{"id":6807,"date":"2016-05-20T15:52:33","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T15:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=6807"},"modified":"2016-05-20T16:00:12","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T16:00:12","slug":"recover-firefox-password-on-mac-os-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/recover-firefox-password-on-mac-os-x\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Ways to Recover Firefox Password on Mac OS X"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is there any way to retrieve saved passwords from a non-working Firefox? Where are Firefox passwords stored on Mac OS X? In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 ways to recover forgotten Firefox password on Mac OS X.<\/p>\n

\"firefox-remember-password\"<\/p>\n

Method 1: Recover Password Using Firefox’s Built-in Option<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you can still access the Firefox browser, it’s quite easy to view the saved website passwords by following these steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Click the hamburger button (three horozontal lines) in the top-right corner of your Firefox browser, then select Preferences<\/strong>.\n

    \"firefox-preferences\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. In the Preferences window, click on the Security<\/strong> tab and then click the Saved Logins<\/strong> button.\n

    \"firefox-security-tab\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. Now you will see list of website and username which has been saved in Firefox browser. Passwords are hidden for security reasons, you can click the Show Passwords<\/strong> button to reveal the saved passwords.\n

    \"firefox-saved-logins\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Recover Firefox Password Using Password Recovery Tool<\/strong><\/p>\n

    If your Firefox browse stops working or you need to recover passwords from an old hard drive, you can use the Firefox Password Recovery<\/a> program. Here’s how to recover passwords from Firefox profile on Mac OS X:<\/p>\n

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    1. From the OS X desktop or a Finder window, simply press Command<\/strong>(\u2318) + Shift<\/strong> + G<\/strong> to bring up the Go to Folder dialog. Type the following path and press Enter.
      \n\t~\/Library\/Application Support\/Firefox<\/code><\/p>\n

      \"go-to-folder\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    2. It will open your specified folder in the Finder window. From there you can see the Profiles<\/strong> folder which is used by Firefox to stored passwords and bookmarks.\n

      \"mac-firefox-profile\"<\/p>\n

      As the Firefox Password Recovery program can run in Windows only, you need to copy the whole profile folder to a USB flash drive, and then transfer it to a Windows-based computer.<\/li>\n

    3. Now download<\/a> and install the Firefox Password Recovery program on your Windows-based computer. After installing, launch the program and click on the Recover From File<\/strong> button.\n

      \"firefox-password-recovery\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    4. In the pop-up dialog box, click on Browse<\/strong> button to select the Firefox profile folder stored in your USB flash drive. Once it’s done, click OK<\/strong>.\n

      \"select-firefox-profile\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    5. The program will quickly decrypt the Firefox profile and display the login URLs, usernames and passwords for all saved login credentials.\n

      \"recover-firefox-password\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Is there any way to retrieve saved passwords from a non-working Firefox? Where are Firefox passwords stored on Mac OS X? In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 ways to recover forgotten Firefox password on Mac OS X. Method 1: Recover Password Using Firefox’s Built-in Option If you can still access the Firefox browser, it’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[105,2695,2697,2698,2696],"class_list":["post-6807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","tag-firefox-password-recovery","tag-recover-firefox-password-on-mac","tag-recover-firefox-passwords-from-old-hard-drive","tag-recover-firefox-passwords-from-profile","tag-reveal-firefox-password-on-mac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6807"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6822,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6807\/revisions\/6822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}