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I accidentally deleted firefox. Is there anyway to get my bookmarks back? - Anna - 04-15-2014 10:06 AM
I use a mac.
- Rudy - 04-15-2014 10:16 AM
go to your recycle bin and see if it is there. Also restart your computer and press f2 and follow instructions so the computer goes to what it was at certain time. Good luck
- kucchi - 04-15-2014 10:20 AM
You can not find bookmarks if you uninstall firefox.
- Jordan - 04-15-2014 10:30 AM
no you cannot get your bookmarks back as you have to install a new one.....
- Gary - 04-15-2014 10:43 AM
When you uninstalled Firefox if didn't delete your Profile when you Reinstall Firefox it will all be there so install Firefox again and see
- SilverTonguedDevil - 04-15-2014 10:47 AM
The bookmarks are not gone, if all you did was trash Firefox.app. Your bookmarks don't stay inside Firefox. (Also, there is no "install" or "uninstall" for Firefox in Mac OS. All you do is place the app package in the Applications folder, or trash it.)
Do this....
– Quit all apps.
– At the top menu bar, click the "Go" menu, and choose "Go to Folder".
– Type
~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles
(or just copy and paste the line above)
– Then click the "Go" button.
– Inside that is a folder called "whatever.default" .
– Make a copy of that folder as a backup, but you probably should rename it to "Firefox profile backup".
– Download a new Firefox.app and put it in the Applications folder.
All set, open the new Firefox. If you ever need to recover anything from the old Firefox user profile, it's all in that backup folder–– but you can't just use the whole folder. You would quit Firefox, copy the stuff inside the backup folder to the new profile folder, and then launch Firefox. (You should not rename the Firefox profile folder)
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