At 7:24 AM -0700 3/31/2009, MnDel wrote: > > I think you'll find that Firefox (and perhaps most browsers) simply >> choke on bookmark lists that big. Probably best to do some serious >> weeding. Think hundreds, not thousands. >> >> An app such as BookDog or URL Manager Pro might be helpful. > >> Try moving your massive bookmark file aside, then launching Firefox. > > If that fixes the problem then you'll know it's the your bookmarks.
>I tried using Spotlight Much easier to drill down manually. ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/ Then open the appropriate profile directory (I hate those random names they use), and look therein for bookmarks.html >I like the feature of Bookdog to search out dead URL's, might just >save up my pennies for their $20 fee. >Know of any freeware that could do this? Doesn't BookDog have a trial period? Use it fix the problem, then go back to managing things in Firefox. >With the research my wife and I do in a dozen subjects - thousands of >bookmarks is not surprising at all - what's surprising to me is that >an app for research (like Firefox) can't seem to handle it. It could also be that there's a corruption within the bookmark file. OTOH, how many of those bookmarks are actually valid currently? URLs get stale fast these days. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
