Comments on “Synchronizing Firefox Through Dropbox”

Synchronizing Firefox Through Dropbox

2009-12-30T09:34:44-04:00

I do this – or a “light” version of this – for lots of apps (Komodo Edit, Apache, bash, git, etc.). I’m not sure I understand why you had to add firefox-bin, but I’m glad it’s working for you.

Synchronizing Firefox Through Dropbox

2009-12-30T00:13:33-04:00

Great idea!

I would love to try this other programs!

I had to add firefox-bin to the terminal command to get it to open properly.

Does anyone know if you add another account using the same technique it will write over/erase all of the synced files that are in the drop box?

Synchronizing Firefox Through Dropbox

2009-12-28T10:29:41-04:00

You have to choose to use any profile that is already in use. Try quitting Firefox and restarting with the -p parameter.

Synchronizing Firefox Through Dropbox

2009-12-28T09:37:46-04:00

My main profile is on windows & I did all like you’ve writen.
When I run firefox with parrametre “-p” on linux and I choose “dropbox” profile, I have this error message:

Firefox cannot use the profile “dropbox” because it is in use.

To continue, close the running instance of Firefox or choose a different profile.

Synchronizing Firefox Through Dropbox

2009-10-21T12:28:23-04:00

You can specify the directory where you want Firefox to store its cache. You’ll have to create/edit the preference name: browser.cache.disk.parent_directory under about:config.

I too am in the middle of setting something up like this with Dropbox. So far, I’ve just been syncing my open tab sessions via Session Manager and specifying it’s backup.session location to my Dropbox folder. That way, whenever I open Firefox on another computer all of the tabs I had opened will now open up there.

Synchronizing Firefox Through Dropbox

2009-10-05T21:36:06-04:00

Awesome! I’m going to be so productive with DropBox now!

Synchronizing Firefox Through Dropbox

2009-10-03T10:46:11-04:00

My main concern is with cache. It seems pointless to me to have firefox sync all its cache to Dropbox, not to mention the huge chunk of upload you’d be using. If you open about:cache in firefox you’ll see that it’s cache is set to folders inside Dropbox.

Synchronizing Firefox Through Dropbox

2009-06-24T08:17:52-04:00

helmut – Yep. I use that technique for a few project code bases that I want to share without necessarily having to commit and pull each time I change machines. Similarly, if all you want to do is just change the primary directory, you can modify that in the Dropbox preferences.

Synchronizing Firefox Through Dropbox

2009-06-24T07:26:44-04:00

You do know that by using Symlinks you can just route ANY folder into Dropbox?!
Turn to http://lifehacker.com/5154698/sync-files-and-folders-outside-your-my-dropbox-folder for an overview.

Cheers

Synchronizing Firefox Through Dropbox

2009-02-08T19:31:33-04:00

Passwords are part of your profile. I’ve since written about a slightly more surgical sync that I’ve taken to using that doesn’t include profiles – just bookmarks, extensions and Greasemonkey scripts that you might like better.

And yes, I’m quite sure that there is a risk. There’s a risk to storing anything on a third party server, but it’s a risk I’ve chosen to accept in this case. I’d certainly advise against it if doing so makes you uncomfortable in any way.

Synchronizing Firefox Through Dropbox

2009-02-08T00:36:52-04:00

Doesnt firefox save all your passwords in the profile too?
Do you think there is any security risk by hosting this on a third party server?

Synchronizing Firefox Through Dropbox

2008-10-15T07:08:06-04:00

Excellent idea. I’m gonna use this to sync Zotero data as well. Thanks for writing up the instructions.

Synchronizing Firefox Through Dropbox

2008-09-25T13:09:07-04:00

Seems to work great for this purpose. The chattiness is annoying, but can be disabled in all environments one way or another and easily in Mac & Linux (preferences). I haven’t messed with it on Windows yet. My 1Password extension is now missing, though. Have to figure out what’s up with that.

Synchronizing Firefox Through Dropbox

2008-09-25T10:54:51-04:00

Good idea. I tried synchronizing iCal with Windows Calendar in the same manner. Didn’t work quite as well.