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On Debian 12 + Flatpak Firefox, how do I transfer bookmarks, bookmark folders, passwords, and extensions from one profile to another (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My Flatpak Firefox v. 132 freezes regularly especially if I'm on a site with lots of images and videos (like YouTube).

I was told by another user that copying everything from the original profile's directory (profile1) to a newly created profile's directory (profile2) stopped the freezing issues for them:

/home/mario/.var/app/org.mozilla.firefox/cache/mozilla/firefox/profile1/

/home/mario/.var/app/org.mozilla.firefox/cache/mozilla/firefox/profile2/

However, after copying data from profile1's directory to profile2's directory, setting profile2 as the default profile in about:profiles, and restarting Flatpak Firefox, profile2 doesn't load up any of my bookmarks, bookmark folders, passwords, or extensions from profile1—Firefox runs as if it was freshly installed (it guides me through the process of importing bookmarks, passwords, etc.).

How do I resolve this issue?

Edit 1: I think that I may have gotten it to work. I transferred files from:

/home/mario/.var/app/org.mozilla.firefox/.mozilla/firefox/profile1/

/home/mario/.var/app/org.mozilla.firefox/.mozilla/firefox/profile2/

And everything seems to be working. I'll test this out and update this post to let you guys know if it really worked or not.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i do this my setting up a firefox account and syncing all of those things into my account.

that way, my firefox setup is always the same from computer-to-computer as well as from computer-to-smartphone.

that fact that yours is freezing suggests that something is wrong with your setup; do you get the same behavior if you use a non-flatpak version of firefox?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I'm happy that syncing works for you but privacy is very important to me so I don't want to upload my data to someone else's server(s).

I'm going to experiment with uninstalling flatpak firefox completely and reinstalling it to see if it'll fix the issue.

If that doesn't work, I'll try using firefox downloaded & installed with apt.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

I’m happy that syncing works for you but privacy is very important to me so I don’t want to upload my data to someone else’s server(s).

i think that you're smart to considering mozilla's trajectory.

i'm kicking myself for not applying my enshitification experiences that comes naturally from profit driven organizations (especially when they claim to be non-profits). i should have seen it coming since i've been moving from one platform to another because of enshitification since the 1990's and now i'm just as stuck inside an ecosystem like redditors and facebookers are; but it's worse since the most viable alternatives are no better.