I want to import some bookmarks, browser history, and contents of my home directory. I have both 11.04 and 12.04 installed on my system.
Is there any way to import my data from older version?
To get your files, just copy the folders that you want to save like Downloads, Documents, Music, etc. to a different partition, Re-install Ubuntu, and after the installation is done copy the folders over.
To copy browsing history, and other important info:
Firefox:
You can do that by copying the relevant data files from the profile folder on the old computer to the samet folder on the new computer. The location of the profile folder ~/.mozilla/firefox
Chrome:
The Chrome bookmarks, history, and settings are in ~/.config/google-chrome/Default
. Copy this folder, re-install chrome and put it back into the same location.
For bookmarks:
Firefox:
Chrome:
Chrome sync
To sync your information in the browser like history, passwords, bookmarks, etc. Follow these easy steps:
Follow the same steps in the other browser to sync it.
Backup
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