Automatically backup FireFox 3 bookmarks
I like to format my computer fairly often which means having all my data in one easy to find location. Not only does this make backing up easy but it also removes that dreadful feeling you get when you realize your new OS install overwrote your irreplacable bookmarks, precious emails and/or accumulated works of Bettie Page.
Bookmarks are easily forgotten but with a few tweaks FireFox 3 can back them up for you.
Customize your bookmark backup settings
Open FireFox 3.
Go to about:config in your location bar.
Specify browser.bookmarks as your filter.
Set browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML to true.
Create a new string titled browser.bookmarks.file and set its value to the location you want to backup all your bookmarks to.
In my case I entered “D:\ForestMist\Personal\bookmarks.html”.
Restart FireFox.
Epilogue
Everytime you close FireFox it will export a fresh copy of all your bookmarks to the file you specified. There may a slight performance hit for doing this but I think the benefits far outweigh the cost.
Now you can mirror your bookmarks with services like SugarSync, share them easily with friends or just have peace of mind in case the new JSON database FireFox 3 uses behind the scenes explodes in a spectacular example of Murphy’s Law.






