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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: September 29, 2009
- Total Downloads: 41,281
- Downloads last week: 410
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 31 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
As great as it is to have tools such as Firefox and Thunderbird, backing them up can be a tedious process. MozBackup is a tiny program that makes saving and restoring all your bookmarks, extensions, and other personal settings a streamlined and stress-free experience.
The program works with Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, and Netscape on Windows platforms. It doesn't work with Firefox Portable, Sunbird, Songbird, or Flock, but for standard Windows iterations of the programs in the Mozilla suite, it's almost silly to not use this program.
Close the program you want to back up, then run MozBackup. Choose backup or restore, then the application. Select the program profile and the location to save the backup, and whether you want to password protect the file. Lastly, choose which parts of the profile you want to save or restore, which range from from e-mails and address books to extensions and history, from certificates, and passwords to bookmarks and your cache.
To back up Netscape, choose the Mozilla Suite option.
Restoring a profile works the same way, but what makes the app extremely useful is that it doesn't differentiate from a restore and a clean install. So if you've got a specific or complicated set of extensions and settings on your work machine, and merely thinking about how to transfer them makes you want to revert to using an Underwood, MozBackup should quell your fears.
Publisher's description
From Pavel Cvrcek :MozBackup is a utility for creating backups of Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird and Netscape profiles. It allows you to backup mail, favorites, and contacts.
What's new in this version:
Version 1.4.9 is a bug-fixing release.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 31 votes
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Version: MozBackup 1.4.9
"Easy transfer of Thunderbird profile to new computer."
Pros: Fast set up, simple interface, worked great. Transferred my entire email profile to new computer painlessly.
Cons: Can't think of anything.
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Version: MozBackup 1.4.9
Pros: Easy to use, until you need to restore files.
Cons: Program crashes on restore, crashes the entire computer. Restore files are useless.
Summary: Don't use this product.
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Version: MozBackup 1.4.9
Pros: So easy to use.
Transfers everything you need without having to go through all the steps listed on help sites.
Great for Firefox and Thunderbird.Cons: Thunderbird does take awhile, but I'll take it over having to go through all the work that I read about elsewhere.
Summary: I needed to transfer Thunderbird to my new computer and was really confused by all the help articles that I found online. Finally I came across one that recommended MozBackup. Thank God!
This transfers your whole Firefox profile, not just you... read more >> -
Version: MozBackup 1.4.9
Pros: Easy to use to make backups.
Cons: Software cannot restore it's back-up files without saying back to you the back-up file is corrupt.
Summary: Poor restoration, program does not tell you it's back-up is good or bad, just that it is done. Needs a quality check routine to avoid corrupted back-up file sets. Wait for this before relying on this program.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: MozBackup 1.4.9
Pros: This is much improved. Backs up Firefox much faster.
Cons: Still a little slow in backing up Thunderbird. Should allow selection to overwrite old backup files.
Summary: Essential for saving and restoring Firefox profile and Thunderbird data. After installation, plug in a USB flash drive, Use MozBackup to browse and select USB flash drive. Once the USB flash drive has been selected for both Firefox and Thunderbird, ... read more >>
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