Where on my system is Firefox Bookmarks and Scrapbook Items?

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Where on my system is Firefox Bookmarks and Scrapbook Items?

My Macbook Air (10.6.0) has gone haywire as I can't find the Desktop or Finder and just have mostly a blue screen. The only thing I can access is the Menu at the top of the screen and I've been using File Sharing in System Preferences to move important files and folders from my crashed MBA to a new MBA 10.6.4 (just got it a few days ago).

I can't back up the bookmarks in Firefox as you would normally and then use that file to restore the bookmarks elsewhere, because my MBA is not working normally. I just tested this clicking on "Managing Bookmarks" and choosing 'back up'. I saved the file (it has an extension 'json' but the file appears nowhere on my computer. It might have something to do with the fact that I have run out of room on my Mac HD.

Is there another way to access the bookmarks? By perhaps going into the architecture of the HD?

That way I can add that folder to the list of items in File Sharing and transfer the bookmarks to my functioning MBA.

Also where can I find the Scrapbook items in the Finder?

I tried file-sharing the application "Firefox" but the icon is grayed out.

I remember when I tried to transfer the scrapbook items from my Powerbook onto my then new MBA (now old and crashed), I had to actually put Firefox onto a flash drive and then I just moved that onto the MBA. It took forever though to transfer and was a pretty big file (about 30GB). (I have at least a couple of thousand bookmarks and Scrapbook items.)

I can't do that this time because the Finder on the Macbook Air is not working – I can't access it, and I mostly have a blue screen.

Powerbook G4 Panther 1Ghz 120GB, MacBook Air 1.86GHz 120GB, Mac OS X (10.3.x), Mac OS 10.60

Posted on Dec 4, 2010 4:12 AM

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Answer 1

macjack

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Dec 4, 2010 4:35 AM in response to applecore_eater

For FF bookmarks /Users/yourname/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/5l0rzadn.default

Scrapbooks woud be in iPhoto Library. See this Apple KB article...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1229

-mj

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Answer 2

Dec 4, 2010 4:36 AM in response to applecore_eater

I found the Opera bookmarks. The file was in Library under Preferences. The file was called "bookmarks.adr". However, it was grayed out when I tried to file share it.

I still can't find Firefox bookmarks or scrapbook items. I found a file called Profile in Applications Support which is in Library. But I don't think this is the right file.

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Answer 3

sig

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Dec 4, 2010 4:53 AM in response to applecore_eater

User>Library>Application Support. Copy the whole folder.

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Answer 4

macjack

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Dec 4, 2010 5:00 AM in response to applecore_eater

Also a FF bookmark file in /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/defaults/profile/bookmarks.html
(I think the other one is just a default bookmarks)

It might be easier to just take the entire FF folder in Application Support and the preference file and replace them after you straighten out your file system. Take all IPhoto and supporting files also.

-mj

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Answer 5

Dec 4, 2010 5:08 AM in response to macjack

I found that the Opera bookmarks that I had before I imported the bookmarks from the other computer have not been written over! So that's good.

I got the Firefox bookmarks! I did essentially the same thing. I plugged in the Flash USB drive into the old MBA. Then I opened Firefox and selected Manage Bookmarks. I then exported the bookmarks as an HTML file and chose the USB drive as the place to put them. I then put the USB drive in the new MBA, opened Firefox, chose Manage Bookmarks and imported the HTML file. My bookmarks from the other computer's Firefox browser are all there!

Now I have to figure out how to get the Scrapbook items from Firefox.

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Answer 6

Dec 4, 2010 5:54 AM in response to applecore_eater

I found this: http://amb.vis.ne.jp/mozilla/scrapbook/feature3.php?lang=en

It says I can export Scrapbook items to a removable disc and then transfer those items onto another computer.

I tried doing this (with an external hard drive) but it didn't work. There was a javascript error. And then the browser crashed.

I got a message before it crashed saying that I had no room on my hard drive and I need to trash some things, but I can't find the Trashbin as my Finder and Desktop are gone.

I restarted the computer but it opened up in bootcamp Windows XP which is strange as I didn't press the Option key and my computer is set to boot in mac

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Answer 7

Dec 4, 2010 6:25 AM in response to applecore_eater

I have the Desktop back again! I don't know how it happened. The computer opened in Windows so I restarted the computer pressing the Option key while it rebooted. I chose the Mac volume and when it booted, the Desktop came up!

There was a message that I had to make space as there was no room. I quickly deleted some files (about 2GB) which I can do freely now as I have saved the Desktop items onto the new MBA (using File Sharing).

I don't know how the computer filled up so quickly. Something went wrong during the backup of the computer. The back up got interrupted by the MBA's lid flying open and laying flat (the hinge is broken) and it all went downhill from there.

I think the fluke happened by the computer opening in Windows. Then when I opened it using the Option key so that I could choose the Mac volume as the starting disk, the Desktop and Finder reappeared!

It's great. I think there are a lot of duplicated files in the mac system somewhere (because I think files got copied onto the HD instead of the backup drive). However, my Desktop and Finder are restored which makes saving the data and doing a backup so much easier.

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Answer 8

Dec 4, 2010 6:28 AM in response to applecore_eater

I am still exporting the Firefox Scrapbook items though and this time it is working well. I didn't drag the folder from Scrapbook into the big window on the right and that's probably why there was no action.

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