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Firefox wont let me restore my missing bookmarks

scottshulimson
scottshulimson
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My bookmarks disappeared two days after installing new version. When I try to restore from an older backup it says "unable to process the backup file." When I try to restore bookmarks from a newer version it says "Unsupported file type."

My bookmarks disappeared two days after installing new version. When I try to restore from an older backup it says "unable to process the backup file." When I try to restore bookmarks from a newer version it says "Unsupported file type."

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FredMcD
FredMcD
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Look on your desktop. Do you see a folder called; Old Firefox?

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles

FredMcD
FredMcD
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Your System Details shows; 

Mac OS X 10.10
Firefox 31.0

Why are you using such an old browser?

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Firefox 32+ switched from regular .json files to compressed .jsonlz4 files. That could be why Firefox 31 can't handle the newer format.

If you had trouble finding the current installer, see:

https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/all/

Or to use the internal updater, see:

Update Firefox to the latest release