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Installing Instapaper


 

I'm trying to substitute for Pocket and think I have installed the Instapaper extension in Firefox, but can't figure out how it works. I saved something and can't find it. Help anywhere? Or will accept another substitute.

Thanks,
Barbara


 

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On May 25, 2025, at 3:32?PM, Barbara Mende via groups.io <barbara@...> wrote:
I'm trying to substitute for Pocket and think I have installed the Instapaper extension in Firefox, but can't figure out how it works. I saved something and can't find it. Help anywhere? Or will accept another substitute.
Thanks,
Barbara

Hi Barbara,

I don't even use FireFox, and I don't even know what the Instapaper extension is but have you tried searching your system for what ever name you gave to whatever you saved?

I did find this using chatGPT. Hope this helps.
Cheers,
John

On macOS, the Firefox extension for?Instapaper?does?not?save article content or bookmarks directly to a local file that¡¯s easily accessible like a standard download. Instead, it works by sending the data (webpages, article text, metadata) to?Instapaper¡¯s cloud servers, where it¡¯s stored in your account for access via web or app.


However, here¡¯s what does get stored locally:

  1. Firefox Extension Data (Local Cache, Settings):

    • Stored in your Firefox user profile:?~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/[random.default-release]/browser-extension-data/

        • Within this directory, if Instapaper is installed, it may have a folder like:

          browser-extension-data/com.instapaper.firefox




 

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Have you installed the Instapaper app? Or, you could visit the website. Either would be a way to access the content you¡¯ve saved to this service.

On May 25, 2025, at 12:32, Barbara Mende <barbara@...> wrote:

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I'm trying to substitute for Pocket and think I have installed the Instapaper extension in Firefox, but can't figure out how it works. I saved something and can't find it. Help anywhere? Or will accept another substitute.

Thanks,
Barbara