Jerry Krinock wrote on Jan 22^nd, 2019 at 9:51pm:


Jerry, you read my mind. What I was showing is what happened when I imported bookmarks from Safari [not exported as I stated above].

Sorry for this long post but I think it's better to give too much detail than not enough.


I think I have almost everything corrected. Also, I think I might have figured out why the bookmarks are showing up in the Chrome browser under "Other Bookmarks" and not in "Bookmarks.

In your built-in manual, in section 4.22.2 Hard Folders, you state--or at least I think that's what you're stating--that BM will put (or import) most bookmarks of most common browsers e.g., Safari, Firefox, & Camino into the Bookmacster's hard folder Bookmarks Menu. However, from your documentation BM may put Chrome's bookmarks into the Other Bookmarks hard folder. Whew!

So, to summary my progress, I've got everything set up on my iMac where BM does sync the bookmarks on the iMac whenever I make a change in any of the browsers on the iMac. Since I use iCloud sync, when I  add or delete a bookmark in Safari on my MacBook Pro, iCloud syncs from the MBP to the iMac and BM will then synchronize the changes on my iMac.

HOWEVER, BM is not syncing changes my MacBook Pro with any of its browsers. Everything that follows  BM on my MacBook Pro.

I've reviewed your 10 ten reasons for syncing not working and I don't think I fall into any of the categories. The sync icon is a yellow dot. I've waited for at least 5 minutes to see if BM synchronizes the changes. I've even checked with the "More Tests" within the "Manage Browser Extensions" and BM reports seeing changes with BOTH Firefox and Chrome.

One curious note that may or may not have any bearing is that earlier in this process I thought I would just start all over on my MBP. Whenever I tried to use the "Reset and start over" option, BM would crash. I have copied the long crash report but I don't think you want me to post it here although I can. As I said, this may or may not have any bearing.

And I don't want to make this any more confusing but BM crashes on my iMac whenever I try to do a "Reset and start over." However, as I said above, I'm not having any problems with BM on the iMac. I just thought I'd throw that in, either to help or make things more confusing. 

Okay, I think I'm getting the hand of this. (As you correctly pointed out my original post shows a screen capture from Firefox even though I said it was Chrome. Fortunately, the same result happened with BOTH Chrome and Firefox.)

Here's a screenshot of what happens in BM when I do an export from Safari. As you can see, the bookmarks aren't going into BM's Bookmarks Menu, which is where I think it's supposed to go. Also, in this situation, I am unable to move the bookmarks among the single entries.

HOWEVER, as you suggested I move the folders and single entries into  the Bookmarks Menu folder, I am able to drag and drop entries.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/il0htxojvbie3u4/Export%20from%20Safari.pngdl=

Also, is there a way to INSERT the image so that it shows up in the post. Or is this a limitation of the program.

I will move the folders into the Bookmarks Menu folder and see what happens.

Jerry, I was doing my best to name where my bookmarks were going.

It seems that my Chrome bookmarks are being placed in Other Bookmarks instead of Bookmarks Bars. If you look at the picture in my original post, although it's not full screen you will notice that the bookmarks are in Other Bookmarks folder; and there are none in Bookmarks Bars.

A similar thing is occurring in Firefox as well except all of the bookmarks are being placed in Other Bookmarks instead of Bookmark Menu.

I hope this makes better sense than my original post.

I use BM to sync my bookmarks on my desktop computer. I have three browsers: Safari, Firefox (FF), and Google Chrome (GC). Recently, BM has been placing the all the bookmarks in the "Other Bookmarks" section for both FF and Chrome.  See the picture below. [I can't figure out how to "embed" the image in this post so that it will show up without having to click on it]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ix2yv4liu42xf0b/BM%20Other%20Bookmarks.png?dl=

Curiously, if I use the web browser, let's say Chrome, and move a few of the folders out of the "other bookmarks" section and into the regular bookmark section and then import that changes into BM, BM will show that these have moved.

HOWEVER, when I export the changes back into Chrome, the folders that I moved OUT of the "other bookmarks" section are placed BACK into the "other bookmarks" section. In other words, something is happening when BM exports the changes. Oddly, this rearrangement happens with only FF and Chrome BUT NOT Safari.

Also, I cannot reorder individual bookmarks in BM. In other words, I can drag and drop them to re-order. However, I can drag individual bookmarks into folders; just can't re-arrange individual bookmarks.