How can I restore my extensions?

[eN0ch]

eN0ch last edited by

I can't figure out if it's possible to restore extensions after a problem. I have a good Time Machine backup and I'm signed into the account sync service too.

The latter works well as far as bookmarks go. But it doesn't seem to store extensions. Time Machine has multiple versions of ~/Library/Application Support/com.operasoftware.Opera/ <several folders and files to do with extensions>. So I thought surely the extensions would be retrievable from there.

I had a drive failure recently. I restored my Time Machine data to my new computer. Opera has all its bookmarks. But no sign of the extensions. I then tried re-restoring the extension related data manually from the backup (see previous paragraph). Still no extensions.

Am I to understand they're gone for good?

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @eN0ch last edited by

@en0ch Well, you could reinstall them ...

Not really sure how things work on a Mac, but on Windows a new drive is treated like a different computer. Bookmarks are not encrypted and can be transferred to a new drive or computer, but any encrypted data like passwords and cookies is unreadable. I'd have to guess extension data is in the second category.

[eN0ch]

eN0ch @sgunhouse last edited by

@sgunhouse thanks for responding.

(No offence, but hoping someone more mac-knowledgable might hop in too).

You could be right. Although I can't fathom why extension data would be encrypted in that way.

In any case it's now looking like something more complex at work. Overwriting extension-related support files with those from an earlier system backup makes no difference. But that's minor compared with the latest, which is that I manually re-added a bunch of extensions last night, and this morning they're gone! Along with one or two other settings tweaks I did yesterday.

Which raises the thought that it might all be related to a wider system permissions issue I'm having

[robinMaxi]

robinMaxi last edited by

I am Also Facing This same issue in my browser how can i fix this????

[eN0ch]

eN0ch @robinMaxi last edited by

@robinmaxi Wish I could help. But I didn't find a solution. So ended up adding all back manually

[robinMaxi]

robinMaxi @eN0ch last edited by

@en0ch Ok Thanks you if you get any solution keep update me.