http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:24:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/09/web-browser-backup-software-favbackup-updated/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/09/web-browser-backup-software-favbackup-updated/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:32:10 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=17113 FavBackup allowed Windows users to backup web browser specific settings. The program was easy to use and supported most major web browsers. Some things were not perfect like missing support for custom or multiple user profiles, portable browser support or the disk and computer memory usage during backup jobs. The developer of FavBackup has recently upgraded the backup software to version 2 which addresses most of the issues that users had with the software.

The jump to version 2 of the web browser backup software brings support for Opera 10 and Flock 2.5 (next to the already existing support for Internet Explorer 6 to Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 2.9 to Firefox 3.6, Google Chrome 1 to Google Chrome 4, Safari 3 and 4, Opera 9 and Flock 3). This should cover the most used web browsers in the Windows operating system.

One of the great additions in FavBackup 2 is support for portable web browsers. It is now possible to select a custom location for the user profile for Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, Safari and Flock. It is furthermore possible to select any of the identified profiles of the supported web browsers directly.

Other changes in this release are the new ribbon interface, a progress bar, different themes for the backup program, 40% less computer memory usage and minor bug fixes. The new additions make FavBackup 2 a recommended program for web browser backups, especially if multiple different web browsers are installed and used in a computing environment.

Tags: backup software, explorer++, favbackup, firefox backup, google chrome backup, internet, Internet Explorer Backup, opera backup, portable software, web browser, web browser backup, windows software

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/09/web-browser-backup-software-favbackup-updated/feed/ 3 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/24/opera-backup/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/24/opera-backup/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:46:51 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8500 Opera Launcher was released yesterday by Tamil over at the Opera website. The software program is a launcher for Opera with additional options that could make it useful for many Opera users. The main use of the launcher is to create an Opera backup. It can backup Opera bookmarks, notes and sessions with data stamp.

Both the bookmarks and notes will be backed up in the Opera profile directory in the newly created backups directory. Windows users find the Opera profile folder in the hidden Application Data folder of their user profile.

Opera launcher has a few additional options that can be checked. It can disable the crash startup dialog and delete the quick find search history. The small tool has to be placed inside the main Opera directory. The easiest way to work with the program is to create a shortcut to the launcher and place it in the start menu or or on the computer desktop.

Previously created backups can be recovered by moving one of the backups into the main profile directory and renaming it to opera6.adr or notes.adr depending on the file.

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