Bob Minchin wrote on 11/30/2014 6:12 AM:
EE wrote:
Ed Mullen wrote:
Bob Minchin wrote on 11/29/2014 11:25 AM:
Hi,
Currently using ver 2.30 running under winxp sp3
When I try and back up the bookmarks, a file .json is saved ok but I
can't restore from it. I get an "unable to process the backup file"
message.
Is this a known problem
Any ideas please?
TIA
Bob
Yes, known issue. You should be making regular _complete_ backups of
your entire profile folder. If need be you can simply restore from the
backup the places.sqlite file into the profile folder to restore
bookmarks and history.
You can also export bookmarks as HTML and import that file to restore
them. Note that importing appends rather than replacing.
Thanks Ed & EE for your helpful replies.
I had tried the HTML route and wondered why is did not behave as I
expected to replace a deleted bookmark.
My initial objective was to move the established bookmarks from one
machine to another when I discovered the problem.
Would simply copying the places.sqlite file into the second machine work
OK or do I need to do the HTML import method and edit out duplicates?
Is fixing the restore problem on the SeaMonkey to-do list or in the too
hard pile?
TIA
Bob
Copying the places.sqlite file should do the trick. Do it with SM
closed then start SM to effect the change.
The bookmarks restore issue from json is one still being worked on from
what I can tell. Frankly, it seems to be something of a cluster-f**k.
And let's not blame the SeaMonkey guys-they're inheriting all this from
Firefox. You know, those guys with millions of dollars of funding from
the Google, Yahoo, etc. contracts? And corporate backing. Yeah, those guy.
<shrug>I don't worry about it because my automated backups every night
take an image of my C: drive containing my Mozilla/SeaMonkey profiles.
If I need to restore something it's there for the copying. And I'm
online everyday all day so I know if something is screwed up and I need
to do a restore. So 3 backups works for me.</shrug>
I will refrain from characterizing anyone who doesn't have such a backup
plan as an idiot as I have done in the past. And I apologize to anyone
to whom I have done that.
Even though, if are guilty of such an omission, sigh, well, ya know?
And when you then ask here about how to recover from catastrophic
failure and have NO backups? You won't hear from me. I'll be busy
holding my head, shaking it, and going: "Good God!!! What is WRONG
with these people?!!!" ;-)
--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net/
A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door.
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