Re: moving windows favorites to the mac

2014-03-26 Thread Eileen Misrahi
hem over tothemac. > > Don > > > > - Original Message - > From: Chris G > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 1:53 am > Subject: Re: moving windows favorites to the mac > >> >> >> Hi Don, >> I

Re: moving windows favorites to the mac

2014-03-26 Thread don bishop
Thanks for all the helpful replies. Looks like I can't just copy and paste them over tothemac. Don - Original Message - From: Chris G To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 1:53 am Subject: Re: moving windows favorites to the mac > > > Hi

Re: moving windows favorites to the mac

2014-03-26 Thread Chris G
Hi Don, I have used a utility called xmarks from www.xmarks.com. It is a browser extension that synchronizes favorites from one browser to another, it works in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome on Windows and Safari and Chrome on the mac. You create your account, install the extension on each b

Re: moving windows favorites to the mac

2014-03-26 Thread Kliphton -------
There is a much simpler solution for this. On windows, you have the folder with the name of your computer. So mine says Kliphton. In this folder you have downloads, documents, an yes favorites. This is where your favorites folder can be copied from. Just enter the folder that has the name o

Re: moving windows favorites to the mac

2014-03-26 Thread Teresa Cochran
In many web browsers, you can export your favorites to an XML or hTML file and then import this to Safari. I've done this between various browsers, but not this specific process. You might do some searching around for exporting/importing bookmarks. HtH, Teresa "We're made of st

Re: moving windows favorites to the mac

2014-03-25 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, I know this response may be off topic to this list, but I want to give you a possible solution to move your favorites in IE. This is how I have done it in the past: 1. On the PC, open the run dialog box with the Windows key and the letter R. 2. Type "favorites" in the edit box and press

Re: moving windows favorites to the mac

2014-03-25 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Don, I don't have the answer, but I am facing the same problem. I have a windows XP machine which needs to go away in the very near future. I have several bookmarks saved in Internet Explorer. I think those go into a favorites folder, which means I am going to need to transfer those to my Mac

moving windows favorites to the mac

2014-03-25 Thread don bishop
I got my mac several months ago and have moved quite a bit of data over from my windows machine. I have a favorites folder in windows I'd like to move over to the mac. The folder is currently on a portable hard drive so moving them is not a problem. My question is do I move them into bookmark