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Can't get Firefox History back after a crash on MacBook Pro

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perumula
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I have googled this question and sent a query to Mozilla. I used Time machine Firefox profile and replaced it with one from a couple of weeks ago and I also re--downloaded Firefox 42. But I cannot get my history back. Extremely frustrating. Have used Firefox for years and I need my history at least for this year. Do not tell me to go to Chrome!

I have googled this question and sent a query to Mozilla. I used Time machine Firefox profile and replaced it with one from a couple of weeks ago and I also re--downloaded Firefox 42. But I cannot get my history back. Extremely frustrating. Have used Firefox for years and I need my history at least for this year. Do not tell me to go to Chrome!

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FredMcD
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History and bookmarks are stored in the same file. Do you have any other problems?

Places Maintenance {web link} Allows to run Maintenance tasks on the database that drives Places, the bookmarks and history module behind Firefox.

Open the Add-ons Manager. Locate the add-on and press the Options button. Select All of the tests. Then press Execute on the bottom.

cor-el
cor-el
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Did you restore a copy of the places.sqlite file?