Sync OneTab tabs on Chrome across different PC's

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I'm using the OneTab extension for Chrome on all of my PC's and I'm looking for a solution/workaround to sync all the tabs automatically across my computers. OneTab doesn't provide any sync capability yet, I even emailed them to ask but I got no answer.

So far, I'm using the import/export feature but I don't like this method as it adds more frustration to the whole experience.

Any possible solution to "fix" this? I know I'm not the only one out there with the same request.

Jimmy

Posted 2013-08-12T15:27:50.797

Reputation: 231

1From OneTab team : "March 2015 Update: We're currently working on new features including an option for multi-PC cloud sync." – politicus – 2015-05-16T10:27:38.590

Thanks @politicus do you know when this feature will be released? – Prime By Design – 2017-11-10T10:29:06.693

1We don't do product recomendations here at Superuser. Xmarks supports this sort of functionality though. – Ramhound – 2013-08-12T15:38:28.853

4I'm not looking for a product recommendation, just a workaround of how I can solve this problem. Couldn't find anything on google and thought that some Superusers might already fix that somehow. :) – Jimmy – 2013-08-12T16:17:36.990

There isn't a non-software work around for this problem. The extension you have selected to use does not support what you want, so a different extension, is required to do it. – Ramhound – 2013-08-12T16:39:05.403

Answers

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Maybe to complete Anshuman's answer, in OneTab tab you can share your tabs as a webpage. If you sync your bookmarks, you can bookmark that page and access it from any device.

  1. Go to OneTab tab and Share all as web page
  2. Bookmark that page

That's it ! Very simple. Works with any browser that allows tab sync.

If you want to merge bookmarks from other devices, you load all the tabs in your browser from OneTab and re-send them to OneTab with new tabs.

Etienne Racine

Posted 2013-08-12T15:27:50.797

Reputation: 181

2But the page won't update whenever you add new tabs to onetab... – Xerus – 2018-03-28T21:06:15.753

do you know what is the duration of that webpage? will it stay there "for life" or will it expire soon after creation? – Carlos Sanchez Odreman – 2019-12-04T15:10:17.433

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Your question was legitimate. Find the local storage for your chrome extension and share that folder via dropbox or other cloud sync solution. Do the same thing on your other PCs... Be careful, your different One Tab bookmarks won't merge.. So make sure to take what you want from the secondary PCs first, and then remove the One Tab files on them, before syncing with your main PC.. Once you've done this, you can save One Tab's on any PC and they will all sync.

Abram

Posted 2013-08-12T15:27:50.797

Reputation: 255

3For fellow Linux users: on my system this file is located at /home/me/.config/google-chrome/Default/Local Storage/chrome-extension_XXX_0.localstorage and ...-journal – Jack Senechal – 2015-06-11T22:27:06.373

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Tying into @JackSenechal's comment, on Windows, it would be located in /AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default/Local Storage/. Additionally, the OneTab website (https://www.one-tab.com/) makes mention as of October 2015 that they are working on their own syncing solution.

– David Metcalfe – 2015-11-20T21:50:04.110

I think the exactly name of the storage is chrome-extension_chphlpgkkbolifaimnlloiipkdnihall_0.localstorage – Xin Meng – 2017-05-24T09:52:22.140

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You can easily share one tab as url(see image above) or search for cloud based tab sync solutions. Which I think is TabCloud.

Anshuman Chandel

Posted 2013-08-12T15:27:50.797

Reputation: 43

The share as web page feature appears to provide a static one-way data dump, not a dynamic sync across multiple machines. – Taylor Edmiston – 2019-09-14T22:07:38.873

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I think Toby will be a good choose.

Toby, in simple terms, it’s a better tab manager. It’s a better way to manage information, context switching, shared information, and productive focus.

also, it can sync your tabs.

wenmin92

Posted 2013-08-12T15:27:50.797

Reputation: 21

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It's an easy fix, just download http://www.zibity.com/macdropany.html and you're set to go:

  1. Go to the following folder on your computer: /Users/your-user-name/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Local Storage
  2. Sync the 'Local Storage' folder using the macdropany prog
  3. Set the dropbox location

  4. That's it, the macdropany will sync the 'local storage' folder to your dropbox, inside the 'local storage' you'll find two files that are related to onetab:

    • chrome-extension_chphlpgkkbolifaimnlloiipkdnihall_0.localstorage-journal
    • chrome-extension_chphlpgkkbolifaimnlloiipkdnihall_0.localstorage

Whenever you'll need to restore onetab, just go to your dropbox folder open the synced folder and use dropbox 30 days back of backup files.

Guy Cohen

Posted 2013-08-12T15:27:50.797

Reputation: 1

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Here is my fix / workaround:

  • share as webpage, as above
  • go to History
  • open saved OneTab webpage in a new tab
  • all saved (webpage) tabs are now available

user870778

Posted 2013-08-12T15:27:50.797

Reputation: 1

all other suggested fixes are geek-tech-babble. Easy Breezy! – user870778 – 2018-02-08T18:05:32.900

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On your old laptop: - Right click on the OneTab icon > Display OneTab - On the new tab that opens, with all OneTab links: on top-right area click on Export / Import URLs - Copy all links from Export url field - Email them to yourself

On your new laptop: - Open the email and copy the links - Retake the steps above - Paste all the links in the field Import URSs

That is all.

PS: On the OneTab page, on top-right area there are several useful url's: Bring all tabs into OneTab Share all as web page Export / Import URLs Options New! Features / Help About / Feedback

Alexandru Banica

Posted 2013-08-12T15:27:50.797

Reputation: 1

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