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sj - Jan 12, 2012 6:24:00 am PST #19159 of 25501
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I have to say I really appreciate how easy it is to restore Firefox and Thunderbird to be exactly the same as it was on the old computer. Nice job, Mozilla, nice job.

Does this include bookmarks, and if so, how?


§ ita § - Jan 12, 2012 6:44:40 am PST #19160 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Desktop computer, Gud?

I'm so startled by the fact I could get my father and sister all the laptop they needed for under $600 each. I told my father a million times he doesn't really need (and maybe not even want) a laptop (my sister definitely needs the mobility), but at $500, I was like "Fine, I'll endorse this, and it's something I can slip in my backpack at under 6lbs and bring back home."

But, seriously, laptop for that little? Reputable brands? Decent specs? WTF?

And yet, when this Macbook gives up the ghost, I will pay through the nose for another one.

And my tablet cost about the same, and my phone more.

Does this include bookmarks, and if so, how?

Yes--do you have explicitly have to have set up some synchronisation with the cloud? I know Opera lets you do a fair amount of that, but not entirely.

LH or Giz had an article about the hoops to jump through to synch your desktop bookmarks with your mobile device, and it seemed overwhelming. Opera can't be the only people that provide cloud synch. But they were counting only Chrome and FF, and it seemed too much fuss.


Gudanov - Jan 12, 2012 7:02:41 am PST #19161 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

Laptop computer.

Does this include bookmarks, and if so, how?

Yep, it also includes your extensions and even your currently open tabs. But this is for moving things to a new computer as opposed to syncing.

Generally speaking, you'd go to C:/Users/AppData/Roaming/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles and then move the folder there to the same place on the new computer. (You can get there directly by using Windows Key + R and enter %APPDATA% that includes the '%'s)

Then press, with FireFox not running, the Windows Key + R and enter 'firefox.exe -P'. That brings up the ProfileManager for Firefox. Create a new profile with whatever name you like and tell it to use an existing folder. When it prompts for the folder to use, point it to the folder that you moved. Then make sure the new profile is selected and click 'Exit'.

Firefox now is exactly the same as on the other computer. Hmmm... it sounds more complicated when I write it out like that, but it really isn't very difficult.


§ ita § - Jan 12, 2012 7:13:16 am PST #19162 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Okay, so you need to not have had a data issue with the former install. That is more in line with what I was thinking.

Is that a publicised solution, Gud, or something that it took techies to figure out?


Gudanov - Jan 12, 2012 7:25:09 am PST #19163 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

Yeah, the previous hard drive has to still work.

The solution is in Firefox Help, though they don't spell it out very directly.


le nubian - Jan 12, 2012 7:33:55 am PST #19164 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Vortex,

You have a couple of options:

Yes, you can use Pages just be aware that there are some limitations with the kind of word processing you can do.

There is also QuickOffice if you want the suite of Office apps.

There is also CloudOn which ostensibly will allow you to use Microsoft Office on your ipad! It is new and free. I have not used it, but people seem to like it.

If you just need to WRITE, not format a whole lot, there are a lot of options, which I am happy to discuss. Just let me know.


sj - Jan 12, 2012 7:52:25 am PST #19165 of 25501
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Thanks, Gud!


Volans - Jan 12, 2012 8:06:03 am PST #19166 of 25501
move out and draw fire

Does anyone have any recs for DVD cloning? My niece is asking, and I can't provide any value-added over Google on this one.


le nubian - Jan 12, 2012 10:16:11 am PST #19167 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

what kind of computer?


Volans - Jan 12, 2012 12:08:06 pm PST #19168 of 25501
move out and draw fire

PC of some sort. Not Mac.