# Copy & Paste your list of bookmarks **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 23, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copy-paste-your-list-of-bookmarks/397201 "2007-03-23T16:31:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copy-paste-your-list-of-bookmarks/397201/1 "2007-03-23T16:31:08Z")
I’ll be getting a new computer soon & I need to make a list of all my bookmarks to load onto it. I have a hunch that I don’t have to manually write all of them down. I looked in My Programs/ Mozilla & there is no such list. Where should I be looking? ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copy-paste-your-list-of-bookmarks/397201/2 "2007-03-23T16:37:19Z")
[QUOTE=Kitchen Wench] I’ll be getting a new computer soon & I need to make a list of all my bookmarks to load onto it. I have a hunch that I don’t have to manually write all of them down. I looked in My Programs/ Mozilla & there is no such list. Where should I be looking? [/QUOTE] Bookmarks dropdown menu Organize Bookmarks File Export Send to some folder you will remember. On new computer, follow above, except pick Import, go to folder where it was saved. ---
**Author:** ![joazito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@joazito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joazito)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copy-paste-your-list-of-bookmarks/397201/3 "2007-03-23T16:50:48Z")
If you’re keeping the old computer too, you might want to install something like the [Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer](http://www.foxmarks.com/) . ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copy-paste-your-list-of-bookmarks/397201/4 "2007-03-23T17:07:07Z")
Well actually, I’ll be getting a Mac and getting rid of this one. So I would need to burn my list to a disk and then transfer to Safari, right? ---
**Author:** ![joazito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@joazito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joazito)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copy-paste-your-list-of-bookmarks/397201/5 "2007-03-23T17:19:42Z")
Actually there is a version of Firefox for Macintosh, as well as some other browsers other than Safari (Camino?) that some friends of mine really like (I don’t own a mac). As for the transfer method, take your pic: - Connect your two computers and transfer the files through the network; - Burn to a CD / burn to a DVD; - Use a USB pen; - Use a Bookmark Synchronizer like the one I showed you above (will require you to install Firefox) - Upload it to some free internet filestoring site (while there are many specific solutions for this, I just use GMail for this purpose, I attach a file to a new message and save it as a draft). ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copy-paste-your-list-of-bookmarks/397201/6 "2007-03-23T17:32:53Z")
Thank you kindly for your suggestions. I know it sounds incredibly… stupid, but what I ended up doing is following Geoff’s instructions down to Organize Bookmarks and then taking screen shots & printing them out. I don’t mind re-entering the bookmarks manually; I just didn’t want to have to write them down manually. My hand goes numb if I have to write more than a few sentences. And\*\* joazito\*\*, after talking to the Mac guy, I’m not sure I’ll even need Firefox. But who knows… I’ll be embarking on a great big adventure next weekend with the new machine. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copy-paste-your-list-of-bookmarks/397201/7 "2007-03-23T20:13:03Z")
> [@](#): > > And joazito, after talking to the Mac guy, I’m not sure I’ll even need Firefox. You won’t need it, but you might want it. Safari vs. Firefox is largely a matter of taste (both are free, and both work pretty well).