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Cross-platform portprofile is a simple way to backup your Firefox profile
Looking for a dead-simple way to back up your Firefox profile? It doesn't get much simpler than portprofile.
Regardless of what OS you're using -- Windows, Linux, BSD, Mac -- anywhere you can run Firefox you can run portprofile. It's provided as a Java web start app which means as long as you have Java installed, you can simply click and launch it right from the Google code project page. There's no need to download and install!
Choose the Firefox profile you want to back up, give it a meaningful export name (or not), and click the button. portprofile quickly dumps your bookmarks, extensions, themes, history, settings -- everything -- to a single file in your local user folder (e.g. C:\Users\Lee\ on my Windows 7 system). Importing is just as easy: browse, select, import.
portprofile's developer is also working on integrating FTP and SFTP support, so you'll eventually be able to import and export from your own remote servers.
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Subscribe to commentsRohit KapurApr 20th 2010 12:01PM
Still think the best way to backup Firefox is using FEBE + Dropbox. I have it set to a nightly backup, and it uploads the profile directly to Firefox. Sure, the restoration is a *little* bit tricky, what with creating a separate profile, but it's still a pretty easy and painless automated way to backup Firefox.
Rohit KapurApr 20th 2010 12:01PM
Still think the best way to backup Firefox is using FEBE + Dropbox. I have it set to a nightly backup, and it uploads the profile directly to Dropbox. Sure, the restoration is a *little* bit tricky, what with creating a separate profile, but it's still a pretty easy and painless automated way to backup Firefox.
Art VandelayApr 20th 2010 12:56PM
But does it work with Extensions, and their settings?
Muffin_manApr 20th 2010 4:07PM
I prefer moz backup. It lets you backup FF, Thunderbird and portable apps. I only ever use it for FF but it gives you the option of choosing what you want to backup. Passwords, cookies, bookmarks, extensions, history, hell even some App Data files that mozilla uses. You can password protect your backup file as well.
contestsjrApr 20th 2010 9:24PM
Why go through all that bother?
Simply replicate the profile folder using a simple & free replicator like Karen's replicator. I've been doing this for years & it backs up everything, extensions, passwords, cookies, settings etc.
SilverWaveApr 21st 2010 9:23AM
bookmark /home/sil/.mozilla/firefox
Copy
Paste
rename
next ;-)
AhmadApr 21st 2010 3:40PM
I tried and used portprofile earlier, it caused a problem (i guess it was the reason, since i tried everything possible) where firefox wont start unless i start in safe mode first.
another thing! I still have it installed! guess why! it wont uninstall :S:S:S