Tricks: Sync Safari bookmarks with Dropbox

Posted by Thomas on November 4, 2009 in Tips | 5 comments

For some time I was looking for this solution that I share with you.

You know that this year I decided to save me $ 100 not excessive renewed for expensive, account Mobile.me and, therefore, I have been looking for alternative solutions, most provided through a combination of sharing and synchronization services information on cloud type dropbox more classic Google .

One of the last things that I had lost and that was difficult to find the sync between my Macs of "bookmarks" and other settings from Safari.

Well here's the solution:

Sync bookmarks, history and other information in Safari preferences between different Macs

1. Move folder "Safari" contained in the / Users / el_teu_usuari / Library / Safari folder within your Dropbox.
2. Open Terminal (located by default will be / Users / el_teu_usuari /)
3. Enters the subfolder "Library": cd Library
4. Create a shortcut to the folder you just moved into the Dropbox: ln-s / Users / your-your-username / Documents / Dropbox / Safari / / Users / your-your-username / Library / Safari (in the example earlier this Dropbox folder within the Documents folder)

That's it.

Now you just delete the rest Safari folder to other Macs and create the same shortcut (steps 2 to 4)

The original source of this trick is the same wiki cheat within the Dropbox website.