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Safari has been a real treat on iOS 13 and iPadOS. It’s chock-full of amazing features such as an always-on desktop mode, full-fledged support for downloads , and personalized site settings. I’m starting to use it more and more, which is surprising considering my history as a Chrome fanatic .

But moving between browsers isn’t easy. While I don’t mind copying over my passwords from Chrome to Safari gradually as when needed, I can’t work without my bookmarks. However, neither Safari nor Chrome for iOS offer the ability to import or export bookmarks. That is maddening.

Thankfully, there’s are workarounds. As long as you have access to either a PC or a Mac, you can get your Chrome bookmarks imported to Safari pretty quickly. Let me show you how.

Windows: Sync to Safari with the iCloud Bookmark Extension

On Windows, you can easily use the iCloud Bookmarks extension for Chrome to sync your bookmarks over to Safari via iCloud. Yeah, it’s that easy. But on the downside, you must also install the iCloud app on your computer — it measures around 200MB. You can choose to either keep it around once you’ve got your bookmarks synced over to Safari or delete it afterward.

iCloud for Windows comes in two different versions — as a traditional desktop application and as a Windows Store app. However, I recommend installing the latter since it carries far fewer bugs compared to the desktop version. If you are interested, you can also read my comparison of both versions .

And one more thing — this procedure is a two-way street. Remember that I said ‘sync,’ not ‘import.’ So any bookmarks already present within Safari will also sync over to Chrome.

Since you now know what’s involved, let’s go through the steps required to get your bookmarks synced over to Safari.

Step 1: Open Chrome, and then install the iCloud Bookmarks extension via the Chrome Web Store.

Download iCloud Bookmarks

Once you’ve finished installing the extension, exit Chrome.

S tep 2: Install the iCloud Windows Store app.

Download iCloud

Alternatively, you can install the iCloud desktop app by downloading the iCloud installer from the Apple website.

S tep 3: Once the iCloud app finishes installing, sign into it with your Apple ID when prompted.

On the iCloud window that shows up subsequently, click Options next to Bookmarks, and then select Chrome. Finally, click Apply, and then restart your computer.

Step 4: Open Chrome after the reboot, and then click on the iCloud Bookmarks extension next to the address bar. You should see the message ‘Your Chrome bookmarks are synced with iCloud.’ This means that your Chrome bookmarks are now available in iCloud.

S tep 5: Open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. Next, tap your profile, tap iCloud, and then make sure that the toggle next to Safari is enabled. That is to verify that iCloud syncing is active for Safari.

Launch Safari. Head over to the Bookmarks screen, and you should see your Chrome bookmarks listed within. That wasn’t hard at all.

You can now choose to either keep the iCloud Bookmarks extension on Chrome or just delete it altogether. Same applies to the iCloud app. If you retain them, then both browsers will sync your bookmarks with each other whenever you launch Chrome on your PC. That would be nice to have if you intend to keep switching between both browsers on your iPhone or iPad.

Mac: Import to Safari and Sync via iCloud

On a Mac, things are much easier compared to Windows. It simply involves importing your Chrome bookmarks to Safari (which is just super-easy) and then syncing them over iCloud. Let’s check the steps.

Step 1: If you don’t have Chrome installed on your Mac , then do it now. You can remove it once you’ve finished importing your bookmarks over to Safari if you want to.

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Afterward, open Chrome, and then sign in with your Google Account credentials to download your bookmarks.

Step 2: Open Safari, and then click File on the menu bar. Point to Import From, and then click Google Chrome.

S tep 2: On the pop-up box that shows up, check the box next to Bookmarks, and then click Import. You can also import your Chrome history if you want to.

Step 3: Verify that iCloud syncing is enabled for Safari. To do that, open the Apple menu, click System Preferences, and then click iCloud. The box next to Safari should be checked.

S tep 4: The same goes for your iOS device. On the Settings app, tap your profile, tap iCloud, and then verify that the switch next to Safari is enabled.

Now, it’s just a matter of launching Safari on your iPhone or iPad and seeing your Chrome bookmarks in all their glory.

Chrome Bookmarked!

It’s just ridiculous that the major browsers on iPhone and iPad lack any sort of export/import functionality for bookmarks. That’s just basic stuff, right? But at least, it doesn’t take long to get you bookmarks imported to Safari using the methods above.

Next up: On iPadOS, Safari is a force to be reckoned with. Here are seven awesome tips and tricks that you can try out to enhance your browsing experience even more.

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Are you trying to back up or import your bookmarks to Safari? It's an easy process if you're using a computer! If you want to sync your bookmarks to your iPhone or iPad, you'll need to do a few extra steps. This wikiHow article teaches you how to import bookmarks to Safari whether you're moving from Google Chrome, Firefox, or any other browser.

Quick Tips to Move Your Safari Bookmarks

To import bookmarks from another browser in Safari, click File , Import From , and then select a browser. You can also export your bookmarks into an HTML file in Chrome, Firefox, or another browser, and then import it with Safari.

