Recover Firefox bookmarks from Time Machine?

I am using Snow Leopard so if you are using Lion, I do not know if the files/folders are the same.

I just looked at Finder and checked my Time Machine Backup and I found my Bookmark Backups under:

Users/my name/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/Bookmark Backups. I think what you aren't doing is looking at the Library under Users, but looking at the Library under the Hard Drive. I don't see Firefox listed there, just Mozilla. I hope this is making sense. The only reason I had any idea where to even start looking is that right after I got my mac 2 years ago one of my cats walked on the keyboard at the wrong time and all my bookmarks were deleted and someone on this forum showed me how to get them back. I think this is what I did.

Message was edited by: laverne\'s mom

In Finder, navigate to where your current bookmarks file is. Then enter Time Machine from the icon on the menubar. It will open in the same folder, and you should be able to scroll back through all your various bookmark states from there.

Hi there! I just had a similar problem and got stucked in the Mozzila part! The trick is that the Library folder you are looking for is hidden. So what you need to do to find the profile you are looking for is to be able to see that folder first. So..

I tried this and it worked:

open terminal and write

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

and now relaunch finder by typing

killall Finder

After that you will find your profile under the root:

HD -> Users -> Username -> Library -> Application support -> Firefox -> Profile

I restored the whole firefox folder and then import it with firefox bc it didnt do it automatically and wala! there you go! haha

Hope it works for everyone having this problem!

Take care!

hi there !

Where is the bookmark file in Lion ? Can't seem to find it.

Thanks