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Using this post to ask a question about bookmarks sync: does anyone have found a way to periodically sync bookmarks from Firefox/Chrome with Safari? I use Safa

Using this post to ask a question about bookmarks sync: does anyone have found a way to periodically sync bookmarks from Firefox/Chrome with Safari? I use Safari on iOS for obvious reasons and the inability to export the bookmarks I have on my Mac browser to Safari is really annoying. Fun fact: if you have a Windows computer you can do it https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203519 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203519

josteink 8y ago
> I use Safari on iOS for obvious reasons and the inability to export the bookmarks I have on my Mac browser to Safari is really annoying. What obvious reasons? Why not just use Firefox for iOS instead?
- JasonSage 8y ago
  Firefox for iOS is abysmally slow. We're talking 6-10 seconds from cold start to being able to navigate. One of the main reasons I wanted to use it was to pass pages from desktop to Firefox for iOS, but on top of start time it would take upwards of 20-30s just for the tabs to sync across devices.
  - josteink 8y ago
    It has a slower startup, but seeing as it is one of only 4-5 apps I run on a regular basis, I don't really notice. What I would notice is constantly having to look up my sync-data like history and passwords from elsewhere because Safari is a walled garden. That would seriously hinder me and slow me down on a quite so regular basis. Different folks, different strokes, I guess.
- chupasaurus 8y ago
  Because it runs on top of Webkit?
  - sorenjan 8y ago
    So does Safari, but without bookmark sync with Firefox.
- ArmandGrillet 8y ago
  > What obvious reasons? You cannot set another browser as the default one on iOS, that's the main one.
  - josteink 8y ago
    That's annoying when jumping between apps, but it does in no way prevent your from running an alternate browser of your choice for 99% of your browsing needs. Yes, having to copy-paste URLs from Safari to Firefox sometimes is cumbersome, but it's a million times better than having to use Safari as my main browser.

josteink 8y ago

> I use Safari on iOS for obvious reasons and the inability to export the bookmarks I have on my Mac browser to Safari is really annoying. What obvious reasons? Why not just use Firefox for iOS instead?

JasonSage 8y ago
Firefox for iOS is abysmally slow. We're talking 6-10 seconds from cold start to being able to navigate. One of the main reasons I wanted to use it was to pass pages from desktop to Firefox for iOS, but on top of start time it would take upwards of 20-30s just for the tabs to sync across devices.
- josteink 8y ago
  It has a slower startup, but seeing as it is one of only 4-5 apps I run on a regular basis, I don't really notice. What I would notice is constantly having to look up my sync-data like history and passwords from elsewhere because Safari is a walled garden. That would seriously hinder me and slow me down on a quite so regular basis. Different folks, different strokes, I guess.
chupasaurus 8y ago
Because it runs on top of Webkit?
- sorenjan 8y ago
  So does Safari, but without bookmark sync with Firefox.
ArmandGrillet 8y ago
> What obvious reasons? You cannot set another browser as the default one on iOS, that's the main one.
- josteink 8y ago
  That's annoying when jumping between apps, but it does in no way prevent your from running an alternate browser of your choice for 99% of your browsing needs. Yes, having to copy-paste URLs from Safari to Firefox sometimes is cumbersome, but it's a million times better than having to use Safari as my main browser.