I’ve been surfing the web for a long, long time. Back in the day, you know, it was AOL and it was so pretty and user-friendly that who needed a real actual browser? Not me! Ha! It was like a sippy-cup for the web. AOL held your hand through everything. Of course I grew up and started taking my web experience like an adult! I graduated to Internet Explorer and started saving all the nice websites I frequented under my “favorites”. Then I grew up even more and started using Netscape — then Netscape went away and now it is all about Firefox. Firefox is the browser du jour. Anything to stay away from that pesky Internet Explorer that creates more problems than it is worth — at least in my opinion.
Okay, so enough of the opining! What to do with all those favorites or bookmarks as Firefox calls them, when you move to a new computer?
Easy, peasy — just bring them with you. Firefox makes it super simple to do.
First Export your bookmarks on the old computer — to open export, select File–> Export from Firefox’s Bookmark Manager. A dialog window will open asking you where you want to save the file to. In my case, I put them on the Cylon-like external hard drive in a little folder called “bookmarks” lest I forget what the heck I did with them.
Then, unplug the harddrive from the old computer and put it to work on the new computer. Open Firefox, go to the Bookmarks Manager and choose File–> Import. It will ask you where you want to import the bookmarks from. Choose “from file.” Find your file on the handy-dandy Cylon harddrive in the folder you so wisely called “bookmarks” and click on it.
Viola! There they are!
A few little Firefox bookmark tidbits:
You can view your Firefox bookmarks on any browser. All you do is open or drag & drop the bookmark file to the browser window. That way if you want to take your bookmarks with you on vacation or whatever, you can put them on a memory stick and access them from any computer. Pretty cool!
Worried about losing your bookmarks? Firefox has you covered there too. It automatically creates backups of your bookmarks. They are saved in a file called bookmarkbackups in your Firefox profile directory.
If you don’t have Firefox, do yourself a favor and get it! You can download it for free from here. You’ll be glad you did.
To celebrate, raise your tankards and visit these sites here:
For Crafters:
Are you a knitter? Or know someone who does? I like to knit and felting is really, really fun — so swab the deck and head over here for a cool felted pirate hat pattern — the best kind — the pattern is FREE!
Do you have kids and want to dress them in cute clothes? If so, Boden is offering 8 free orders to selected customers just for talking like a Pirate! Arghhh!
A Free Pirate Mask! Print it out, color, cut out and wear it around the office. I’m wearing mine right now. Even though I work alone, at home and there is no one to see me.
Avast! Ahoy! Raise the Jolly Roger! Here are some common Piratespeak Terms for ya’ll:
Aye- yes Ahoy- a call to attention Avast- a command to stop Blimey- used to convey frustration Booty- property seized through the act of piracy Buccaneer- a caribbean pirate Bucko- friend Cap’n- the captain Colors- the flag flown on the vessel Davey Jones’s Locker- dead and buried and sea Fairwinds- goodbye or good luck Grub - food Hornswaggle- to cheat Jolly Roger- skull and crossbones flag which indicates a pirate’s ship Lad (male), lass(female)- someone younger than you Landlubber or lubber- a non-sailor Me Hearties- term used for pirate leader to address his crew Old Salt- an experienced sailor Pieces of eight- silver spanish coins Scallywag- a scoundel Scurvy Dog- Vile and contemptible Shark bait- a foe Ship shape- well organized ship Shiver me timbers- an expression to convey surprise Splice the membrane- to have a drink Swag -loot Sea legs- the ability to walk on a rocking boat Sea rover- a pirates ship Sweat trade- the career of piracy
I guess I like the new computer. And it seems to like me. So I guess we can be friends. Actually, Dell was quite accommodating, what with sending me two new ones to try and not making me send anything back until I was satisfied. Steve from Dell has been calling to check up on me every other day — Hi Steve! — and I should be getting a call from him any time now to make sure I am satisfied. So, Dell, you are back on the “happy list”!
Now that I have this computer, how in the heck to I get all my stuff on it? Honestly, this is always a good time to purge yourself of the junk that you don’t really need. For instance, I have a graphics program that I use daily that creates an automatic back-up file of my current work whenever I close a document. I like this. It has saved my behind more than once. However, I don’t really need all those back-up files — especially of work I did 10 years ago. I still have the original file if I need it. So, what I did is a quick search of all files that have the words “backup” in them. Then I delete them. No need to bring all those to the new computer.
Next is mail. I must admit to being a little bit obsessed about keeping all email correspondence. That comes from having worked in the corporate world for some very unpredictable and paranoid corporate bosses. So, just so you know — if you sent me an email 10 years ago, I still have it. Most likely.
I’ll create an export file of all mail to bring to the new computer. But I won’t import it into my new mail program. I’ll just hang onto it in case I need it. Call it insurance.
Now, how do I move all those files? Enter another best friend of mine — the My Book external drive. This puppy has tons of space, more than enough for even my files. All I did was plug in the My Book, attach via USB port and turn it on. It reminds me of a Cylon from the old Battlestar Galactica(I used to have a huge crush on Starbuck, who is now a GIRL in the new Battlestart Galactica — what is up with that????)
How do I move all those files over? Simple. Click and drag, my friend. Click. And. Drag.
Plug in the My Book to the new computer and there they are! Simple as pie. Easy as cake.
I think I may have found success with the computer that was finally sent to me from Dell. Thanks for your comment by the way, guy from Dell. I’ll let you know if I need you!
I’ve had the new Studio laptop for all of 12 hours, but so far so good. It seems to accept my programs and that is the main thing. I also like the sleek design and they sent it to me in midnight blue which works for me.
So, with having to play “Merry-Go Computers” for the past 6 weeks, how in the heck do I keep all my information from one system to the next?
That’s a good question. I’ve got a few tricks up my sleeve, and I will give you an outline of how I handled this in the next few posts.
First Export your bookmarks on the old computer — to open export, select File–> Export from Firefox’s Bookmark Manager. A dialog window will open asking you where you want to save the file to. In my case, I put them on the Cylon-like external hard drive in a little folder called “bookmarks” lest I forget what the heck I did with them.
Then, unplug the harddrive from the old computer and put it to work on the new computer. Open Firefox, go to the Bookmarks Manager and choose File–> Import. It will ask you where you want to import the bookmarks from. Choose “from file.” Find your file on the handy-dandy Cylon harddrive in the folder you so wisely called “bookmarks” and click on it.
I guess I like the new computer. And it seems to like me. So I guess we can be friends. Actually, Dell was quite accommodating, what with sending me two new ones to try and not making me send anything back until I was satisfied. Steve from Dell has been calling to check up on me every other day — Hi Steve! — and I should be getting a call from him any time now to make sure I am satisfied. So, Dell, you are back on the “happy list”!
I think I may have found success with the computer that was finally sent to me from Dell. Thanks for your comment by the way, guy from Dell. I’ll let you know if I need you!
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