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syncmarx (alpha) by Greg McLeod

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Review by Rory
by Rory , a year ago
used on Firefox and Chromium.

I was wondering if there was a reason for making the database a binary file, why not csv / json?

my thinking is it's already on your dropbox, so it's safe.

also for syncing, would be better if it merged the bookmarks by looking at the domain and then removed duplicates.
49 reviews
  • by Firefox user 17739876, 2 years ago
  • by Raydel Govea, 2 years ago
  • by Wickum, 2 years ago
    Doesn't work on FF 106.0.2 (64-bit) on Win 11 version 22H2 (22621.674). sync failed :(

    Developer response

    posted 2 years ago
    That's strange, which file hosting service are you trying to sync to? (Dropbox, Box, Google Drive?) If you let me know I could try to look into the issue further for you (contact info at gregmcleod.com/contact ). As a possible quick fix, you may also want to try unchecking the "Compress Data" checkbox on the syncmarx options tab and doing a force push of your bookmarks which may trick it into working again (I've discovered the compress feature can sometimes cause issues)
  • by Dima, 3 years ago
    Stopped working completely, both on FF and Chrome. Tried to unlink and relink several times, works for about a day, then stops. Uninstalled.

    Developer response

    posted 3 years ago
    Very sorry to hear that... Are you able to provide me what Operating System you were using (Windows, Mac, etc) and which file hosting service? (Drive, Dropbox, Box). The symptoms sound like it may be due to an api change related to token expiration, which means syncmarx is long overdue for an update.

    My contact page below:

    https://www.gregmcleod.com/contact/
  • by I.., 3 years ago
  • by Wegonna, 3 years ago
  • by Tegro, 4 years ago
    Outstanding, I've been waiting for this for years. Thank you Greg! This is perfect. V1.0 to me.
  • by Ali MHZ, 4 years ago
  • by PCKIT, 4 years ago
    Firefox and Chrome cannot synchronize with each other, but if you use the same browser, you can synchronize. I use dropbox, Chinese environment, and bookmarks containing Chinese and other languages. I hope it can be fixed soon. This problem has been around for many years. I invited some people in the community to test, and they all had the same situation.

    Developer response

    posted 4 years ago
    Apologies, non en-US locales are a known issue which is one of the biggest blockers for this extension to exit alpha status. I will be working on that soon!
  • by Firefox user 13217275, 4 years ago
    The best replacement bookmark tool for the xmarks after the xmarks stopped service
  • by luttman23, 4 years ago
    The extension is brilliant and does everything I wanted it too, unfortunately (especially as I just re-installed Windows) the add-on download keeps failing.
  • by Firefox user 14848343, 4 years ago
    The idea is great, but it doesn't work for me. Push from Firefox works., but Chrome can't pull the bookmarks - neither from Google Drive nor from Dropbox.
  • by Varun, 4 years ago
    Better than Xmarks ..!!
  • by Monitorcover, 5 years ago
    This is a fantastic way to share Firefox bookmarks between PCs/laptops. I'm syncing betweek 2 x Linux and 1 x Windows laptops automatically with no problems at all - definitely doesn't feel like alpha software. Really hope development continues.
  • by Firefox user 13730581, 5 years ago
  • by Pepite, 5 years ago
  • by overtomanu, 5 years ago
    Default sync period is 15 mins. Lets say you are syncing bookmarks between firefox and chrome. You bookmark something in chrome and exit browser before sync happened. Then on relaunch it removes the new bookmark that was created. So i think it can't distinguish if some bookmark was added/deleted locally on relauch. Extension is usable if you disable automatic sync and manually sync bookmarks when you want to.
  • by Firefox user 6076440, 5 years ago
  • by Konrad, 5 years ago
    syncmarx is one of my most important extensions, which I use every day. When I had problems, Greg was very helpful and we were able to figure out the problem and solve it. Sometimes there are hiccups and the bookmarks double or are scattered everywhere. Then I go back to another browser that hasn't synced yet and force push / force pull to get it right again.
    syncmarx solves a major problem of having a self-controlled, cross-browser and cross-platform synchronization solution for bookmarks. I can't wait for version 1.0.
    @Greg: Thank you for an engagement, I really appreciate your time and energy.
  • by 4Jax, 5 years ago
    X-marks abandoned us... Syncmarx picked up the sword!

    Not sure 'why' this is not a recommended addon by Firefox? I looked high-and-low after X-marks died for an alternative. Firefox bookmark sync failed too often. Tried and older version of X-marks that allows you to setup your own server for the sync... FAILED.

    Then I somehow came across this extension and it's worked flawlessly! No matter if I'm using two browsers not of the same version... it works.

    Some reviews say:
    *They are having issues with Chrome. Why are you complaining about a Chrome issue in a Firefox venue?
    *I don't have a Dropbox account. It's FREE just get one or use Google Drive!

    The only improvement I'd like to see is the icon looks like popcorn and it's could use an increase in size and something more noticeable when it's syncing.

    I just left a donation and want to say BIG thanks to the developer.
  • by Firefox user 15451006, 5 years ago
    Excellent app ! Efficient, easy to use. I'm using it on Firefox 70, Chrome 78 and Edge Chromium 79 (beta) on windows and mac.

    Could I ask if the browser history could also be synced in the future ? That would be even better as I would not even need to use a chrome or firefox account !

    Thanks for this app !
  • by Firefox user 15157373, 5 years ago
    Good, but dont work in the new version of google chrome and with Firefox Developer

    Developer response

    posted 5 years ago
    Thanks for trying syncmarx! It is now open source so feel free to submit an issue with additional details: https://github.com/Cleod9/syncmarx-webext
  • by Firefox user 15146894, 5 years ago
    Hello, I am very glad that there seems to be a bookmark sync app, but for me it does not work. Syncing to Google Drive from Google Chrome (75.0.3770.142) seems to work, but all attempts to sync with Firefox (68.0) using the same profile linked to Google Drive fail (Pull force, sync,...).

    Developer response

    posted 5 years ago
    I am sorry to hear that... Now that the project is open source, if you'd like you can submit a ticket and I will take a look: https://github.com/Cleod9/syncmarx-webext
  • by Firefox user 14675987, 5 years ago
    It works simple and with profiles.
    Really great to see this.
    Can work with Dropbox, Google Drive and Box.

    Can be synced by hand, automatically every x minutes etc.
    Works great (used it now for about 2 months).
    I use it on 4 machines and 2 are constantly running (24/7) and still it does not make a mess out of the favorites.

    And best of all, no website login, monthly fee etc. needed.

    Good job
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