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retrieve synched bookmarks from firefox for android

Sylent_Viper
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i had a total hard drive failure and had to buy a replacement, my bookmarks were synched whith my android tablet and i can still access them there. how do i setup foxmarks in the new windows pc so that it restores those synched bookmarks?

i had a total hard drive failure and had to buy a replacement, my bookmarks were synched whith my android tablet and i can still access them there. how do i setup foxmarks in the new windows pc so that it restores those synched bookmarks?

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the-edmeister
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Foxmarks was renamed to Xmarks 4 or 5 years ago.
http://www.xmarks.com/
http://www.xmarks.com/about/help

Sylent_Viper
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i am not using xmarks i am using firefox synch.

can i set up xmarks on my tablet and use it so it grabs the (now non existant) pc bookmarks (which do show on my tablet)?

the-edmeister
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You mentioned foxmarks. 

 "how do i setup foxmarks in the new windows pc ... ?"

You need to add that "device" to your existing Sync account.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-a-device-to-firefox-sync

Sylent_Viper
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Gah. my mistake, i was googling for a solution and foxmarks was mentioned several times...

how do i set up the new device so it retrieves not overwrites the synched bookmarks (happened to me once before, pretty sure it was my mistake)

the-edmeister
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Select what you want to do in the bottom part of the Sync Options dialog. Replace all data on this device with my Sync data.