How to Move Favorites From a PC With Mozilla Firefox to a Mac

Mozilla offers versions of its open-source Firefox browser for both Windows and Mac PCs. Although there are some minor differences between the versions, they treat bookmarks -- the generic term for browser "Favorites" -- nearly identically. You can easily import and export bookmarks from either system to the other.

Instructions

1. Open Firefox on the Windows computer. Click the "Firefox" menu, then the arrow next to "Bookmarks." Click "Show All Bookmarks" to bring up the Library window.

2. Click the "Import and Backup" drop-down menu. Choose "Export HTML."

3. Type a filename for the exported Favorites into the dialog box. Click "Browse Folders" to navigate the directory hierarchy and choose a network location or removable storage device to transferring the exported file to the Mac system.

4. Open Firefox on the Mac system. Click the "Bookmarks" menu. Choose "Show All Bookmarks" to open the Library window.

5. Click the rightmost button, which is labeled with a star icon and an arrow. Select "Import HTML" from the drop-down menu. Leave "From an HTML File" selected in the resulting window. Click "Continue."

6. Navigate to the location of the exported HTML file. If the file is on a USB removable drive, insert the drive. If it's on a network drive, connect to the network, if necessary.

7. Click on the HTML Favorites file and press "Enter" or click "Open."