In this tutorial we will look at how to go about backing up your bookmarks in Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.
First up is Google Chrome
- At the top right hand corner of the browser window, click on the Spanner icon
- Select Bookmark Manager which will open the Bookmarks Manager window.
- Click on the drop down arrow next to Organise and select Export Bookmarks as shown in above flash.
- This will then open the next window where you will tell Chrome as to 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. As you can see below I saved it to a folder on my desktop.
Every step of bookmarking is given in flash animation..
That’s it.
Now let’s do the same in Firefox
- 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 Backup.
- Once you select Backup, a new window will open which is where 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 days date) and hit Save. Again, I chose the folder I had already saved on my desktop as the place to keep them.
Every step of bookmarking is given in flash animation..
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, go Tools>Import and Export which will open the first window:
- Choose Export to a file and hit Next
- Select Favourites and Next
- Double click on Favourites (top) to include the sub-folders and Next
- Give the .htm file a name and tell it the location you wish to save it to and then hit Save.
- The correct file path should now be specified above, so hit Export.
Every step of bookmarking is given in flash animation..
Note: amount of steps in IE compared to Chrome or Firefox in which you have to go through to complete this task. Just another reason that I don’t use IE.
