Retrieve deleted web history

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Retrieve deleted web history

Hi,

I'm using Mac OS X and my web browswer is firefox. I have accidentally deleted my browswer history, I wonder how to retreive my deleted history from firefox? Can anyone help me with that?

Need Help,
Glazeginger

G4 titanium, Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Posted on Aug 24, 2006 10:55 AM

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Answer 1

JMEH

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Aug 24, 2006 6:44 PM in response to retrieve deleted web history

Hi Glazeginger,

That's an interesting question, I use Firefox and I can't seem to find anything about recovering history after deletion...

I suggest you go to the Firefox Forum, it's where the Firfox Gurus hand out...

Good luck, Rick

iMac G5 iSight 20" - 30G iPOD in Slimming Black - Mac OS X (10.4.7) - HP Pav 15" WS and Toshiba Sat 17" WS LP's - Canon 20D & A620

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Answer 2

Aug 24, 2006 10:10 PM in response to retrieve deleted web history

Welcome to Apple Discussions

The history data file can be found in your User Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/default.tra/history.dat

When you delete the history file, Firefox creates a new one the next time you open the browser. In the meantime, only data recovery software is going to offer any prospect of recovering the deleted file - a very expensive option. OS X eventually writes over deleted files - hard to say when. However, the more activity on the computer, the sooner this event occurs.

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