I am trying to import Firefox bookmarks from a Windows machine into Firefox on an Apple. I do not want to use Safari. How do I do this?
am trying to import Firefox bookmarks from a Windows machine into Firefox on an Apple. I do not want to use Safari. How do I do this?
I have, on my HP laptop, running XP Pro, using Firefox 4.0, went under bookmarks to show all bookmarks. A window opens up that says library. I then go to import and back up, and I choose export HTML. I then move this file over to my new Mac Pro. On my Mac Pro I also have Firefox 4.0. I go up under bookmarks, show all bookmarks, import HTML. It lets me browse and I find the file on the desktop, I select it then nothing happens. I am not interested in using Safari. I would like to continue using Firefox. However, as an experiment, I followed the same process except on my Apple computer I opened up Safari and tried to import in the Firefox bookmarks. It came up with an error saying the file could not be accessed. I then thought perhaps the file got corrupted, so I went back to my Windows Firefox and re-exported the bookmarks again. Same problem. So, am I creating the bookmarks incorrectly on my Windows machine?
Thanks,
Kent
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Probably your Mac cannot understand the Windows html format, please try the following to see if it helps:
In your PC, export the bookmarks in html as you did in your post. After you have saved it, change the name of the file to “bookmarks.html” and save it again.
In your Mac, import the saved file as you posted.
thanks for the quick reply. Do you mean lowercase html? Because it already comes with HTML it is only in uppercase.
When you save the bookmarks in your PC, it does not have the ".html" extension. Please add the extension ".html" at the end of the name. I think that will enable Mac to recognize the file.
First, I really do appreciate your help. However, I have gone back several times and tried to do a re-export all my bookmarks from my windows machine. I am running on my Windows machine Firefox 4.0.1. When I export out the bookmarks, it comes as a.HTML. Not.HTM. So there is nothing to change in the extension. When I moved over to the Mac, it still won't import. Is it possible that there is some corruption going on somewhere. The reason I ask is, ever since I updated to 4.0.1, the browser will just "freeze" at different times. If I am going to a different site it will freeze, if I add a new tab it will freeze, if I am browsing the page and just rolling down or ever, it will freeze. It will stay "frozen" for around 30 seconds, then it will start working again. This does not happen every time. It is intermittent. However, it is starting to happen more and more often. But it only does it when I am in Firefox. It does not happen if I use Explorer, or if I am anywhere else in my computer. Only Firefox. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox three times. Each time the problem reoccurs. Any suggestions?
Thanks.