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How do I copy wholesale my Firefox setup from my personal PC to my work laptop? [Repost from asklemmy bcos rules] (piefed.social)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm sorry to those that seen this from asklemmy comm. Didn't read the rules. Reposting here.

Both are Windows machines. I know, don't need to preach about it.

I like how I set up the Firefox install on my PC and getting around to using it again for work because of multi account containers. Did the testing on my personal PC in case some things break with the hardening I chose for my threat model.

I just don't want to repeat the steps again, even if I already know what worked for me.

I found online that I could just copy the Firefox profile folder. Is that just it?

If it's the copy profile way, is the profile from a base Firefox compatible for other forks? If it's not the profile copying way, is the other ways compatible moving from base firefox to its forks?

TIA

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

if you trust mozilla, firefox sync handles most of that - bookmarks, history, passwords, extensions and some of their settings, etc; cookies and localstorage aren't copied over, for e.g. logged-in sites and such.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Sync is mostly for bookmarks, history related stuff, and a few sparse settings. But it doesn't sync a ton of stuff like customization, addon settings, and so on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Eh, I've had lukewarm luck that Firefox sync works for it over the years I flip flop around browsers and installs.

I'd rather do it right the first time than flipping a coin that it works this time.