Q: How do I get bookmark syncing to work?
So I have 3 Mac's here all running Lion. I deleted all bookmarks from one Mac and turned on and off the Bookmark Sync button inside system pref, then hit "Merge". It found something from somewhere and stuffed it in there. I've done the Merge part on the other Macs but I can't seem to affect what's in there.
So how do you manage this? And why does it keep putting "untilted folder" in the bottom - I've deleted about 3 each session...
Really I've got one Mac that I want to be the master for now - but isn't the point of this so you can quickly add a bookmark and it will show up everywhere.
I'm not even trying to deal with iOS yet. (bookmarks there are kindof secondary - since I'm only using an iPod Touch.)
MacBook/iMacG5, Mac OS X (10.6.4), Lots of iPod touch's, A mini etc...
Posted on Apr 26, 2012 6:32 AM
Never mind... look here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4001
oh well... this isn't the total answer. I had to go into the Library/Safari and throw out my Bookmarks.plist. Now they work - and I can really start cleaning them up!
The trick is for that step where you deselect then select BookMarks in the preferences... You need to have Safari turned OFF. Then switch, wait, switch back and get out of preferences. Boot maybe helped, but it didn't start working on my final machine until I deleted that bookmark file.
Why doesn't Apple shut the browser off when you hit the button?
I now have quite a bit of iCloud working. This was almost as bad as the Calendars. Once they work they seem to stay working!
Posted on Apr 26, 2012 8:31 PM