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Prefer to have a single program that can backup your profile and settings for multiple types of browsers instead of using many different programs? Now you can simplify the backup and restore process with FavBackup.
Supported Browsers: Internet Explorer (6 – 8), Mozilla Firefox (2 – 3.5), Opera (9), Safari (3 – 4), Google Chrome (1 – 3)
If you've never thought to backup your favorites, and in my experience that's most users, say thanks to Broni for this post. Several years ago I lost my favorites and I'm still trying to find some sites. Stop what you're doing and backup NOW.
You can also use Xmarks.
http://www.xmarks.com/
Another one is Mozbackup: http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ (only for Mozilla products), and I prefer FEBE: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2109, which backs up all my Firefox settings every night automatically, so I don't have to remember anything.
I use Xmarks too, but more for synchronizing my bookmarks between the desktop, and a laptop.
I went to the sites of the listed links and read what they all had to say. I just want an easy to use backup program for my Firefox. I don't use IE (have not in years) and have no interest in using Google's Chrome. So which do any of you suggest would be the easiest to use. I mainly want to backup my Bookmarks and my password list. If I download and install any of these programs, how would I get the program to backup everything to my external hard drive (I guess you would call it my slave drive)?
Thanks,
Both do pretty same thing, FEBE automatically, and Mozbackup, not.Quote:
Another one is Mozbackup: http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ (only for Mozilla products), and I prefer FEBE: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2109, which backs up all my Firefox settings every night automatically, so I don't have to remember anything.
I just downloaded the first one you linked to because I don't plan on backing up every night--just once a week.
Thanks for the links,
Sheila
:)
Broni:
I decided tonight to backup my Firefox as suggested here in this thread. Even though I had downloaded Mozbackup, I had not installed it yet. As always, I like to go to the web site of the author who created a program and read all about it--just in case there are any special instructions about installing, etc. It's a good thing that I did because from everything I read on the site, it only supported up to Windows XP, and plus, you had to have Thunderbird email also. I have Vista and even though I have Firefox, I don't have Thunderbird and am not really interested in getting it. So now I have an email into the author of the program to ask him about the OS requirements and about weather I had to have Thunderbird or not. I am keeping my fingers crossed because I really did want a backup program for my Firefox that would back up all my Bookmarks and passwords for all my sites.
When you suggested this program, what is the OS that you have and do you have Thunderbird?
Thanks,
Both not true.Quote:
it only supported up to Windows XP, and plus, you had to have Thunderbird email also
I have Vista as well, and Mozbackup works fine.
As for TBird, Mozbackup offers TBird backup also, but you don't have to have TBird installed in order to run Firefox backup.
Mozbackup screen gives you a choice, what you want to backup at particular moment:
http://209.85.48.8/228/109/upload/p4398580.gif
Broni:
When I received your reply in my email program, Window's mail would not let me do anything with it. The message I got said that the email was suspicious and was probably phising (misspelled I am sure). And the whole thing was in red when I opened the folder (my computer help folder) where the message was stored. As many emails as I have gotten over the years from Virtual Dr. this is the first time this has happened. Wonder why? I had to unblock it before it would even let me click on the link for this thread.
Well I am glad that you cleared up my question about the backup program because everything I had read where it showed the system requirements never listed Vista. (And I learned from past mistakes, to always make sure anything was Vista compatible!) And I did read on one of the other sites that reviewed the program that to make sure I had Tbird installed first. So now I will get off this site and go back up my Firefox! :cool:
Thanks a whole lot,
Sheila
You're very welcome :)
Broni;
I thought everything was taken care of, but something went wrong and I followed all instructions exactly as I interpreted them on the web site for Mozbackup. This is what happened. First I stopped everything from running so nothing would interfere with the install, (I always check for viruses,etc first before installing), then I clicked to install. In a Window was something that said, "Select the profile you want to backup" and under that was listed Firefox and then under Firefox was portable. I chose Firefox (won't let you chose both anyway) and then I hit next. Then there was another window that showed something that said, Profile and listed inside of that said, "default". I had no idea if I was suppose to leave it that way or if I was suppose to type something in there in place of the word "default", so I just left it like it was. And below that was 3 icons, one was Refresh, next to it was Portable, next to that was New Profile-which that one was grayed out. Then where the box is that shows you where it will be installed to, said it would install it to my C drive, but I did not want my backup files to go to my main drive (in case it ever crashed) so I hit the Browse button and browsed to my external hard drive and told it to save it to a folder I had created just for Firefox backups (with that name). After I did that it took me back to the window I was just on but the "Next" button was grayed out and would not let me go any further. So I got desperate and hit the Refresh button to see if it would do anything, but nothing happened. So next I hit the Portable button, and directed the path to the folder I had created for my Firefox backup files--and a window popped up and said that there was nothing in there. So now I am stuck for what I am suppose to do. What did I do wrong?
Puzzled, :confused:
Let's see, where you got stuck.
After opening Mozbackup, it'll ask you which application you want to backup - you chose Firefox.
Then, it asks you, which profile you want to backup - you selected "default", which in most cases should do.
Next:
http://209.85.48.8/228/109/upload/p4398945.gif
Your decision.
Next:
http://209.85.48.8/228/109/upload/p4398947.gif
Normally, you select everything, and click "Next".
Last screen:
http://209.85.48.8/228/109/upload/p4398949.gif
After clicking "Finish" the program closes.
Where did you get stuck?
I didn't click on default, it was just there in the window with nothing else showing, so I didn't know I had to select it--is that what you mean, I should have clicked on it. I just figured because it was the only thing there that I did not need to do anything about it, so I did nothing to the word, "default" itself, just clicked next. And I never got to a window asking me if I wanted to password protect my backup. In fact, after your pic of the window asking me about password protect, I never got any of the rest of the screens. As far as my memory goes, not sure about it, but it seemed after I hit the last "next" on the page where the word "Default" was, the next screen showed me a box of where the program was going to be installed--in C. But I chose to browse instead to install it on my external drive. Maybe I was suppose to let it install to the Programs in C and then later maybe it would have asked me where I wanted my backup files to go. I hope I am making some sense because now it is hard to remember the exact steps I took, I just know that after it asking me where I wanted to install the program I never got any more "Next" buttons after selecting my external hard drive. Hope you can figure out the mess I am in because I sure can't figure it out. :confused:
Thanks,
You're doing fine. You just need to select (click) profile (default), even, if only one is listed.
Without selecting, next button will be grayed out.
Thanks Broni, I will do all of this tomorrow evening after I get back from out of town. I would do it tonight before I go to bed, but I am having another problem with my computer right now that is being worked on over in another forum. I think I better wait until that problem is solved before I back up anything. Would hate to back up an error. Will post back tomorrow night and let you know what happened. Was it OK to choose to install the backup program on my external drive, or should I have just let it installed on C drive as it wanted to. I was not sure if I installed it on C if I could then have the option of having the backup files themselves stored on the External Drive or not--don't know who that works.
Thanks and good night for now,
You chose to place backup files on your external drive, which perfectly fine.
Broni:
After you stated all I had to do was to click on the word default, then everything else sounded so easy so I decided to try it this AM before I took my car to the shop. Worked like a charm!:D
I told the program to install on my external drive and it didn't seem to have a problem with doing that, so I feel better now about having done that.
I think this problem is now resolved! If I have any other questions later about this program, I will post it in another thread.
Thanks so much,
Very well :D