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Other bookmarks folder Bookmarks are not restored...

info2509
info2509
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i made a backup of my bookmarks both json and html

than i restored via file restore, tried both json and html

with html i get nothing.

with json i get all my latest bookmarks EXCEPT the other bookmarks bookmarks that is empty...

i need them. they are the latest ones, i had not placed in folders yet... important

i tried a restore from latest days bookmarks backup, same, i just get the bookmarks folders of that day but the other bookmarks keeps empty...

thank you

i made a backup of my bookmarks both json and html than i restored via file restore, tried both json and html with html i get nothing. with json i get all my latest bookmarks EXCEPT the other bookmarks bookmarks that is empty... i need them. they are the latest ones, i had not placed in folders yet... important i tried a restore from latest days bookmarks backup, same, i just get the bookmarks folders of that day but the other bookmarks keeps empty... thank you

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cor-el
cor-el
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How many bookmarks do you have and are you possibly using Sync to sync bookmarks to a mobile device?

If you do not get the Other Bookmarks folder and its content and you also can't find them elsewhere if you use a search for a known bookmark then there might have been a problem with places.sqlite.
That might also explain why the html backup isn't working.
You can check this by opening the HTML backup in a Firefox tab.
In an HTML backup the Other Bookmarks folder is a sub folder of the Bookmarks Menu folder.

The name of an automatically created JSON bookmarks backup in the bookmarkbackups folder includes a total item count (folders and separators included) and an hash value to prevent saving the same backup more than once, so you can check the list for a sudden drop in the count.
You also see this count in the Restore menu drop-down list.

  • bookmarks-YYYY-MM-DD_<item count>_<hash>.jsonlz4.
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Sorry to hear about this problem. Why were you backing up and restoring? Was there already a problem with bookmarks?