Trying out Figure Out Firefox Sync

[leegold]

Hi,

I am confused by Firefox Sync. I've tried all the tutorials, I still don't have a clue. I would be grateful for help.

I have I think set-up Sync on one PC. There are two entries now in the password manager. Chrome Weave Mozilla Services Password and Chrome Weave Mozilla Services Encryption Passphrase, and I have a Syn Now option in Tools.

Was there something (a "key") I should have additionally copied by hand on a piece of paper? I get something about that in the tutorials...I don't have that.

So I go to another computer and it says pair a device. And there's 3 boxes with alphanumerics/chars in them.

It say pair a device on your other other device. Please explain what am I supposed to do? What/were was this other key I was supposed to copy on a pice of paper? What is the procedure?

Thanks

[Alex]

Hi,
If you decide to give up on trying to figure it out (like I did), Xmarks
and LastPass are worth a try.

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[Mark Lloyd]

On 08/31/2013 02:39 PM, leegold wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am confused by Firefox Sync. I've tried all the tutorials, I still don't have a clue. I would be grateful for help.
>
> I have I think set-up Sync on one PC. There are two entries now in the password manager. Chrome Weave Mozilla Services Password and Chrome Weave Mozilla Services Encryption Passphrase, and I have a Syn Now option in Tools.
>
> Was there something (a "key") I should have additionally copied by hand on a piece of paper? I get something about that in the tutorials...I don't have that.
>
> So I go to another computer and it says pair a device. And there's 3 boxes with alphanumerics/chars in them.
>
> It say pair a device on your other other device. Please explain what am I supposed to do?

On the device with Sync already set up, go to the "Sync" tab in
"preferences" and click "Pair A Device". You'll get 3 empty boxes. Enter
the contents of the 3 boxes on the new device.

>What/were was this other key I was supposed to copy on a pice of paper? What is the procedure?

Sync password or recovery key? See

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ive-lost-my-firefox-sync-account-information


> Thanks
>


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Mark Lloyd
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"What shall we do with...the Jews?...I advise that all their prayer
books and Talmudic writings...are to be taken from them." [Martin
Luther]

[leegold]

Thanks to posters for the help - I'll try FF Sync a little more...

[mick]

On 02/09/2013 15:08:03, fred wrote:

>> On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 23:50:22 +0400, Alex <alex...@zoho.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> If you decide to give up on trying to figure it out (like I did),
>>> Xmarks and LastPass are worth a try.
>>>
>>> On 31/08/13 23:39, leegold wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am confused by Firefox Sync. I've tried all the tutorials, I
>>>> still don't have a clue. I would be grateful for help.
>>>>
>>>> I have I think set-up Sync on one PC. There are two entries now in
>>>> the password manager. Chrome Weave Mozilla Services Password and
>>>> Chrome Weave Mozilla Services Encryption Passphrase, and I have a
>>>> Syn Now option in Tools.
>>>>
>>>> Was there something (a "key") I should have additionally copied by
>>>> hand on a piece of paper? I get something about that in the
>>>> tutorials...I don't have that.
>>>>
>>>> So I go to another computer and it says pair a device. And there's
>>>> 3 boxes with alphanumerics/chars in them.
>>>>
>>>> It say pair a device on your other other device. Please explain
>>>> what am I supposed to do? What/were was this other key I was
>>>> supposed to copy on a pice of paper? What is the procedure?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>

>> On Sun, 01 Sep 2013 09:51:10 -0400, fred <pix...@a-domain.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> +1 for Xmarks. It's been rock-solid for me for years.
>>
>>
>> The sync services from the browser people (e.g., Firefox Sync, and
>> Opera's sync service) just do not seem to work as reliably or as
>> well.
>>
>
>
> Another comment on XMarks - it allows me to sync my bookmarks across
> both Firefox and Chrome.
>
> Unfortunately, XMarks doesn't work yet with Opera, which is a shame
> because Opera's sync service has been the most unreliable one for me.

A warning for those who might want to try XMarks.

FF Sync works perfectly for me between two desktops and a laptop but
ever the inquisitive I like trying out new things.

So I installed XMarks, set up an account and started it running on the
three machines, adding a few new links and deleting some old ones to
try it out. What a disaster!!! I had multiple instances of some
links, some completely disappeared, some came back again, multiple
folders...its was mayhem.

Entirely my fault though, I had forgotten FF Sync was still active, so
as XMarks synced then FF re-synced, then XMarks re-synced it was all
going round in a never ending loop.

Luckily I had a backup of bookmarks done three days previously so I was
able to reinstall them once I had disabled XMarks and let FF sync
again.

You never learn if you don't try these things, but back ups, back ups,
back ups, before you do. :-)

--
mick