How would I export bookmarks without exporting all of them at once, just certain select bookmarks in firefox to another firefox on another computer?
I don't want to export all of my bookmarks at once and totally overwrite the ones on this other computer. I just want to update the other computer with some new book marks from the old computer. If I choose the backup option using the json file it totally overwrites everything when I load it on the new computer with the restore option. I want to be able to transfer bookmarks without overwriting everything. Just so the new ones get add into what is already there.
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You can consider to use Sync to sync the bookmarks to the other computer.
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As noted in your earlier thread (https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1081097):
- Backup/Restore in JSON format is destructive, it replaces all existing bookmarks in the destination Firefox.
- Export/Import in HTML format is additive and does NOT replace the existing bookmarks on the destination Firefox. Of course, that also causes duplicates.
There is no built-in way to do a partial export (or a partial backup). There might be an add-on with that feature. Otherwise, you can:
(1) Clean up the HTML file BEFORE importing it; (2) Clean up the destination Firefox AFTER importing it (if it's your own system); or (3) Use a separate Firefox profile or a different browser to create just the set of bookmarks that you want and export from there
All of those are a hassle, sorry.
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You can consider to use Sync to sync the bookmarks to the other computer.