FEBE Add-On For Firefox – Back Up Profile

Posted by on Aug 13, 2008 | No Comments

For most of us who are using Firefox, we are aware that the Profile that Firefox creates is an important part of the browsing experience. But if your profile is damaged, for whatever reason, a backup copy of the Profile can come in handy. FEBE is an add-on that takes the pain out of doing a manual backup. FEBE will:

FEBE backs up your extensions, themes, and (optionally) your bookmarks,
preferences, passwords, cookies and just about everything else Firefox
offers (it can even backup/restore your entire profile).


Features:


* Schedule automatic backups on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.


* Save backups in time-stamped folders to easily identify when the
backups were created. Specify how many folders you wish to keep and
FEBE removes the oldest.


* Backup reminder. FEBE can alert you if a backup has not been completed in a specified number of days.


* Comprehensive results report with links to the author’s extension/theme homepages.


* User-defined backups. Make backups of virtually any file or folder -
Firefox related or not. Just specify what to backup and FEBE does the
rest.


* Extensive built-in help files. Just click the little blue information icons in FEBE options.


* FEBE 6.0 uses native Firefox zip/unzip components. Much, much faster
than previous FEBE versions that depended on external, third-party
utilities.


* Upload backups to your Box.net account automatically or with a single click. (FEBE 6.0)


* Verify your extension directory. Upgrading to Fx 3.0 sometimes leaves
garbage in the extensions directory. FEBE can clean it up. (FEBE 6.0)


* Quick Backup. You can quickly backup as many or as few individual
extensions/themes as you like. They can be saved together in a single,
installable xpi file (Similar to CLEO). (FEBE 6.0)


* … and more!

I gave the FEBE add-on a try and it works as advertised. The process is extremely easy to use, and the scheduled backup is a nice feature. FEBE basically does the work for you. I highly recommend this add-on to anyone using Firefox.

What do you use to backup your Firefox Profile?

Comments welcome.

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