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Sync erased my bookmarks

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pjcamp
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I've been a Firefox user since before the beginning. I used the original Netscape 1.0.

Tonight I did one thing: add my Android Tablet browser to sync.

IT IMMEDIATELY ERASED ALL MY GODDAMN BOOKMARKS!

I realize that sync is not a form of backup but the one thing it should NEVER do is ERASE anything.

I've had it with this piece of crap browser. It has been steadily going downhill for a long time and I'm fed up with it. This is the last straw. It's not like there aren't alternatives.

Non-destructive alternatives.

I've been a Firefox user since before the beginning. I used the original Netscape 1.0. Tonight I did one thing: add my Android Tablet browser to sync. IT IMMEDIATELY ERASED ALL MY GODDAMN BOOKMARKS! I realize that sync is not a form of backup but the one thing it should NEVER do is ERASE anything. I've had it with this piece of crap browser. It has been steadily going downhill for a long time and I'm fed up with it. This is the last straw. It's not like there aren't alternatives. Non-destructive alternatives.

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You can try to restore the bookmarks from the most recent JSON backup that still has them in the correct folders.

Note that restoring a JSON backup will replace all current bookmarks.

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pjcamp
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Oh no, forgive me. It moved everything into "Unsorted bookmarks."

Now I get to spend the next month resorting everything.

This is really bullshit.

the-edmeister
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Try restoring your bookmarks backup from yesterday or the day before that.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/restore-bookmarks-from-backup-or-move-them#w_restoring-from-backups

cor-el
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Chosen Solution

You can try to restore the bookmarks from the most recent JSON backup that still has them in the correct folders.

Note that restoring a JSON backup will replace all current bookmarks.

pjcamp
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That does indeed fix a problem that never should have happened in the first place.

pjcamp
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Can someone please write a sync program that does NOT randomly scramble the database? Seems like a simply copy just isn't all that hard to implement.

cor-el
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  • Bug 812348 - Firefox Sync duplicating and scrambling bookmarks & folders

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pjcamp
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This bug is now, apparently, at least three years old. Can someone fix it already?