How to Sync the Firefox and MobileMe Bookmark

If you own a Mac, go to "System Preferences" and click the MobileMe icon for instant access.

Like other popular browsers, Firefox allows you to create bookmarks by clicking on the star in the address bar. The browser lists all current bookmarks in the Library, and displays selected bookmarks on the toolbar. MobileMe is an Apple service that stores all your personal information and lets you access it from different devices, but it has no current integration with Firefox. To sync MobileMe with Firefox, you need to download a free Firefox add-on that syncs bookmarks across multiple browsers and computers.

Things You'll Need

• Xmarks, Firefox add-on

Instructions

1. Launch Firefox and click "Bookmarks," then select "Show All Bookmarks" from the drop-down menu. This brings up the "Library" panel. Click the "Import and Backup" icon in the main toolbar, which looks like a star.

2. Select "Backup" from the menu and save your bookmarks to your desktop, then sign in to your MobileMe account. Click "Preferences" and then "Sync." Select "Manually" from the drop-down menu to turn off auto-syncing.

3. Launch Firefox and navigate to Xmarks.com. Click "Install Now" and then "Download Xmarks." Select "Allow" and "Install Now" in the popup dialog boxes.

4. Restart Firefox. Click the blue Xmarks box, if prompted, and go through the Setup Wizard to create an account. Select your preferences and click "Continue" until you see the "Success!" screen saying you successfully synchronized all your bookmarks.

5. Click "Done" to automatically launch the Xmarks website. Go to "My Bookmarks" at the top of the screen and verify that Xmarks imported all your bookmarks.

6. Return to MobileMe and click "Sync," then "Advanced." Check the boxes in front of "Synchronize with MobileMe" and "Bookmarks." Select your computer, then click "Reset Sync Data" to overwrite the old data.

7. Select "Bookmarks" from the popup dialog box. Click the right "flow" arrow and then "Replace." When your sync finishes, go to "Sync" and change the drop-down menu to "Automatically" to restore auto-syncing.

Tips & Warnings

• To assign bookmarks to different computers, go to "Tools" in the main Firefox toolbar and select "My Xmarks" from the Xmarks menu. In the My Xmarks toolbar, click "Sync Profiles."

• If you use multiple computers, MobileMe will notify you that there are changes in your data. You must select "Merge" to keep your newly synced bookmarks.

References

• Xmarks: Xmarks For Firefox
• "Delomni": Sync Firefox Bookmarks With MobileMe; Krissi Bates-Billings; March 2010
• Apple Support; MobileMe: How To Reset Sync Data; June 2011

Resources

• Xmarks: User Manual: My Bookmarks Disappeared
• Xmarks: User Manual: Profiles