• Use this method if you want to import bookmarks from Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox into Safari on your Mac device.
• If this is your first time opening Safari, importing from Chrome or Firefox can be automatic if you choose Keep your imported items . If you didn't opt for that, continue reading to manually import bookmarks from Chrome and Firefox.

• If this button is greyed out and unclickable, make sure Chrome or Firefox is not open in the background.
• If you imported passwords, you may need to enter your admin password before you can continue.

• Click ⋮ in the top-right corner.
• Hover over Bookmarks and lists .
• Click Bookmark manager .
• Click Export bookmarks . [3] X Research source
• Select a save location.
• Click ☰ in the top-right corner.
• Click Bookmarks .
• Click Manage bookmarks .
• Click Import and Backup .
• Click Export Bookmarks to HTML… [4] X Research source

• Imported bookmarks will appear under "Bookmarks" in the sidebar. [7] X Research source

• Safari is unavailable for Windows devices.

• Enter your password if prompted.

• You may need to tap Show all to see it. [12] X Research source

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• Keep a copy of your bookmarks' HTML file on hand as a backup in case you lose your bookmarks. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0
• You can continue to add bookmarks to your library from within Safari by pressing ⌘ Command + D . Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0
• To see a non-Safari browser's favorites on mobile, export that browser's HTML file to your desktop, import it into Safari, and then sync your mobile with iCloud. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0

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• ↑ https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/safari/bookmarking-in-safari/1/
• ↑ https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/96816?hl=en
• ↑ https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/export-firefox-bookmarks-to-backup-or-transfer
• ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-al/guide/safari/ibrw1015/mac
• ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-us/102314
• ↑ https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/bookmark-favorite-webpages-iph42ab2f3a7/ios

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How to Import Bookmarks From Chrome to Safari on Mac and iPhone

Import Bookmarks from Chrome to Safari on Mac, iPhone, iPad

Automatically import bookmarks from chrome to safari on mac.

• Open the Safari app on your Mac.

• As you are using it for the first time, you will see a message at the bottom of the start page with three options:
• Keep your imported items: Select it to let Safari access your imported bookmarks and history from Chrome.
• Remove your imported items: Choose this option to get rid of all the imported items.
• Decide later: Select it if you want to import Chrome bookmarks later (Bookmarks -> Show Start Page). 

Note:  Your imported bookmarks will appear after your existing bookmarks. And the imported history will appear alongside your existing Safari history. As for the imported passwords, they will be stored in the iCloud Keychain. Hence, you can autofill login information on websites.

Manually Import Bookmarks from Chrome to Safari on macOS

• Launch Safari on your Mac. After that, click on the File menu and choose Import From .

• Next, select Google Chrome in the contextual menu.

• Next, select the items you wish to import and then click Import .

• Next up, a popup will appear reading, “Safari wants to use your confidential information stored in ‘Chrome Safe Storage’ in your keychain.” Enter your login keychain password (administrator password) and then click on Allow in the popup.

• Once your bookmarks have been successfully imported to Safari, you will get a confirmation. Safari will let you know that it has added your browsing history, number of bookmarks, and passwords. Click on OK to finish.

Import Bookmarks from Chrome to Safari on iPhone, iPad (Mac)

• Head over to the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad and then select your Profile.

• Now, select iCloud and then turn on the toggle right next to Safari.

Import Bookmarks from Chrome to Safari on iPhone, iPad (Windows)

There is also a reliable workaround for importing Chrome bookmarks from Windows to iOS. You can use the iCloud Bookmarks Chrome extension to sync your bookmarks over to Safari. While this process does require a bit of a setup initially, it works like a charm just like the iCloud passwords extension for Chrome.

• To get started, you need to install both the iCloud Bookmarks extension ( download ) and the iCloud app for Windows ( download ).

• Now, open the iCloud app on your Windows PC and then sign in using your Apple ID and password. Make sure to log in with the same Apple ID that you use on your iOS device.

• On the iCloud window, click on the Options located right next to Bookmarks and make sure Chrome is selected (if it’s not already).

• Next up, make sure to click on Apply .

• Once this is done, ensure that the Safari iCloud syncing is enabled on your iPhone via the Profile settings.

Import/Export Bookmarks HTML File

• Open Chrome and select the three-dot icon in the top right corner. Now, select Bookmarks and then Bookmark Manager.

• Click on the three-dot icon (as shown below) in the top right corner and choose Export Bookmarks .

• Next, save the bookmark HTML file at the preferred location.

• Open Safari app on your Mac, select the File menu and then Import From.

• Now, select Bookmarks HTML File in the contextual menu.

• Next, select the bookmarks HTML file and then click on Import .

• Your imported bookmarks will appear at the bottom of the sidebar in a new folder with the name “Imported” followed by the date. Click on the Sidebar icon in the top left corner of the screen and choose Bookmarks .

