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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.
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?
Yeah, the previous hard drive has to still work.
The solution is in Firefox Help, though they don't spell it out very directly.
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.
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.
PC of some sort. Not Mac.
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.
I know! All your add-ons, bookmarks, history, everything! It's like nothing changed at all! It was very comforting.
Anyone an expert on DLNA? My Black Armor NAS says it supports it, and I've checked all the boxes worth checking, but I can't get the TV or my tablet to read anything from it. Error messages both readers.
The tablet reads pretty well from the laptop, so that's not the issue. TV works from the laptop too.
Tablet just says "Unable to play" TV says "No files available to playback"
But if I browse to the AVIs on the NAS itself, I can play the same ones that fail directly, with VLC.
I just don't wanna browse the file system on my laptop, dammit. That's not the point.
Is there a likely versioning issue? There doesn't seem to be any sort of update for the NAS firmware available.
