How to transfer firefox profile from a PC (Windows 7) to iMac (OS X Lion).
Hello,
I recent purchased an iMac and want to transfer all my bookmarks, settings, cookies, saved passwords and etc from my old PC. The PC is running windows 7 and my iMax is using OS X Lion. I've copied all the Mozilla Folder from my PC onto a USB drive. I've tried to copy all this info on to my iMac, but it doesn't see it. My bookmarks and stuff doesn't appear when I open Firefox on the iMac. Any ideas would be Greatly Appreciate!
Thanks,
Dennis
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Hello Dennis,
You may export your firefox bookmarks or back them up from Windows 7 and then you should be able to import those into your Firefox installed on the Mac.
You could also use Firefox sync, that will sync even more than just bookmarks and is probably the easiest method.
Bookmarks — including all tags, keywords, folders, and your custom menu order Passwords Preferences/Options of Firefox (but not of add-ons) History of sites visited in the last 60 days Tabs and tab groups
See
- backing up and Restoring bookmarks
- what is firefox sync?
- and if you are trying to use profile information
John
Hi John,
Thanks for the quick response! I'll give the Sync a try and see how that goes. Can I sync from my copy of Firefox on my USB drive or do I have to be networked with my other computer?
Thanks again,
Dennis
No
The syncing is done between running firefox applications, so unless you are running firefox on a USB stick, such as firefox portable, or a linux os with firefox installed then no you will need to sync between the Windows machine and the Mac.
But you should be able to go down the route of restoring profille information using the usb stick, that is assuming the folder you ae mentioning is in fact the profile (and not just the firefox program files) .
Hey John!
Thanks again! I followed your reply ... Computer to computer using Sync and it work perfectly!!!
Really appreciate you taking the time to help me!
Thanks again,
Dennis
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Glad to have helped, thsnks for posting back.