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submitted 1 year ago by caboclo@lemmy.eco.br to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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[-] vis4valentine@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

I think yes, but also, use sync.

[-] bahmanm@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Yes. I wrote down the procedure a few weeks ago which may come in handy for you as well: https://www.bahmanm.com/2023/07/firefox-profiles-quickly-replicate-your-settings.html

[-] caboclo@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 1 year ago
[-] gabriele97@lemmy.g97.top 5 points 1 year ago

Aren't they synchronized with the Firefox account?

[-] kariboka@ursal.zone 2 points 1 year ago

@gabriele97 @caboclo I have diferent profiles with diferent folders. I will be easier to bring them even with sync.

[-] clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Not everything is synchronized, unfortunately. Especially if you have done some changes with chrome/userChrome.css, but other things too.

[-] RiderExMachina@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Yes. Copy the [random gibberish] folder itself from %AppData%/firefox into the .Mozilla/firefox folder.

[-] caboclo@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 1 year ago

Cool! Thanks!

[-] BendyLemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pretty sure only the filesystem will change - so if you are synchronised as a backup, just zip up that folder and pull out what you need for the new install. I had no issues re-installing with BTRFS from ext4 and restoring a backup file a few months back.

Also, I'd say definitely stop using these for passwords, if you use Bitwarden or something similar then you can have the same stuff for your phones/tablets/computers everywhere that don't rely on local files.

If I start a session somewhere outside my home environment, I can pull up Bitwarden and log in with no issues - nothing saved to the browser and no conflicts between phone/desktop etc (e.g. icloud passwords clashing with ones I use on my desktop - I use Bitwarden on an iphone too).

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