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firefox + dropbox = profile synchronization across machines

Started by robzand · 12 months ago

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UPDATE: I’ve found it useful to store the cache locally. you can do that by adding a new user preference for the cache location with browser.cache.disk.parent_directory.

now that i have firefox 3 running on all my machines i was ... Continue reading »

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  • ZiGz

    11 months ago

    I have recently done this as well and while wondering about what I could do with the very large urlclassifier3.sqlite file (28mb so far and I know it grows larger) I came across your blog and learned about "about:config" very cool.

    Do you think the location of "urlclassifier3.sqlite " could be redirected?
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  • robzand

    11 months ago

    i've read that other's have redirected successfully. i haven't tried because i have one windows machine and one mac and couldn't immediately think of a way to redirect in both environments.

    ultimately, i'm hoping weave will solve things - https://services.mozilla.com/
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  • NikLP

    9 months ago

    I tried this out with FF2 across two XP machines, and it just didn't work. Menus vanished, dialog boxes were broken, all sorts of stuff. I had the same idea myself, and was sure it would work, but it seems something in the process just "disagrees" with the FF internals... :(
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  • robzand

    9 months ago

    i'll be the first to admit, this is a "good enough" solution. you will experience some "wonkiness" if you keep multiple browsers open simultaneously (which creates conflicts and prevents some config files from being written). if you want a 100% solution, you might try weave. i've been running like this for 6 months and feel the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. incidentally, the machines i run this across include 2 xp boxes, including my primary work machine, and i have not experienced the issues you list. good luck.
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  • robzand

    9 months ago

    i have been running ff3 though. maybe - for reasons beyond synchronization - you should upgrade?
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  • NikLP

    9 months ago

    Well, I'm assuming the issues are because of there being so many files open at once. We have a lot of SQLite files knocking about, and if these open and then changed, this can play nasty with Dropbox. Mostly it annoys me because the drive never looks synced for that very reason, so if you're waiting for a file to sync but can't close your browser for some reason, you'll never know if it's finished.

    I might try again with FF3. I would also like to find a way to change the default directory that Google Gears stores its offline files in, so I could encrypt all of this stuff together on the local drive.
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  • robzand

    9 months ago

    weird things happen when you keep 2 browsers open simultaneously, which, i must admit, i do out of laziness. nonetheless, the quirks are outweighed by the syncrhonization that does occur. to me, this is "good enough software" at its finest
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  • Grant

    8 months ago

    Thank you for the very informative post! I just followed your instructions and they seem to be working perfectly. Until dropbox allows the ability to monitor any folder, this is a perfect workaround
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  • kc79

    8 months ago

    I found a Firefox extension for Dropbox.

    Dropfox
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/...
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  • l3utterfish

    7 months ago

    amacyng tip!

    Is there anyway to do it on firefox portable on usb? I cannot locate profile.ini on Firefox portable.

    If it is not possible... Which way should i sync the firefox in my pc with firefox portable in my usb (and keep it syncronized..)?
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  • robzand

    7 months ago

    i haven't tried. sounds like a project for someone
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