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bookmarks transferred to my new Powerbook via flashdrive: where do I need to put them so they show up in the booknarks drop-down menu

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nightcat
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bookmarks: Firefox v. 2.0.0.20 on Mac G4 desktop, running MacOS 10.3.9, backed-up and transferred to Mac Powerbook G4, running Mac OS 10.5.8, Firefox v. 3.6.9. I need to know where to put this bookmarks file on my Powerbook so they will show up in the Bookmarks drop-down menu. Location?

bookmarks: Firefox v. 2.0.0.20 on Mac G4 desktop, running MacOS 10.3.9, backed-up and transferred to Mac Powerbook G4, running Mac OS 10.5.8, Firefox v. 3.6.9. I need to know where to put this bookmarks file on my Powerbook so they will show up in the Bookmarks drop-down menu. Location?

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TonyE
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Firefox 2 and 3.6 use different files to store bookmarks.

Did you copy the bookmarks.html file from the profile folder of the Firefox 2.0.0.20 installation?

If you did, you can import them into Firefox 3.6.9 by following the procedure in the importing Bookmarks from an HTML File article.