Import bookmarks/passwords not working

[MarciaFunebre]

Trying to migrate from Firefox. Import of bookmarks and passwords is not working. Any way to do this in a different way?

This is really not a great start with Vivaldi...

[MarciaFunebre]

Thanks for the reply.
Tried to install ffpass.
It wants me to install Python. Did that.
Still the PIP command "cannot be found".

[MarciaFunebre]

I was able to export a csv file. But when I go to "chrome://settings/passwords" there is no button to import anything. How do I get the csv into Vivaldi?

[Ayespy]

@MarciaFunebre It's in the Vivaldi main menu under File/Import bookmarks and settings. But you need an HTML file, not a .csv file.

[mib2berlin]

@MarciaFunebre
Hi, it is really a bit complicate to import as Chromium remove the flag to set inside the browser.
Follow @Gwen-Dragon link > https://labs.gwendragon.de/blog/Web/Browser/Vivaldi/vivaldi-2-9-passwordimport

or add
--enable-features=PasswordImport
to the desktop shortcut of Vivaldi.

Browser for power user meant sometimes you need super power to get things to work, even browser developer don´t make it easy.

Cheers, mib

[MarciaFunebre]

@Ayespy how do i convert that csv file to html then?

[MarciaFunebre]

@mib2berlin - Gwen-Dragon's method did not work (see above) because in the end there was no import button for a csv file.

what exactly do you mean by "--enable-features=PasswordImport to the desktop" - can you expound?

[Ayespy]

@MarciaFunebre Are you unable to export bookmarks from the target browser as HTML? That is the usual export format.

[MarciaFunebre]

@Ayespy The only method to export them as a file is with the above suggested FF Password Exporter. It eports as CSV or JSON. Not HTML.

[mib2berlin]

@MarciaFunebre
Hi, first export bookmarks as html:

Translation: Import and Save > Export as HTML

You can change the desktop shortcut for Vivaldi with RMC context menu.
I am not on Windows at moment, will edit screen shots later.

--enable-features=PasswordImport

Cheers, mib

[Ayespy]

@MarciaFunebre I think that's wrong. Let me check.

[Ayespy]

@MarciaFunebre
OMG Firefox is a terrible browser.

Siderite's Bookmark Explorer extension for Firefox enables you to export to HTML, like every other browser.

[MarciaFunebre]

@mib2berlin - sorry if I forgot to mention - I am on MacOS, not Windows.

[MarciaFunebre]

@Ayespy - Thanks, I will try that. It seems to be only for bookmarks though - any chance there is something like that for passwords as well?

[mib2berlin]

@MarciaFunebre
Oh, no idea how this work on OSX but it is a Unix.
If you can start Vivaldi from a terminal you can add the switch there.

Cheers, mib

[MarciaFunebre]

@mib2berlin - Unfortunately I don't know how...

[mib2berlin]

@MarciaFunebre

Open Terminal using the Applications folder > https://www.idownloadblog.com/2019/04/19/ways-open-terminal-mac/

https://osxdaily.com/2007/02/01/how-to-launch-gui-applications-from-the-terminal/

open vivaldi -enable-features=PasswordImport

Should work.

Cheers, mib

[MarciaFunebre]

@mib2berlin "-enable -features" would need the space, right? Anyway, once I corrected the path (I think it needs to be /Applications/Vivaldi.app) I got rid of the error messages, but instead no message is appearing and Terminal is freezing up.
Something is still not working here.

[mib2berlin]

@MarciaFunebre
I am sorry, copy past error and no space.
The correct switch is:
--enable-features=PasswordImport

Oh man, this missing - can never work.

Cheers, mib

[MarciaFunebre]

@mib2berlin - Thanks, but still no luck - it results in:

open: unrecognized option `--enable-features=PasswordImport'