Import Firefox Data Into Google Chrome

The most common things to import from Firefox into Chrome are your Bookmarks, Saved website logins/passwords, Browsing History and perhaps your list of Search Engines. Fortunately, Chrome makes it really easy to import Firefox data but there is one ‘gotcha’ to look out for:

If you do not use a Master Password in Firefox to secure your saved passwords, skip to the ‘Import Firefox Data’ section below.

If you do use a Master Password in Firefox, you can’t import your saved passwords immediately – the website names and usernames would be imported but the saved passwords would all be blank i.e. you won’t be able to log into your saved websites automatically. The solution is to remove your Master Password in Firefox before trying to import data into Chrome (you can add a Master Password back again afterwards).

Remove A Firefox Master Password

Open Firefox and in the Menu bar click ‘Tools’ then ‘Options’ then the ‘Security’ tab
Untick the ‘Use a master password’ checkbox – when prompted, type in your current Master Password to proceed and then click ‘Remove’
A ‘Password Change Succeeded’ message appears confirming that you have deleted your master password – press OK then OK again to close the Options window
Remember to add a Master Password back again after importing your data.

Import Firefox Data

1. Close Firefox and then open Google Chrome

2. In Chrome, click the ‘wrench’ (spanner) icon then click the ‘Options’ menu item

3. Click the ‘Personal Stuff’ option in the left panel to open the Personal Stuff page

4. Ensure that the ‘Offer to save passwords’ radio button is selected if you want to save login passwords in future

5. Now click the ‘Import data from another browser…’ button to open the Import Bookmarks and Settings window.

6. In the ‘From’ menu select Mozilla Firefox

7. Tick all the items you wish to import – by default all 4 are selected

8. Click the Import button to begin the process – you should see a Success! message confirming the items have been imported from Firefox into Chrome

9. Leave the option to show the Bookmarks bar ticked if you want to see the Bookmark bars at the top of Chrome then press OK to finish and then close Chrome

Where Is The Imported Data Stored In Chrome?

Your Firefox bookmarks are stored in the Bookmarks \ Imported from Firefox folder – accessible from ‘wrench’ icon \ Bookmarks (or directly in the Bookmarks bar if you have it displayed)

Your Firefox browsing history is accessible from ‘wrench’ icon \ History (or use the shortcut CTRL+H)

Your Firefox saved logon passwords are stored in the ‘wrench’ icon \ Options \ Personal Stuff window you accessed earlier to import your data – click the ‘Manage Saved Passwords’ button to display or delete them

Your Firefox search engines are stored in the ‘wrench’ icon \ Options \ Basics window – click the ‘Manage Search Engines’ button to display or delete them (or change the default)

Importing Bookmarks and Session from Firefox Windows to Firefox Linux

There are a few ways of importing your bookmarks from windows to linux ill will describe below.

Solution 1 - importing bookmarks to USB drive

In windows load Firefox up then goto bookmarks > organize bookmarks (ctrl+shift+o) at the top you will see import & backup click this and then click export html... then browse to your USB stick and save. Boot in to Linux load up Firefox then goto bookmarks > organize bookmarks (ctrl+shift+o) > import & backup then click import html and follow the on-screen instructions.

Solution 2 - Importing within Linux on a dual boot system

This way is a little more tricky but easy none the less.

goto your windows files > Documents and Settings > [Username] > Application Data > Mozilla > firefox > Profiles > [randomname.default] > bookmarkbackup s

Once in bookmarkbackup s you will see some files here the amount depends on how many times you have bookmarked something new one for each day you have saved a bookmark, what you need to do is find your most recent file

for the sake of this thread ill use my latest file which happens to be -  bookmarks-2010-03-20.json

now we copy this file and put into our Linux directory

goto Home Folder > (you may have to enable hidden files - click view Show hidden files or ctrl+h in ubuntu) > .mozilla > firefox > [randomname.default] > bookmarkbackup s

Paste the file (ie. bookmarks-2010-03-20.json) open up firefox then goto bookmarks > organize bookmarks (ctrl+shift+o) > import & backup > restore > choose file and select the file you just pasted then click open, restart firefox and your done

For importing session from Firefox Windows:
1. Add add-on plugin named "Session Manager" in firefox linux first.
2. copy Last Opened Session of Firefox Windows in : go to your windows files > Documents and Settings > [Username] > Application Data > Mozilla > firefox > Profiles > [randomname.default] >sessionstore.js
3. Paste into goto Home Folder > (you may have to enable hidden files - click view Show hidden files or ctrl+h in ubuntu) > .mozilla > firefox > [randomname.default] >sessions

rename it to become "WindowsLastSession.session" file name.


4. Edit that copied file in gedit or any linux text editor, add these lines on the very begining of session.bak 



[SessionManager v2]
name=[ Last Windows Firefox Session (2012-06-09 22:37) ]
timestamp=1339256276765
autosave=false count=1/200 group=Backup Sessions screensize=1280x800



and then press enter once. Save.


5. Restore it from within Firefox Linux Session Manager's Load mechanism.

Firefox Consume Too Much Memory Hack

1) Speed up Firefox. If you have a broadband connection (and most of us do), you can use pipelining to speed up your page loads. This allows Firefox to load multiple things on a page at once, instead of one at a time (by default, it’s optimized for dialup connections). Here’s how:
Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. Type “network.http” in the filter field, and change the following settings (double-click on them to change them):
Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”
Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”
Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to a number like 30. This will allow it to make 30 requests at once.
Also, right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0″. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.

2) Limit RAM usage. If Firefox takes up too much memory on your computer, you can limit the amount of RAM it is allowed to us. Again, go to about:config, filter “browser.cache” and select “browser.cache.disk.capacity”. It’s set to 50000, but you can lower it, depending on how much memory you have. Try 15000 if you have between 512MB and 1GB ram.

3) Reduce RAM usage further for when Firefox is minimized. This setting will move Firefox to your hard drive when you minimize it, taking up much less memory. And there is no noticeable difference in speed when you restore Firefox, so it’s definitely worth a go. Again, go to about:config, right-click anywhere and select New-> Boolean. Name it “config.trim_on_minimize” and set it to TRUE. You have to restart Firefox for these settings to take effect.

Read Firefox RAM Tips on http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-much-memory-ram