Hi guys,
Brave Browser asked me to reinstall Brave and when i did, it said it wasnt compatible with my Mac Catalina 10.15.7 so now i am stuck with a Brave Browser Beta that i found on Github and i lost all my ten thousand bookmarks for my job that i had saved on the original Brave Browser.
Im quite panicking.
Is there a way that i can go back to my original Brave browser or if i can find my saved bookmarks stored somewhere in my MAC ? Please help
Thank you
Where to look on your Mac
Your Mac user account name is represented by “user_shortname” in the following.
/Users/user_shortname/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/
That “BraveSoftware” folder is what you want to routinely back up. I favor .zip compressing the folder, changing the resulting .zip file name to something like:
20241120_Wednesday_BrvBrsrSftwrFldrBkup.zip
Further into the sub-folders of that “BraveSoftware” folder, the bookmarks files of interest to you:
/Users/user_shortname/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Bookmarks
/Users/user_shortname/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Bookmarks.bak
Copy that first “Bookmarks” file to your Mac Desktop. Open that “Bookmarks” file - using the Text Editor.app on your Mac.
IF the bookmarks are intact, you will see in that file, as you slowly scroll down a little . . . a line beginning with:
“url”: "https://www. [etc.]
Look for a few more such lines. That evidence will show you, that the “Bookmarks” file copy that you saved to your Mac Desktop, is potentially what you seek . . . to preserve.
From now on, routinely back up your Brave Browser bookmarks, and your passwords (if using the Brave Browser Password Manager).
Please edit your Original Post (“OP”), above, to include categories
In your future, here:
Example of a good report:
How to stop the settings cog wheel icon from disappearing in Brave?
Such organized reports, help Brave Support to more carefully and quickly determine how to proceed.
PS. You might also edit the title of your OP, to change “uptaded” to “updated”.
And, about the Brave Browser version that you would use:
The download is at:
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/tag/v1.69.168
There, scroll down to, and select:
Where Brave Browser is installed (for future reference):
/Applications/Brave Browser.app
/Users/username/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware
/Users/username/Library/BraveSoftware
/Users/username/Library/Caches/BraveSoftware
/Users/username/Library/Preferences/com.brave.Browser.plistAnd the “Brave Browser Helper . . . .diag” crash reports within:
/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/
Wow thank you so much !!! Mannnn i appreciate it !
I edited all the typos !
Btw is there a way to know which Brave Browser i had initially ? Id like to go back to this one and not make the same mistake again by updating it or reinstalling.
I installed yesterday one from github but the Brave logo was blue, the original one that i had was orange
Given your MacOS being 10.15 Catalina, you are stuck with the version recommended. Yet, there are sometimes Component updates.
The “stuck with” has to do with changes made by Chromium.org - they periodically stop updating Chromium for older Operating Systems.
I am using MacOS 10.12.6 Sierra, running on a firewood burning steam engine, and the Brave Browser version is . . . I forget.
So i basically took 1 step too far by updating or uninstalling brave browser like they often propose to in the top right corner right ? I cannot go back
If you want to use Brave Browser (MacOS), then use the version that works (1.69 . . .) mentioned above.
Oh crap ! I just downloaded Brave (the one you recommended me to download) and I found back all my bookmarks !!! Thanks so much !!!
NOW, follow the guidelines for backing up your bookmarks.
The bookmarks backup procedure:
Launch Brave and open the Main menu:
Select
Bookmarks --> Bookmarks ManagerOpen the More options menu at the top right
Select
Exportand choose where you want to store the exported file.
The exported file name will be: “bookmarks.html”
Where you choose to place that backup file, should be somewhere on your computer, that is OUTSIDE the Brave Browser containment. IOW, NOT somewhere in the BraveSoftware folder (nor in its sub-folders):
/Users/user_shortname/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware
Because you want the backup file to not suffer whatever calamity causes the loss of the BraveSoftware et al.
I would also place a copy of the “bookmarks.html” file on an external drive, where you also have other important files stored.
Maybe create a folder: “Brave Browser bookmarks files”
And name each backup, contained therein, in chronological order:
20241121_Thursday_BrvBrsBkmksBkup.html
Done !
It says that my selected bookmarks were saved under “chrome person 1” Does that mean its gonna be saved on my chrome browser ?
