Sync Safari Bookmarks Using Dropbox

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Sync Safari Bookmarks Using Dropbox
Using Cloud Storage, You Can Keep All Your Mac's Safari Bookmarks in Sync
Syncing your Mac's Safari bookmarks is an easy process, one that ill also i
ncrease your producti!ity, especially if you routinely use multiple Macs"
# can't tell you ho many times #'!e sa!ed a bookmark and later been unable
to $nd it, because # couldn't remember hich Mac # as using at the time" S
yncing bookmarks puts an end to that particular problem"
%e're going to sho you ho to set up your on broser bookmark syncing
ser!ice" %e chose Safari for this guide because it's the most popular eb bro
ser for the Mac, and because &irefo' has built(in bookmark syncing capabil
ities, so you really don't need much of a guide to set that ser!ice up" )*ust go
to &irefo' preferences and turn the Sync feature on"+
%e're only going to sync Safari's bookmarks, although it's possible to sync ot
her aspects of the Safari broser, such as history and the top sites list" Book
marks are the most important aspect of Safari that # ant to be consistent ac
ross all of my Macs" #f you ant to sync any other items, this guide should pr
o!ide enough information to help you $gure out ho to do it"
,o or more Macs hose brosers you ant to sync up"
-S . /eopard or later" ,his guide should also ork for earlier !ersions of -S
., but # ha!en't been able to test them" 0rop us a line if you try this guide i
th an older !ersion of -S ., and let us kno ho it ent"
0ropbo', one of our fa!orite cloud(based storage ser!ices" You can actually u
se 1ust about any cloud(based storage ser!ice, as long as it pro!ides a Mac cl
ient that makes the cloud storage appear to the Mac as 1ust another &inder f
older"
A fe minutes of your time, and access to all the Macs you ish to sync up"
#f you don't use 0ropbo', you ill need to create a 0ropbo' account and inst
all the 0ropbo' client for the Mac" You can $nd instructions in the Setting U
p 0ropbo' for Mac guide"
-pen a &inder indo, then na!igate to the Safari support folder, located
at2 34/ibrary4Safari" ,he tilde )3+ in the pathname represents your home fol
der" So, you can get there by opening your home folder, then the /ibrary fold
er, and then the Safari folder"
#f you're using -S . /ion or later, you on't see the /ibrary folder at all,
because Apple chose to hide it" You can use the folloing guide to make the
/ibrary folder reappear in /ion2 -S . /ion #s 5iding Your /ibrary &older"
-nce you ha!e the 34/ibrary4Safari folder open, you ill notice it holds ma
ny of the support $les that Safari needs" #n particular, it contains the Bookm
arks"plist $le, hich contains all of your Safari bookmarks"
0rag the Bookmarks"plist $le to your 0ropbo' folder"
0ropbo' ill copy the $le to cloud storage" %hen the process is complete,
a green check mark ill appear on the $le icon"
Since e ha!e mo!ed the bookmarks $le, e need to tell Safari here it i
s, otherise Safari ill create a ne, blank bookmarks $le the ne't time you
launch it
6ress return or enter to e'ecute the command" Your Mac ill then create a s
ymbolic link beteen the location Safari e'pects to $nd the bookmarks $le a
nd its ne location in your 0ropbo' folder"
,o !erify that the symbolic link is orking, launch Safari" You should see all
of your bookmarks loaded in the broser"
Syncing Safari on Additional Macs
%ith your main Mac no storing its Bookmarks"plist $le in the 0ropbo' fold
er, it is time to sync your other Macs to the same $le" ,o do this, e ill repe
at most of the same steps e performed abo!e, ith one e'ception" #nstead
of mo!ing each Mac's copy of the Bookmarks"plist $le to your 0ropbo' folder,
e're going to delete the $les instead" -nce e delete them, e ill use ,er
minal to link Safari to the single Bookmarks"plist $le located in the 0ropbo'
folder"
So the process ill follo these steps
6erform steps 7 though 8
0rag the Bookmarks"plist $le to the trash"
6erform steps 79 through 7:
,hat's all there is to syncing your Safari's bookmarks $le" You can no acces
s the same bookmarks on all of your Macs" Any changes you make to your bo
okmarks, including additions, deletions, and organi;ation, ill sho up on e!
ery Mac that is synced to the same bookmark $le
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