MozBackup - Backup & Restore Firefox Profile Settings, Bookmarks & Extensions
I've personalized my Firefox 3 browser pretty heavily, to suit my needs at work and at home... That's why I use Firefox more than any other browser (I still use Opera fairly regularly, and IE only when absolutely necessary). However, it took a lot of work to configure each of my Firefox profiles the way I like it, and it would be a royal pain if I had to do it over from scratch. Fortunately, I'm very VERY good at backing up settings, files and directories at work and at home. Just about any important file, I back up on a weekly to hourly basis on a second slower hard drive. I have monthly archives, compressed with WinRAR with PAR2 parity files. Depending on the importance of the archives, I save the data on DVDs, portable hard drives, across other systems on a network, and/or even off-site on my FTP. As such, I always appreciate when a tool comes along that makes it easier. For backing up my Mozilla Firefox profiles, my personal favorite tool is MozBackup, by Pavel Cvrcek.

MozBackup is VERY simple to use, and thoroughly backs up bookmarks, settings, about:config tweaks, extensions, themes, history, saved passwords, auto-complete data, sidebars, cache files and other files essential to customizing Mozilla Firefox. It saves them in compressed archives, which you can easily make PAR2 parity files for, and save - no need to dig through Windows Users directories, and copying multiple profile directories. It does all the dirty work for you, when backing up your profiles. Should you need to revert to a previous configuration, or you have to reinstall, it's easy to restore from saved profiles with just a few button clicks.

This has come in real handy when migrating Mozilla Firefox to certain workstations on a network. I was able to configure one system for general browsing, for everyone at the office, and then migrate the profile to each system using MozBackup. As well, if I install an extension that is difficult to remove, or irreparably damages the browser, I was able to jump back to a clean profile in minutes. In all, MozBackup has probably saved me 4 or 5 hours, to-date - and MozBackup was totally free. What a deal!

MozBackup also works with the Thunderbird mail client, Sunbird, Flock, SeaMonkey, Netscape and portable installs of Firefox. Visit the official MozBackup webpage for more details, or for a free download.

Cross-posted to my Product Testimonial & Review blog - MozBackup - Backup & Restore Firefox Profile Settings, Bookmarks & Extensions