Having been frustrated by some of the recent regressions in Firefox 4, particularly those involving Flash graphs, I’ve picked up Chrome and so far couldn’t be happier.
Moving my bookmarks over wasn’t too hard either. Here’s how to do it.
In Firefox 4, click Bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks (or press Ctrl-Shift-O)
Then choose Import and Backup > Export HTML…
Save that file somewhere you can find it for the next step.
Now, in Chrome, open the Bookmark Manager. You can find it by clicking the wrench icon, then Bookmark Manager.
Now choose Organize > Import Bookmarks from the Bookmark Manager and import that HTML file you just exported from Firefox.
Readers may also want to consider trying the free service Xmarks, which features automatic bookmark syncing across multiple browsers using a plug-in. Supports Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Safari (Mac OS).
This was done using Firefox 4.0.1 and Chromium Browser 10.0.648.205 (81283) on Ubuntu 11.04. Questions, comments, and feedback are welcome and appreciated!
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Mylan
May 1, 2011 at 1:40 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
This works.
NMI
May 1, 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
An awesome tip!
Please keep them coming.
Jeferson
May 10, 2011 at 12:39 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
it works!!! Tks a lot Mike!!!
Tottie Limejuice
May 23, 2011 at 2:35 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Brilliant, thanks so much for this tip! I’m a complete computer numpty and even I managed it!
wdwd
May 15, 2012 at 5:40 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
not work with me!!! i use mac!
mita
September 24, 2012 at 11:44 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
This worked brilliantly for me! Thank you. I needed to transfer from my [very old] Macbook to my new MacBook Air…