Over the years of being online and general surfing you have probably amassed a pretty extensive bookmark collection separated into categories such as, Entertainment, Bored, Forums etc, which if lost can be pretty annoying to say the least. So in this tutorial we will look at how to go about backing up your bookmarks in Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.
First up is Chrome (v 12.0)
At the top right hand corner of the browser window, click on the Spanner icon and select Bookmark Manager which will open the Bookmarks Manager window. In here at the top, click on the drop down arrow next to Organise and select Export Bookmarks as shown below:
This will then open the next window in which you will tell Chrome where to place the .html file. Re-name the file if you wish (keep the .html extension) and browse to where you want to keep the file and click Save. As you can see below I saved it to a folder on my desktop.
That’s it.
Now let’s do the same in Firefox (v 5.1)
At the top of the browser window choose Bookmarks>Show all bookmarks. This will then open the Library window. At the top click on Import and Backup and then select Backup.
Once you select Backup, a new window will open in which you tell Firefox where to place the .json file (your bookmarks). You can re-name the file if you wish, or just keep the default name it gives (the day’s date) and click Save. Again, I chose the folder I had already saved on my desktop as the place to keep them.
That’s it.
Lastly, let’s look at how to do the same in IE (v 8.0)
At the top of the browser window, select Tools>Import and Export which will open the first window:
Choose Export to a file and click Next
Select Favourites and click Next
Double click on Favourites (top) to include the sub-folders and click Next
Give the .htm file a name and tell it the location you wish to save it to and then click Save.
First up is Chrome (v 12.0)
At the top right hand corner of the browser window, click on the Spanner icon and select Bookmark Manager which will open the Bookmarks Manager window. In here at the top, click on the drop down arrow next to Organise and select Export Bookmarks as shown below:
This will then open the next window in which you will tell Chrome where to place the .html file. Re-name the file if you wish (keep the .html extension) and browse to where you want to keep the file and click Save. As you can see below I saved it to a folder on my desktop.
Now let’s do the same in Firefox (v 5.1)
At the top of the browser window choose Bookmarks>Show all bookmarks. This will then open the Library window. At the top click on Import and Backup and then select Backup.
Once you select Backup, a new window will open in which you tell Firefox where to place the .json file (your bookmarks). You can re-name the file if you wish, or just keep the default name it gives (the day’s date) and click Save. Again, I chose the folder I had already saved on my desktop as the place to keep them.
That’s it.
Lastly, let’s look at how to do the same in IE (v 8.0)
At the top of the browser window, select Tools>Import and Export which will open the first window:
Choose Export to a file and click Next
Select Favourites and click Next
Double click on Favourites (top) to include the sub-folders and click Next
Give the .htm file a name and tell it the location you wish to save it to and then click Save.
The correct file path should now be specified above, so click Export.
Note the number of steps in IE compared with Chrome or Firefox that you have to go through to complete this task. Just another reason that I don’t use IE.
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