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HD crashed, reinstalled OS, how did Firefox keep my Bookmarks Toolbar?

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This is not really a problem, but I am wondering how this happened, if someone can explain it.

I had a hard drive crash, so I replaced it and installed openSUSE Linux. Upon rebooting after the install, I opened Firefox and my Bookmarks Toolbar was the same, with additions I had made for personal sites (some Linux help sites and job search sites I added) before the HD crash.

I do not use Sync, so that's not part of the equation, unless there's an aspect of Sync that is on by default.

My question, out of curiousity and a sense of wondering about security, is this: Is this Bookmark Toolbar information stored somewhere in the depths of a server at Mozilla/Firefox (or somewhere else) and how did my new install pick up my personally modified Bookmarks Toolbar for use in the new install?

This is not really a problem, but I am wondering how this happened, if someone can explain it. I had a hard drive crash, so I replaced it and installed openSUSE Linux. Upon rebooting after the install, I opened Firefox and my Bookmarks Toolbar was the same, with additions I had made for personal sites (some Linux help sites and job search sites I added) before the HD crash. I do not use Sync, so that's not part of the equation, unless there's an aspect of Sync that is on by default. My question, out of curiousity and a sense of wondering about security, is this: Is this Bookmark Toolbar information stored somewhere in the depths of a server at Mozilla/Firefox (or somewhere else) and how did my new install pick up my personally modified Bookmarks Toolbar for use in the new install?

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That would be question for openSUSE support, if you were using the version of Firefox that comes with openSUSE.

The version of Firefox which comes directly from Mozilla [which you would have installed your self] does not have Sync enabled by default. The version from openSUSE might have their own feature for that, but I would be real surprised if it was automatically enabled without your knowledge, or if Sync was automatically enabled either.

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That would be question for openSUSE support, if you were using the version of Firefox that comes with openSUSE.

The version of Firefox which comes directly from Mozilla [which you would have installed your self] does not have Sync enabled by default. The version from openSUSE might have their own feature for that, but I would be real surprised if it was automatically enabled without your knowledge, or if Sync was automatically enabled either.

lcafiero
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Thanks, the-edmeister. I'll ask there. I just thought maybe there was a common Firefox version across Linux distributions, but apparently that's a false assumption.

I'm going to mark this solved since it's not really a Firefox issue. Thanks again for your help.