How about some HELP?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

I have copied over the bookmarks folder and all bookmarks are on the new HD

What bookmarks folder? You need the Bookmarks files (Bookmarks and Bookmarks Extra) from Opera's profile folder.

However, the speed dial on the new install is empty, just the "Plus" sign. What did I do wrong?

Nothing. As the comment above yours said, they are probably in the 'Other Speed Dials' folder in the bookmarks manager.

I did not find a speed dial folder nor a speed dial file to copy.

Did you read the entire topic? Speed Dials are part of bookmarks and therefore are stored in Bookmarks file.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Sorry, didn't mean to say folder, wanted to say file.

Yes, they are in the Other Speed Dials folder in the bookmarks manager. How do I open them on the start page?

[rif]

rif last edited by

I have copied over the bookmarks folder and all bookmarks are on the new HD

What bookmarks folder? You need the Bookmarks files (Bookmarks and Bookmarks Extra) from Opera's profile folder.

Nothing. As the comment above yours said, they are probably in the 'Other Speed Dials' folder in the bookmarks manager.

I did not find a speed dial folder nor a speed dial file to copy.

Did you read the entire topic? Speed Dials are part of bookmarks and therefore are stored in Bookmarks file.

I guess I'm getting confused now also. I know that on my new Opera install I can go to the bookmarks mgr and under "Other Speed Dials" I can see my speed dial from the desktop computer.

But I think I wanted what the OP wanted, a way to copy the speed dial from one computer to another.

I have tried copying the bookmarks and bookmarksextra files but that has not accomplished anything.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Sorry, didn't mean to say folder, wanted to say file.
Yes, they are in the Other Speed Dials folder in the bookmarks manager. How do I open them on the start page?

You need to copy them using the Bookmarks Manager from the "Other Speed Dials" folder to the "Speed Dial" folder, as I said earlier.
It's the entries in the latter folder that are actually displayed as the "start page".
If it has the default Speed Dial entries in it at the moment, delete them all, and then copy and paste the set of Speed Dial entries that you want over to the folder.
That should be it.

[rif]

rif last edited by

You need to copy them using the Bookmarks Manager from the "Other Speed Dials" folder to the "Speed Dial" folder, as I said earlier.
It's the entries in the latter folder that are actually displayed as the "start page".
If it has the default Speed Dial entries in it at the moment, delete them all, and then copy and paste the set of Speed Dial entries that you want over to the folder.

OK, this still isn't very clear, but I had a hunch and it worked.

Go to the Other Speed Dials page. Then...

Ctrl-a
Ctrl-c

Go to the speed dial bookmark and

Ctrl-v

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

How do I open them on the start page?

Copy them from 'other speed dials' to 'speed dial'

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

OK, this still isn't very clear, but I had a hunch and it worked.
Go to the Other Speed Dials page. Then...
Ctrl-a
Ctrl-c
Go to the speed dial bookmark and
Ctrl-v

Which is exactly what I said to do!

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

OK, got it now, thanks a bunch.

Now, my last question: how do I copy the login info from one PC to the other?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Assuming you mean your Opera Sync login, why do you need to do that?
Just login to your account again from the installation of Opera on the new PC.
You may be asked for your operating system login as it's a different machine.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

No, I do not mean any Sync Login, I don't even know what that is.
I'm talking about the user names, passwords for certain websites that Opera stores somewhere.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Now, my last question: how do I copy the login info from one PC to the other?

You enable Sync and then password synchronisation.

You can't manually copy the login info file from one computer to another because it will not work, since the file is encrypted using your OS account info.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

You enable Sync and then password synchronisation.

I have no idea what you are talking about, sorry.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

You enable Sync and then password synchronisation.
I have no idea what you are talking about, sorry.

Menu > synchronisation (or something like that).

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

So I need to create an account? And then, what? Upload the passwords and then download them into the new PC? Is that the idea?
Sorry for my silly questions.
As the guy in the first post said, I wish people would stop assuming that everyone knows what they are talking about.
Ed

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

So I need to create an account?

To be able to use your saved passwords in others installations of Opera on different computers or OS accounts, yes.

And then, what?

Then Opera will sync your data and you be able to use it in another Opera installation by logging in.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

So I need to create an account? And then, what? Upload the passwords and then download them into the new PC? Is that the idea?
Sorry for my silly questions.
As the guy in the first post said, I wish people would stop assuming that everyone knows what they are talking about.
Ed

Although Sync can of course be used for its obvious purpose of synchronising Opera data between different devices, which is its primary purpose, it also acts as a backup mechanism even if you only have one installation, as your Opera data is saved on Opera's servers and can be restored from there.
I would recommend anyone to enable Sync even if they only have one copy of Opera.
In your case it does depend on you still being able to run the original copy of Opera to get the information to the server.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

it also acts as a backup mechanism

Just remembering that if you delete/change anything in your Opera installation, it will be mirrored in the server's copy. So it may work as a backup in case of a crash and/or if you need to do a clean install of Opera but not in a case of erroneous remove of data.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Well, that's useful information. I didn't know that.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Just remembering that if you delete/change anything in your Opera installation, it will be mirrored in the server's copy. So it may work as a backup in case of a crash and/or if you need to do a clean install of Opera but not in a case of erroneous remove of data.

Indeed so!
Only a regular backup of the Opera profile folder on your computer will do that, or better still a regular backup of your whole computer!

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Nobody gave me an external HD for my BD yesterday!

How inconsiderate of you, Dave.