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• Two Cats

  

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  January 11, 2011 10:37 PM PST

  I have a dual install now, Peppermint and Wattos. All the interesting bookmarks for Firefox are in peppermint.

  How do I copy them ?

  
  This post was edited by Two Cats at January 11, 2011 10:37 PM PST
• Chris Martin

  

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  January 11, 2011 10:51 PM PST

  If you're using FF4 Beta, which is preinstalled with Peppermint One, it has a sync feature that allows you to share your bookmarks and other personal settings between operating systems. Though, you'd need a 4 beta version in wattOS to utilize that feature.
  
  However, your bookmarks should be stored in your /home folder. I haven't used FF in a while, but they should be stored somewhere in ~/.mozilla, you should try looking there first. If not, try ~/.config. Moving the information from one to the other should be as easy as opening up your home folder and the partition on which you have Peppermint installed in PCManFM and copying and pasting (or clicking and dragging.)
  
  Anywho, that should work. (keyword being should ;))
• Gerrit rijnsma

  

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  August 1, 2011 11:48 AM PDT

  Export the FF bookmarks from 'Organize bookmarks' in 'HTTP' to a Fat 32 partition or first to /home/ and then to the Fat 32. (Fat is easier in acces and copy I'm happy to say.)
  Start the other distro and import from there in FF. For me it's the easiest way.
  I do also feeds (news) via Fat 32. Etc.
• Gerrit rijnsma

  

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  September 23, 2011 12:10 PM PDT

  But in R4 it is not possible anymore. Very nasty.

  I only try to copy html bookmarks on Fat to Chrome??

  
  I still don't know why it works in R3 and not in R4?

  I've made R4 a Clonezilla clone for the time being.

  I can use R3.

  
  This post was edited by Gerrit rijnsma at September 23, 2011 12:34 PM PDT
• biff baxter

  

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  September 23, 2011 12:20 PM PDT

  Hi Gerrit - there is nothing in R4 that would prevent that as far as I know. Firefox is not installed by default only Chrome...So I have not done any testing. I usually use a program like xmarks or firefox built in sync to keep my bookmarks so there is no copying.
• Gerrit rijnsma

  

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  September 23, 2011 12:34 PM PDT

  When I save, say on an (easy) Fat partition, the Firefox bookmarks.html file and I try to load it in Chrome, the filemanager does not even see the file.
  (which is normal in R3).

  And also no .json

  I remember trying syncing, but it didn't work too.

  I have no problems with it in other Lxde-Linux flavours (Lubuntu or Mint).

  And an old one: I hád problems with bookmarks in R3 from FF to Epiphany and Midori. And I didn't succeed.

  
  This post was edited by Gerrit rijnsma at September 23, 2011 12:42 PM PDT