[tool] MozBackup - copy your Firefox profiles

I'm setting up a new dev computer and used MozBackup to migrate all my Firefox extensions. It goes better than that - it also supports copying the extension settings, saved passwords, history, and a bunch of other stuff[1]. It was kind of spooky when I restored it on my new computer and (since I'm using the SessionSaver extension) seeing all my tabs restored exactly like the old computer.

[1] It also supports Thunderbird, but I don't use that.

Published Tuesday, October 25, 2005 9:06 PM by Jon Galloway
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# re: [tool] MozBackup - copy your Firefox profiles

Where was this when I needed it most!

http://jaysonknight.com/blog/archive/2005/09/28/2023.aspx

I knew there had to be something like this out there for FF...good find man.

Wednesday, October 26, 2005 6:43 AM by jayson knight

# re: [tool] MozBackup - copy your Firefox profiles

I use Genie Backup Pro, which has tons of free plugins you can download, including a Mozilla and Thunderbird profile backup. These worked great for me when I switched computers.

It's not free, of course :-) But since Genie creates backup sets as straight up ZIP files (like, wow, it's amazing I have to mention that as a distinctive feature) it's easy to use it to copy all sorts of profiles from one computer to another, including all of your Winndows user profile settings. You just pick which profiles go into a back up set and spit out the zip file. Then use Genie on the other side...

Thursday, October 27, 2005 1:27 AM by Micah Dylan

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