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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 03:50 PM
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How do I copy my favorites from one computer to the other?
I have roughly 200 favorites that I need for work and I've been emailing them to myself since I got the new computer.

I'm running I/E (shut up, you)

Any ideas?
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 03:53 PM
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1. You have to write them all down by hand and then
Just kidding. In your preferences folder (at least on a Mac) there is a file called bookmarks. html or favorites.html. you just email it to yourself and put in the same spot on your second computer or copy it to a flash drive and do the same thing.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 04:07 PM
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5. It's telling me that it won't email them because of potential
security risks. Solution?

And, thanks.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 04:10 PM
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6. Throw the file on a flash drive or burn it to a cd/dvd..
Then just put it into your second computer and drag it into the appropriate folder
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 04:11 PM
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7. Okay. Thanks. I suppose I could also put it on my external hard drive
and just do the same thing, right?

Appreciate your help.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 04:11 PM
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8. That would work too.
Good luck!
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 04:13 PM
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10. P.S.
When you put it into the folder it may warn you that a file with the same name is already in there and do you want to replace it. If you don't care about the favorites already there hit okay, replace.
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Soylent Brice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 04:15 PM
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12. damn, i was too late.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 04:00 PM
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2. Are you moving them from I/E to I/E?
Use the Import/Export function under the File heading
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 04:01 PM
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3. Click on favorites. Drop the list.
Place monitor on copier. Press copy.

Easy peasy.
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 04:04 PM
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4. I didn't know I posted 200 threads
wow. :D
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 04:12 PM
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9. Carbon paper.
Just fold it up and stick it in one of the slots on the big shiny computer box.
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Soylent Brice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 04:14 PM
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11. windows:
back up on external hardrive. you will have your favorites and desktop settings somewhere in the C:/ in My Documents most likely.

back it up, then plug your external into the new comp, and drag and click over to C:/ in My Documents.

you'll see the favorites star, but i would recommend draggin all personal settings that you wish to keep over to it.

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Crabby Appleton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-07-09 04:55 PM
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13. in the browser, go to File | Import and Export | Export Favorites
it will create a file called bookmark.htm, copy that to your new PC, the do the same steps but select import.
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