hey guys, I just noticed that stuff that I had bookmarked on Firefox are all gone. Several months ago, the samething had happened but I just thought that brother or someone cleared it but since it happened again, I don't think so. Is this something Firefox does automatically every few months or something?
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Started by naharissya, Jul 01 2007 10:40 PM
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Posted 01 July 2007 - 10:40 PM
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Posted 01 July 2007 - 11:01 PM
Who says computers aren't high maintenance? Not me, I'll tell you that!
Why the bookmarks keep disappearing, that's an issue to settle with someone who's more knowledgeable with Firefox. For next time though, take preventative measures by making a backup of your Firefox profile (which also saves your Firefox bookmark among other things)!
Mozbackup is an excellent program to both save AND restore Firefox profiles. I use it myself. Download the program from its official website: http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/
Why the bookmarks keep disappearing, that's an issue to settle with someone who's more knowledgeable with Firefox. For next time though, take preventative measures by making a backup of your Firefox profile (which also saves your Firefox bookmark among other things)!
Mozbackup is an excellent program to both save AND restore Firefox profiles. I use it myself. Download the program from its official website: http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/
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Posted 02 July 2007 - 01:57 AM
Thanks. I'll do that.
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Posted 02 July 2007 - 02:16 AM
I don't know about you but my profile is about 40 MB. That's a lot of uploading everytime you wanna save.
If bookmarks are the only problem then save yourself some trouble and just use Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer.
If bookmarks are the only problem then save yourself some trouble and just use Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer.
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Posted 02 July 2007 - 09:13 AM
Wow, that's a HUGE profile! Even with all the bookmarks I have, saved settings, saved p/w, saved forms and extensions, mine is only about 3 megs.
Generally, I try to be sparing in the use of Extensions. Because from experience (and there's also a PC World magazine article referencing this), extensions tend to tap into your available memory and it can grow huge. Also, there's that one-off experience where extensions just "break on you" when you make a minor update to Firefox.
It looks like Foxmarks keeps a copy of your bookmarks available in their servers, which can be synchronized with other copies of Firefox. With Mozbackup, you can keep a local copy of Firefox settings. If you have a flash drive, external hard drive or a reliable online file storage site (I add the backup files into a RAR file, encrypt it and split it into 10 meg pieces to bypass the 10 meg limit that my private file storage site places on me), it's all good.
Generally, I try to be sparing in the use of Extensions. Because from experience (and there's also a PC World magazine article referencing this), extensions tend to tap into your available memory and it can grow huge. Also, there's that one-off experience where extensions just "break on you" when you make a minor update to Firefox.
It looks like Foxmarks keeps a copy of your bookmarks available in their servers, which can be synchronized with other copies of Firefox. With Mozbackup, you can keep a local copy of Firefox settings. If you have a flash drive, external hard drive or a reliable online file storage site (I add the backup files into a RAR file, encrypt it and split it into 10 meg pieces to bypass the 10 meg limit that my private file storage site places on me), it's all good.
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Posted 02 July 2007 - 06:55 PM
40MB is ridiculous. I'd start a clean profile if I were in your shoes.
Firefox keeps periodic backups of your bookmarks in your profile directory. See if you can't import the latest backup.
Firefox keeps periodic backups of your bookmarks in your profile directory. See if you can't import the latest backup.
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Posted 02 July 2007 - 08:09 PM
mine profile resets it self randomly too... I lose all my bookmarks, my homepage setting and history settings...
thanks for the MozBackup thing, I'm definitely gonna use it
thanks for the MozBackup thing, I'm definitely gonna use it
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Posted 02 July 2007 - 10:20 PM
Go to tools -> options -> privacy. You might want to check your settings.
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Posted 03 July 2007 - 01:38 AM
Opera for the win. 
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Posted 05 July 2007 - 01:18 PM
I generally set Firefox to automatically clear all my private data. Never had problems with it and plus low maintenance!
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Posted 19 February 2009 - 12:51 PM
RacPaime, on Jul 5 2007, 01:18 PM, said:
I generally set Firefox to automatically clear all my private data. Never had problems with it and plus low maintenance!
+1. Firefox tends to be slow with more add-ons for me however. My saved data in my program files are never deleted when I needto uninstall.
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