To improve my browser's speed I allowed Firefox to reset to default settings. Now I regret doing that and would like to use Time Machine to restore my computer to the way it was last night. Someone please guide me through this process. I feel nervous about it.
OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
Please visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with how to restore from Time Machine.
Yes, all right, I can follow all those myriad of instructions... but I was hoping someone would tell me if I should be restoring my WHOLE system or whether I should selectively just restore my Firefox settings to the way they were yesterday.
Well, restoring some preferences seems simpler and faster, but it's up to you. Restoring your whole system means you first have to erase your hard drive, but before you do that you should make a bootable backup just in case. Restoring one file doesn't involve a "myriad of instructions."
Quit Firefox if it's running.
Triple-click the line below on this page to select it, then copy the text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:
~/Library/Application Support
In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return. A folder will open. Enter Time Machine and restore the subfolder named "Firefox" from a snapshot the predates the unwanted changes.
This may seem easy to you, a Level 10 contributor, but I don't find it all easy. Time Machine is not very intuitive for the ordinary user. I feel no further enlightened and will abandon my attempts to do a restoration, especially if it means erasing my hard drive.
Oh... thanks, Linc, your posting just arrived. Your instructions are quite good. I'll try that.
You haven't even made an effort. How would you know if it's easy?
Should I restore my whole system in order to recover old Firefox settings?
