[tor-talk] Tor updates

Mirimir mirimir at riseup.net
Sat Sep 13 10:12:40 UTC 2014


On 09/13/2014 01:38 AM, Hartmut Haase wrote:
> Hi,
> when I download Tor Bundle xyz and unpack, it goes into a certain
> directory (.../tor-browser_de/ in my case) from where I start it. After
> a while I, and certainly others as well, modify settings, add a start
> page, import bookmarks etc.
> When I download a new version, unpacking wants to put it into the same
> directory named .../tor-browser_de/ (2). I can start the new version
> from there, but how do I get all my settings etc. into it?

For bookmarks, just open the library and backup, and shutdown the
browser. Then open the new browser and restore from the backup file.

I don't think that it's possible to transfer settings. See this Firefox
guide:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile


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