I’ve been using Brave on a Linux Mint 21.1 Cinnamon desktop computer. I just installed the same OS on a laptop. I tried to import my book marks to the laptop by exporting the ones on my desktop to a file saved on a USB stick, then importing the bookmarks from the USB stick.
What I wound up with was a folder named Imported on the bookmarks bar. I can’t open that folder. When I open bookmarks from the settings window, I can see all my book marks and they work.
How can I get the bookmarks onto the bookmark bar where they belong?
Tried deleting the “Imported” folder from your brower, then copy from your USB to the hard drive (maybe in ~/Documents, but surely not at /) from there try importing to Brave.
I hope it will work, and I recommend you to try Linux Mint Debian Edition in order to have a Canonical-free Linux experience.
but go to the bookmark manager or simply brave://bookmarks/ then click the folder from the left side part of the page then ctrl + A to select all bookmarks then ctrl + X to cut them then go to bookmarks folder it will be the first folder on the list then paste using ctrl + V
by the way if you have the folder on the menu bar and you click on it it will show all the bookmarks it contain
Both files are text files - readable with a text editor - but no, I’ve never tried editing either file. While the contents are text, the formatting is … very specific.
My arrangement is similar to what you describe - a desktop and a laptop. My bookmarks stay relatively stable. When I update one set to match the other, I don’t rely on Brave’s ‘sync’ tool - because I’ve found it predictably-but-randomly creates duplicates of bookmarks requiring inevitable “housekeeping”.
With Brave closed / AFTER MAKING BACK-UPS of the 2 files, I copy / paste the files from my desktop (which in my usage is my ‘source’) to my laptop (my ‘target’). (“copy/paste”: Yep, your USB-stick does the job, but this can be done over a network connection.) For me, this works, but your arrangement (‘Mint’) may require a different approach.
I’m sorry to take so long to respond but I’ve been busy putting out the plethora of fires life keeps handing me.
I was able to follow the file path you suggested on my desktop but Brave had been installed in a completely different place on the laptop so, being a coward, I created a Timeshift snapshot, then uninstalled Brave on the laptop.
After reinstalling it, using the terminal directions on Brave’s website, I copied the bookmarks and bookmarks.bak files on my desktop to a USB stick, then followed the file path on the laptop to Default, pasted in the two files, the booted Brave. Success, the bookmarks were there!
On a hunch, I tried exporting my passwords on my desktop computer to the USB stick, the importing them to the laptop and, this time, success!
