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Importing bookmarks

BookMark Pro imports your entire bookmark tree — folders, nesting, and all — from the files browsers produce when you export bookmarks.

Source File Notes
Firefox .json Firefox’s bookmark backup format.
Chrome / Safari .html The standard bookmarks HTML export.
Safari .zip or .html Safari 16.4+ zips its export; BookMark Pro unzips it automatically. Older Safari versions save plain .html.
BookMark Pro .json A file created by Export; restores icons, colors, and layout too.

The format is detected automatically from the file you pick — you never have to say which browser it came from.

Firefox: open the Bookmarks Library (Ctrl+Shift+O), then Import and Backup → Backup… and save the .json file.

Chrome: open the Bookmark Manager (Ctrl+Shift+O), click the menu, and choose Export bookmarks to save an .html file.

Safari: open the menu bar and choose File → Export Bookmarks…. Recent versions save a .zip archive — just pick it, BookMark Pro extracts the bookmarks file inside automatically. Older versions save an .html file directly.

  1. Click Import in the left sidebar.
  2. Select the file you exported.
  3. Choose the number of columns (1–20) to arrange the imported bookmarks into — 6 is the default, and you can always change the layout later.
  4. Confirm. Your bookmarks and folders appear in the grid.

The import happens entirely on your device: the file is read locally and nothing is uploaded anywhere.

  • Drag and drop to rearrange anything.
  • Favicons are resolved for your bookmarks so the grid fills in with real site icons — see Icons & favicons.