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Two way bookmark sync between Google Chrome and Chromium Edge?
Hi Everyone, it is interesting to see this discussion. We have posted some questions on this topic here - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/ongoing-sync-between-microsoft-edge-and-chrome-discussion/m-p/1297563
Please take a moment and share your response on the thread linked above.
cc. Keith Davis
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p37307 I have been looking for such a tool also as I have found Edge simply works better on my Surface Pro than Chrome does. Chrome is still my preferred browser from desktop but want Edge to sync up with Chrome bookmarks when I do use. I came across XBrowser Sync and while it doesn't yet support Edge, its the only one I've found that at least has on its roadmap. I've bookmarked their site and will be checking back until they do release. In the meantime I am stuck in the world of manually syncing monthly.
https://www.xbrowsersync.org/#download
I have no association with XBrowser sync so can't speak to its capabilities and reliability.
I can confirm that using the Chrome extension of xBrowserSync works.
darrynbrooking I'm looking for a capability to sync Edge bookmarks to Chrome and Chrome bookmarks to Edge. If I save a bookmark in Chrome, I'd like it to sync to Edge. If I save a bookmark in Edge, I'd like it to sync to Chrome. I don't want to import or copy bookmarks from one to the other.
Does xBrowserSync meet that requirement?
Does it meet it alone or do I need an additional extension in one of the browsers?
Does it sync all bookmarks or just the ones under "Favorites"?
Thanks!
Having tried symlinks as a solution and not been satisfied, I then moved over to xBrowserSync and everything works two way between Chrome, FireFox and Edge but with a few querks. Have been using this now for quite a while with success.
Querky
Occassionally if the sync gets out of alignment and you reestablish it, the favicons images for the saved favorites disappear until you visit each page again, then they reappear. You don't realize how much you visually reply on the favicon images until they are gone, so with a large number of bookmarks, going back to each page, one-by-one can take a while and be a pain to do.
The favicons are established browser-by-browser, so even if you get all the favicons up on Chrome they will not appear on Firefox or Edge until you visit the website inside of those individual browsers. So you can see how the querk multiplies when you lose the favicons from a syncing issue they disappear on all the browsers...
Workaround
The workaround I have been using is to focus on one primary browser (Chrome in my case) for visiting all the linked sites so the favicons are all present inside of Chrome and ignoring this for FireFox and Edge. If these browsers don't have favicons I don't fret about it.
All the browsers have all the links correctly synced but not the favicons until visited.
Syncing Good
The bookmarks themselves do not disappear and your syncing is good but just a visual issue on occassion. It doesn't happen that often but it does happen regularly enough to point out as a downside.
Abandoned for Updates?
If you go to the Chrome web store for extension downloads, the last time this extension was updated was April 9, 2020 so I do not know if it is still under active development and security updates, something to think about.
Central Server
If you want to use their central server service for synchronization then you voluntarily expose the bookmarks you are syncing with a third party and they disclose and warn you about this vulnerability. You can always setup your syncing server if that is a concern.
Always Keep Up-to-date Backups
They warn you to always keep up-to-date backups and I definitely recommend this for I have needed to restore on the odd occassion. The do not warrant backuping up your links if you use their central server solution.
Hope that helps.
Aly