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I had to open another account on my MAC because it was compromised. Lost History, Bookmarks, Notes, etc. Can I get them back? HELP.

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sangolb
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I had to open another account on my MAC because it was compromised. Lost History, Bookmarks, Notes, etc. Can I get them back? HELP.

That sums it up pretty well. I am lost without these.

Thanks,

Sandra Golbert

I had to open another account on my MAC because it was compromised. Lost History, Bookmarks, Notes, etc. Can I get them back? HELP. That sums it up pretty well. I am lost without these. Thanks, Sandra Golbert

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FredMcD
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Do you still have access to the old account?

In the old account; Look on your desktop. Do you see a folder called; Old Firefox?

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-run-firefox-when-profile-missing-inaccessible

cor-el
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On Mac you can find the profile folder in this hidden location (~/Library is hidden):

  • ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/<profile>/

As administrator you should be able to access someone else user account unless you already have removed this account and do not have a backup e.g. in the Time Machine.