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Merger Safari bookmark files via Perl Web Browsers
If you use Safari on more than one machine, you might have the same problem I had. There didn't seem to be an easy way of maintaining a consistent set of bookmarks accross multiple machines. I know .mac can use iSync to do this, but I already have an email address, and $100 seems quite a lot just to keep my bookmarks up to date. Up until Safari 1.2, you couldn't even save your bookmarks as html, so you had to merge your bookmarks by hand (see this this hint).

Now that 1.2 allows you to export your bookmarks (see this hint), I thought it would be worth writing a perl script to merge two html bookmark files together. The result is available here. I've tried to make it easy to use, but it isn't perfect. It should also cope with bookmark files from other browsers which use the Netscape bookmark format to store bookmarks.

Any suggestions would be gratefully accepted. The perl script can also be called from the command line with a filename. Please note, none of your original bookmarks will be affected, unless you delete them yourself. When you import the merged bookmarks into Safari, they will appear as an imported bookmarks folder.

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Merger Safari bookmark files via Perl
Authored by: gbjsmith on Mar 02, '04 10:07:05PM

Don't want to rant, just want to be complete - .Mac is more than just iSync of bookmarks and and an email address. iSync also handles AddressBook and iCal sync and when you have several machines to keep coordinated, this service is well worth the money. Also, the freebie software during the year is well worth more than the $100 fee, at least IMO. And then there is iDisk, iCards, Backup, a web homepage, IMAP email accessible from any web portal, and more. Just being fair and balanced with .Mac details. Sorry I don't have anything to say about the hint.



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Nice, but BookIt....
Authored by: mccabem on Mar 04, '04 03:58:26AM
BookIt

For free it gives you integration between all the major browsers (yes, even on other computers) in a Dock or Menu.

Pay the shareware fee and it integrates right into your Default Browser bookmark list.

Try it! :-)


-Matt (paid customer since 6/03)

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