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submitted 2 weeks ago by joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

I use Firefox (LibreWolf with Mozilla sync) on multiple devices. To have my tabs, extensions and history easy available I use Mozilla for syncing that data.

Would it be possible to just use a generic sync service like rsync or something, to sync the profile folders and every file in it?

Or would that break or corrupt data?

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[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

In theory yes, in reality I just couldn't make it work. The browser just writes way too much data to the profile dir, and it's all across tiny files which depending on your sync solution makes things really slow.
And on a setup like this, you're limited to only using the browser on one device at a time, otherwise it blows up with sync conflicts, so you can't use your laptop and desktop at the same time, for example.

Nowadays I just copy my profile once to a new device (because FF Sync doesn't bring over extension settings or the Toolbar layout at all for some reason) then continue using Sync for bookmarks and history.

[-] joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thnx, so practically not doable. Also file and directory structure differs between PC and Android adding further to the problem.

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