On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 1:43 PM, Samuel Sieb <sam...@sieb.net> wrote:
> On 02/07/2018 12:23 PM, JD wrote: > >> >> >> On 02/07/2018 01:01 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: >> >>> On 02/07/2018 09:44 AM, JD wrote: >>> >>>> What is the best way to import the bookmarks file from one profile into >>>> another? >>>> >>> >>> If you open the bookmarks window on the first profile, you can export to >>> HTML. Then you can do import from HTML on the other profile. >>> >> Hi Sam, >> It seems that all the backup bookmarks are either in some sort of >> compressed or encrypted format. >> > > Mozilla uses a custom LZ4 compression on those file. > > When I use the shell "file" command on the backup files, >> it says they are "data". >> Here is a list of hte backup files: >> bookmarks-2017-08-06_24_OZipyb+ChF8R9Bh+1qM4JQ==.jsonlz4 >> >> Am I supposed to first pass them through some other utility to convert >> them to plain html? >> > > You're using the wrong option. You would have to use the "Restore" option > and that would wipe out all your existing bookmarks first. In the > bookmarks window (try CTRL-SHIFT-o), there's an option under the "Import > and Backup" menu to "Export Bookmarks as HTML". Use that. You'll also see > there the corresponding "Import Bookmarks from HTML". > > Well, i just used the restore and I got " Unable to process the backup file. " on ever instance of the backup bookmarks files that are in that profile I wanted to import them from.
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