Sync Safari and Firefox Bookmarks?

PartisanEntity · 10-16-2008, 01:09 PM

Hi all,

Following problem:

Main browser on my macbook: firefox
Main browser on my iphone: Safari

Bookmarks added on the iphone get synced with Safari only, on the macbook.

How can I sync Safari with Firefox on my macbook so I always have the same bookmarks?

psylichon · 10-16-2008, 01:24 PM

Unfortunately there is no automatic way to do this. The iPhone will only sync with Safari on a Mac. On a PC, they only add the option of Internet Explorer (yuck).

Only thing you can do is manually synchronize your bookmarks between firefox and safari and sync your phone with safari.

PartisanEntity · 10-16-2008, 01:34 PM

The only problem is that sometimes I add bookmarks in Safari on the iphone and other times I add them in FF. So if I sync from Safari I might lose new ones from FF and vice-versa. Right?

psylichon · 10-16-2008, 01:39 PM

Yeah, it's a hot mess. Sorry there's no easy solution for ya...

acosmichippo · 10-16-2008, 02:05 PM

there might be an Automator script available or easily created. I'll have to check tomorrow when I have more free time.

impaler · 10-16-2008, 08:38 PM

I do use the free add-on extension for Firefox called FOxmarks to sync bookmarks via Firefox. That can keep all bookmarks up to date, just have to update them in two places.

PartisanEntity · 10-17-2008, 05:37 AM

Originally Posted by impaler

I do use the free add-on extension for Firefox called FOxmarks to sync bookmarks via Firefox. That can keep all bookmarks up to date, just have to update them in two places.

Thanks for the tip, I will look into it

PartisanEntity · 10-17-2008, 05:49 AM

Turns out Foxmarks is for multiple copies of Firefox. In my case I need to sync between Safari and Firefox on one mac.

VIPERxGTx2000 · 10-30-2008, 02:26 PM

Anybody figure out a solution yet? I Googled the same thing and this page came up as a result.

macgirl · 10-30-2008, 02:58 PM

My boss uses this and recommended it to me. I haven't tried it yet, but I plan to...