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Firefox will not let me bookmark anything. Bookmarks don't show in "organize bookmarks."

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JonT
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In the last few months Firefox will not bookmark anything. I click "bookmark this page" but nothing happens and the page does not show up in my bookmarks window. There are also a lot of bookmarks not in folders that do not show up when I click "organize bookmarks" so I can't move them to folders or delete them. But they do show up on my bookmarks list when I click "Bookmarks" in the menu. I'm on a Mac, OS 10.4.11 and simply let Firefox update itself whenever it wants. Seems some of the latest updates have rendered my bookmarks ability null.

In the last few months Firefox will not bookmark anything. I click "bookmark this page" but nothing happens and the page does not show up in my bookmarks window. There are also a lot of bookmarks not in folders that do not show up when I click "organize bookmarks" so I can't move them to folders or delete them. But they do show up on my bookmarks list when I click "Bookmarks" in the menu. I'm on a Mac, OS 10.4.11 and simply let Firefox update itself whenever it wants. Seems some of the latest updates have rendered my bookmarks ability null.

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cor-el
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This can be caused by a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.

JonT
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Well, I followed the instructions in the second link ... now I have no bookmarks at all. And Firefox is unable to process my request to restore my bookmarks from the desktop backup file I created. Any other suggestions? I really need my bookmarks.