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How well has moving firefox profile(s) to another OS worked for you? (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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I've been working on switching from macOS to Linux. I tried moving my Firefox profile (actually Zen Browser but I don't think it makes a big difference) but it was very laggy when opening, and addons didn't work. So I'm just gonna do it the safe way: exporting my session with Tab Session Manager, places.sqlite file (which contains browsing history), bookmarks, addon data, and using syncing. I'm wondering how well copy and pasting the profile folder between OSes worked for other users.

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[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 9 months ago

I've done it a few times without any issues on windows, I can't imagine it would be any different on linux/osx

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Super well, I've moved the same profile between Windows, Mac and Linux with no issues.
Never managed to do the same with Chrome.

[–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Ditto. Extensions and what not all magically follow along too, it's nice.

[–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 9 months ago

You need to copy the whole .mozilla directory or edit the profiles.ini accordingly

[–] will_a113@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

I’ve been carrying the same profile back and forth between Linux and windows for probably 15 years. Just copy the whole directory over. You can start Firefox with I think —profile manager and point your profile to the new folder.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

i literally just copy pasted it when i switched to windows some years ago.

did the same more recently when reformating, no issues