BrownSugar Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 As many of you probably already know, Firefox 3 changed the way that bookmarks are handled. I discovered this when I noticed that my bookmarks.html file date never changed after upgrading to version 3. Instead, bookmarks are now saved to a file called "places.sqlite". According to this site: http://www.lytebyte.com/2008/06/19/underst...arks-are-saved/ the best way to handle Firefox bookmarks is to install the Sqlite Manager: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5817 Another alternative is found here: http://www.lytebyte.com/2008/06/19/how-to-...-bookmarkshtml/ You can sync places.sqlite and bookmarks.html by typing "about:config", search for "browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML", change its value to "true" The only reason I can see the use of the latter method is if you want to import or export your bookmarks from bookmarks.html rather than places.sqlite or you want to be able to open the bookmarks.html file in a browser or other reader. I'm not sure why they changed their method. One poster's comments on the first link above gave me a good chuckle when he stated that: It’s obvious that the real reason that Mozilla put in a database engine to handle the bookmarks is because some nerd at Mozilla was either taking a SQL class or needed to add SQL to his resume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted August 28, 2009 Moderators Share Posted August 28, 2009 The way the bookmarks are handled now already bit me on the bum earlier this year with me thinking my batch file had backed up everything, but it didn't as my bookmarks were months out of date. I now use FEBE to make sure I have a known good Firefox profile backup, and I manually export my bookmarks to an HTML file in My Documents just to make sure the fiasco from earlier this year is completely avoided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownSugar Posted August 29, 2009 Author Share Posted August 29, 2009 Is FEBE an add-on that backs up your files by uploading them or can you back up to your hard drive. I checked out the Thunderbird link and Zone Alarm blocked Box.net as spyware. Does FEBE use Box.net in any way? I found this cached post from ZoneAlarm discussing malware hosted by Box.net : http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:8FWU-...mp;client=opera and this odd post about Box.net that goes off in all directions (this was the best Yahoo answer yet! : http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qi...11140610AAEMmvA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowday444 Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Are you all saying that MozBackup won't work now? I make a new copy about weekly and store it "up" at SkyDrive. So if these Ff backup progs do still work, what is the concern? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted August 29, 2009 Moderators Share Posted August 29, 2009 I don't use the online backup with FEBE, instead I have it save directly to my second hard disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTskifreak Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I use Xmarks, which used to be Foxmarks.Xmarks main site. Very handy to sync multiple computers with the same bookmarks. AJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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