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Synchronise

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Fredbear
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Am I correct in thinking that Firefox sync ensures that an entry in say the Bookmarks folder is copied to all machines on my account. This implies that if I delete a bookmark on Machine A synch will find it on Machine B and replace it on Machine A. How then am I to delete unwanted entries other than by closing synch and deleting separately on each machine? Is there a facility for making one machine the master so that the remaining machines duplicate the master?

Am I correct in thinking that Firefox sync ensures that an entry in say the Bookmarks folder is copied to all machines on my account. This implies that if I delete a bookmark on Machine A synch will find it on Machine B and replace it on Machine A. How then am I to delete unwanted entries other than by closing synch and deleting separately on each machine? Is there a facility for making one machine the master so that the remaining machines duplicate the master?

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FredMcD
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Any changes on one member of the sync is sent to all members of the sync. Edit/Remove/Add something on one is shared with everyone.

cor-el
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If you use Sync then best is to disconnect Sync temporarily during troubleshooting.

This can be caused by a problem with the places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite databases in the Firefox profile folder.

  • use "Verify Integrity" button on the "Help -> More Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page

If errors are reported with "Verify Integrity", close and restart Firefox or reboot and retry.

If "Verify Integrity" cannot repair places.sqlite, rename/remove all places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder with Firefox closed. Firefox will rebuild places.sqlite and restore the bookmarks from a recent JSON backup in the bookmarkbackups folder.

  • keep a backup copy of places.sqlite in case a new places.sqlite database has to be created

You lose the history when a new places.sqlite is created.

See also:

You can use the button on the "Help -> More Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.