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Cauê@lemmy.eco.br to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

I am moving from windows to linux, My profile folder is valid as backup to restore in Linux?

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I am moving from windows to linux, My profile folder is valid as backup to restore in Linux?

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Cauê@lemmy.eco.br to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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Back up and restore information in Firefox profiles | Firefox Help
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Firefox stores your personal information and settings in a profile folder. Learn how to back up and restore this important data.
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  • bahmanm@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    Yes. I wrote down the procedure a few weeks ago which may come in handy for you as well: https://www.bahmanm.com/2023/07/firefox-profiles-quickly-replicate-your-settings.html

    • Cauê@lemmy.eco.brOP
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      2 years ago

      Thanks!

  • vis4valentine@lemmy.ml
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    I think yes, but also, use sync.

  • gabriele97@lemmy.g97.top
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    Aren’t they synchronized with the Firefox account?

    • Kari'boka :v_com:@ursal.zone
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      @gabriele97 @caboclo I have diferent profiles with diferent folders. I will be easier to bring them even with sync.

    • calm.like.a.bomb@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Not everything is synchronized, unfortunately. Especially if you have done some changes with chrome/userChrome.css, but other things too.

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    Yes. Copy the [random gibberish] folder itself from %AppData%/firefox into the .Mozilla/firefox folder.

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      2 years ago

      Cool! Thanks!

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    Pretty sure only the filesystem will change - so if you are synchronised as a backup, just zip up that folder and pull out what you need for the new install. I had no issues re-installing with BTRFS from ext4 and restoring a backup file a few months back.

    Also, I’d say definitely stop using these for passwords, if you use Bitwarden or something similar then you can have the same stuff for your phones/tablets/computers everywhere that don’t rely on local files.

    If I start a session somewhere outside my home environment, I can pull up Bitwarden and log in with no issues - nothing saved to the browser and no conflicts between phone/desktop etc (e.g. icloud passwords clashing with ones I use on my desktop - I use Bitwarden on an iphone too).

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