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I cannot bookmark anything on firefox?

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denysiayu
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I had downloaded firefox advice from my work's IT person, this was before I upgraded my macbook's OSX to big sur, and firefox would just crash on me all of the time, before upgrading to big sur. Now I have an issue with firefox and the bookmarks, are not appearing anymore. It states on the bookmark bar on the top below the URL: "For quick access, place your bookmarks here on the bookmarks toolbar. Manage bookmarks..." And when I click on the "Manage bookmarks..." it appears to pull up a screen, where I can import my bookmarks from either Safari, or Google Chrome, but then after I import them, nothing appears. Not sure if anyone can help me out with this?

I did try to bookmark a website or two today, as soon as I click on the star button, or even the bookmark page on the side, nothing appears to happen?

I had downloaded firefox advice from my work's IT person, this was before I upgraded my macbook's OSX to big sur, and firefox would just crash on me all of the time, before upgrading to big sur. Now I have an issue with firefox and the bookmarks, are not appearing anymore. It states on the bookmark bar on the top below the URL: "For quick access, place your bookmarks here on the bookmarks toolbar. Manage bookmarks..." And when I click on the "Manage bookmarks..." it appears to pull up a screen, where I can import my bookmarks from either Safari, or Google Chrome, but then after I import them, nothing appears. Not sure if anyone can help me out with this? I did try to bookmark a website or two today, as soon as I click on the star button, or even the bookmark page on the side, nothing appears to happen?

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cor-el
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If you use Sync then best is to disconnect Sync temporarily during troubleshooting.

This can be caused by a problem with the places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite databases in the Firefox profile folder.

  • use "Verify Integrity" button on the "Help -> More Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page

If errors are reported with "Verify Integrity", close and restart Firefox or reboot and retry.

If "Verify Integrity" cannot repair places.sqlite, rename/remove all places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder with Firefox closed. Firefox will rebuild places.sqlite and restore the bookmarks from a recent JSON backup in the bookmarkbackups folder.

  • keep a backup copy of places.sqlite in case a new places.sqlite database has to be created

You lose the history when a new places.sqlite is created.

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You can use the button on the "Help -> More Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.

denysiayu
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I did as you said to and checked the verify integrity on firefox, and this is what is stated:

> Task: checkIntegrity + The places.sqlite database is sane + The favicons.sqlite database is sane > Task: invalidateCaches - Unable to invalidate caches > Task: checkCoherence - The task queue was cleared by an error in another task. > Task: expire - The task queue was cleared by an error in another task. > Task: originFrecencyStats - The task queue was cleared by an error in another task. > Task: vacuum - The task queue was cleared by an error in another task. > Task: stats - The task queue was cleared by an error in another task. > Task: _refreshUI - The task queue was cleared by an error in another task.

cor-el
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This means that there is a problem with places.sqlite and you need to remove the files like I wrote above.

If "Verify Integrity" cannot repair places.sqlite, rename/remove all places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder with Firefox closed. Firefox will rebuild places.sqlite and restore the bookmarks from a recent JSON backup in the bookmarkbackups folder.

  • keep a backup copy of places.sqlite in case a new places.sqlite database has to be created

You lose the history when a new places.sqlite is created.

See also:

You can use the button on the "Help -> More Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.