Any way to sync bookmarks between Chrome and Safari?

[h.gilbert]

Currently I use Chrome on my Mac and android. I'd like to use Safari instead on my mac but I'd want to sync bookmarks automatically between them. Is there any way of doing this or do I just have to import my bookmarks manually and then manually update them from time to time?

 

[Ben J.]

Synced bookmarks between two different browsers? On two different OS'es? I'm guessing no. I'm using Mozilla Firefox (have been for years, like it very much, comparing with other browsers now and then) and it syncs my bookmarks across my apple devices. Recommended. And I would think that it would sync between Android and Apple devices, though I haven't tried it.

 

[bogdanw]

I don't use any sync, but a quick search returns "How to Sync Safari Bookmarks with Google Chrome"
https://osxdaily.com/2021/12/05/sync-safari-bookmarks-google-chrome/
The extension has a "Note:iCloud Bookmarks extension for Chrome is for Windows." but it can be installed on Chrome for macOS too.
iCloud Bookmarks Offered by Apple Inc.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/icloud-bookmarks/fkepacicchenbjecpbpbclokcabebhah
"Keep your Chrome bookmarks on Windows up to date with the Safari bookmarks on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac."

 

[h.gilbert]

I don't use any sync, but a quick search returns "How to Sync Safari Bookmarks with Google Chrome"
https://osxdaily.com/2021/12/05/sync-safari-bookmarks-google-chrome/
The extension has a "Note:iCloud Bookmarks extension for Chrome is for Windows." but it can be installed on Chrome for macOS too.
iCloud Bookmarks Offered by Apple Inc.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/icloud-bookmarks/fkepacicchenbjecpbpbclokcabebhah
"Keep your Chrome bookmarks on Windows up to date with the Safari bookmarks on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac."

Sorry for that, I did google it but must've missed it, thanks.

 

[jagooch]

Sorry for that, I did google it but must've missed it, thanks.

How well did it work? I use multiple Google Chrome user profiles to separate work and personal browsing, so wonder if the icloud bookmarks extension lets you select which profile Safari syncs with .

Add to that the fact that Safari now supports multiple user profiles, and it gets a whole lot of complicated.

For example , perhaps I want Safari personal profile to sync with Chrome's personal profile, and also do the same thing for the work profiles.

Apple could just solve this with Safari for Windows, but I guess they want to leave that browser dead.

 

[javisan]

How well did it work? I use multiple Google Chrome user profiles to separate work and personal browsing, so wonder if the icloud bookmarks extension lets you select which profile Safari syncs with .

Add to that the fact that Safari now supports multiple user profiles, and it gets a whole lot of complicated.

For example , perhaps I want Safari personal profile to sync with Chrome's personal profile, and also do the same thing for the work profiles.

Apple could just solve this with Safari for Windows, but I guess they want to leave that browser dead.

Any updates? I'm also wondering what happens if an additional Chrome profile is added to my PC. Don't want to break the current sync between iOS and desktop Chrome which has worked perfectly.

 

[circatee]

I am curious on this, too.
With my use of macOS, and Windows, I want to keep my Google Chrome bookmarks in sync, in Safari.

From time to time, I often delete all the bookmarks in Safari, and then import again from Google Chrome.
Currently seeing some horror stories online about duplications, from an iCloud Bookmark extension for Google Chrome. So, I might just stick with my manual process...

 

[h.gilbert]

Any updates? I'm also wondering what happens if an additional Chrome profile is added to my PC. Don't want to break the current sync between iOS and desktop Chrome which has worked perfectly.

I am curious on this, too.
With my use of macOS, and Windows, I want to keep my Google Chrome bookmarks in sync, in Safari.

From time to time, I often delete all the bookmarks in Safari, and then import again from Google Chrome.
Currently seeing some horror stories online about duplications, from an iCloud Bookmark extension for Google Chrome. So, I might just stick with my manual process...

I never tried the extension that @bogdanw suggested - all the recent reviews were not great and still aren't. Seems to be very buggy.

Still deciding what browser to settle on for mac and android. I switched to Firefox on both for a while because of uBlock issues on Chrome on Mac and lack of extensions on Chrome on android, but Firefox was slow kept going out of memroy on Android so now I'm in a weird mix of Firefox on Mac and Chrome on Android. I'll just have to consolidate bookmarks every now and again.

 

[jagooch]

I never tried the extension that @bogdanw suggested - all the recent reviews were not great and still aren't. Seems to be very buggy.

Still deciding what browser to settle on for mac and android. I switched to Firefox on both for a while because of uBlock issues on Chrome on Mac and lack of extensions on Chrome on android, but Firefox was slow kept going out of memroy on Android so now I'm in a weird mix of Firefox on Mac and Chrome on Android. I'll just have to consolidate bookmarks every now and again.

I can relate. I'm using Firefox on my personal and employer Macbooks, and on my gaming PC so that they are all in sync regardless of Apple ID. I use safari on my mobile devices because I like the speed and user interface better then Firefox mobile.

For reading lists, people use different tools. I used a weird combination of Safari reading list and self-hosted LinkDing bookmark server. To be honest, I've added hundreds of links to "read it later" but I've ever read any of them, lol.