager, my book marks have not been added.

2. I also tried the second option by opening Settings / General / Import Data and Select the Bookmarks from HTML file option. I point to my saved html file, it spins for a few seconds, says success and I click on the Done button, still my bookmarks have not been added.

Is there any way to recover my bookmarks and tabs? Everything gone when I logged into my 2017 iMac Ventura 13.7.1. THis happened a few years ago as well. For Command Shift T - what needs to be "open" when i try this? Technically deficient, I am.

I don't know why but all of my browsing history disappeared a few days ago from my desktop firefox. I'm not sure but i was away a few days and when i came back I might have updated firefox, so it was recent.

Already checked the profiles folders to see if it created a new profile or something. There's another profile, but the history file does not contain anything.

I checked firefox on my android and I think my history is still there, but since i cannot filter im not sure. At least it is syncing with desktop.

It already synchronized both ways but still no luck. What can I do?

Hi good day i recently had my computer recovered and i tried signing back into my firefox but all my saved bookmarks, passwords etc arent saved or there. all synced data is missing. please im desperate. help

Mozilla Support Team told me to post this the Forum.

I am reaching out for technical support regarding an issue I encountered after attempting to update Firefox from version 11.5 to 20+ (ESR) for macOs 10.15.7 Catalina. I have saved a back-up of all original files before attempting the update. The update did not take effect, and I subsequently lost all previously saved bookmarks and passwords on Firefox. I have also disabled all restrictions, including ad blockers, "Recommend extensions as you browse," and "Recommend features as you browse."

I successfully imported my bookmarks from an HTML file into Chrome, which worked on the first attempt, and they are now saved there. Despite this, I have been working with AI for the past few days to troubleshoot various steps without success.

Currently, Firefox is unable to save anything in "Favorites," including recent "Log-ins & Passwords" nor can I upload bookmarks: Export from Chrome or from my hard drive.

Whenever I try to upload, the process stalls and never finishes. While I successfully imported saved logins from Chrome, Firefox does not recognize any bookmarks, and I am still using version 11.5 despite Firefox indicating that I am up to date.

I would greatly appreciate your assistance in resolving these issues.

Update: Every time I restart my computer everything gets lost all over again and having to start from scratch.

Thank you for your help.

I updated my password on a 2nd device,

when i re-signed into my main computer ALL my extensions were deleted, this includes multiple crypto extensions which i will now have to attempt to recover.

This is a MAJOR issue.

I'm taking nightly incremental backups of /home for example to my home storage server and, I guess, due to the databases Firefox uses for various storage, those can't be backed up by just copying them, if Firefox is running and has the database open.

What are the best practices, then, for ensuring all profile data, including these databases, is in a state where it can be backed up, while Firefox is running, in a way it can be restored to a fully functioning profile?

For example, with MySQL databases, you can dump the log before running the backup each night, which basically exports the SQL statements needed so you can skip backing up the actual binary database file (like ibdata1).  Does SQLite need something similar?  and is this the only special consideration that is needed, or are there other specialized types of data within our profile directories that can't be backed up by simply copying the data while Firefox is running?

Thanks

I am 80 years old, and ot a computer genius. This morning after loading up normally, tabs kept crashing on firefox. I the got a notice to restart for a windows update. After the restart Firefox disappeared, and I had to reload it, but I lost all my previous settings.