• Now, check out the Imported folder at the bottom of the sidebar.

Note:  You can also import exported bookmarks HTML file from Microsoft Edge, Netscape Navigator, OmniWeb, Mozilla Firefox, and even Safari by following the same aforementioned steps.

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I use the Windows Chrome extension option, but every time I Apply in the Icloud app, it says I should switch the extension on. I have checked is is ope and installed in Chrome??

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How to export bookmarks from Chrome to Safari

How can I export all my bookmarks from Chrome to Safari? This seems like a massive hassle.

So you’re switching from Google Chrome to Safari as your web browser? Apple will be pleased, but you might want to take your bookmarks with you. You could visit each web site again and bookmark each page individually, but that’s a huge chore. There must be an easier way, right?

There is. The best trick is to export all of your bookmarks from Google Chrome, and import them into Apple’s Safari browser. This way you get to take all your bookmarks with you when moving from Chrome to Safari.

It’s pretty easy to take import your bookmarks from Chrome to Safari. This feature shows you how.

Read next: Safari tips for Mac  | Best Safari extensions & plugins   | How to clear website history and cookies in Safari

How to quickly import your Chrome bookmarks into Safari

Mac OS X Safari has an option to quickly import the bookmarks from one app to another. Here is the quickest way to import Chrome Bookmarks into Safari.

• Open the Safari app.
• Choose File > Import From > Google Chrome.
• Ensure that Bookmarks is selected. (You can also select History.)
• Click Import.

That should be all you need to do to import your Bookmarks from Google Chrome to Safari. Sometimes things don’t go to plan, however. If so, you can export your bookmarks manually from Google Chrome and import them into Safari.

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How to export your bookmarks from Chrome in OS X

Google keeps the Bookmarks export option tucked away – so you might not be able to find the Bookmarks export option in Google Chrome. But it does exist. Follow these steps to export your bookmarks from Google Chrome:

• Open the Google Chrome app in OS X.
• Click the Customize and Control Google Chrome icon in the top-right (shaped as three horizontal lines).
• Choose Bookmarks > Bookmark Manager.
• Click Organize > Export Bookmarks to HTML File.
• Choose a location for the HTML File and click Save.

This saves all of the bookmarks as a HTML file. You can open this file in Safari, but it just displays a web page with all of your bookmarks. If you want to use it you need to import these bookmarks.

How to import the Chrome bookmarks HTML file into Safari

Now that you have the bookmarks HTML file you need to import it into Safari. Follow these steps.

• Open the Safari web browser.
• Click File > Import From > Bookmarks HTML File.
• Choose the Bookmarks HTML file in the Finder window.

Safari will now import all the Google Chrome bookmarks from the HTML Document into the Google Chrome web browser.

How to sync the Google Chrome bookmarks with Safari for iOS

Once you have the bookmarks imported from Google Chrome to Safari in OS X it’s easy to sync them with your iOS devices. Open System Preferences, click iCloud and select Safari. Now all of your Safari information will be synced to iCloud and shared across your OS X and iOS devices.

Read next: How to use the Safari web browser on the Mac | How to clear website history and cookies in Safari

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Troubleshooting, how to sync safari bookmarks with google chrome.

Many people who own iPhones and iPads also use Windows computers, and if you’re one of them, chances are you use both Safari on iOS/iPadOS and Chrome on Windows. Fortunately, you can easily sync your bookmarks between both these browsers, thanks to a browser extension.

With the help of the iCloud Bookmarks Chrome extension that’s developed by Apple, you can seamlessly switch between Safari and Google Chrome across your devices without having to worry about losing your bookmarks. All your bookmarks are synced using iCloud, and they’re readily available whether you’re on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Windows PC.

Interested in setting this feature up on your computer? We’re here to help you get started, and you’ll be syncing Safari Bookmarks with Google Chrome on Windows in no time.

How to Sync Safari Bookmarks with Google Chrome on PC

Keeping your Safari bookmarks in sync with Google Chrome requires you to have iCloud for Windows installed on your PC in addition to the extension. Once you’re done with the installation, just follow the steps below:

That’s pretty much all you need to do.

From now on, when you switch to Safari on your iPhone after using Chrome on your Windows computer, you’ll find that Safari has already updated all its bookmarks to match what’s on Chrome.

Active bookmarks syncing is currently only available for Chrome, but since Microsoft’s Edge browser is now Chromium-based, you will be able to install this Chrome extension on your Edge browser by allowing extensions from other sources . Thanks to this workaround, you can keep your Edge bookmarks in sync with Safari too.

This is just one of the browser extensions that Apple offers to Chrome users. Apart from iCloud Bookmarks, there’s also an iCloud Passwords extension that allows you to use saved passwords that are stored in iCloud Keychain on your Windows PC. To use this, you need to have version 12 of iCloud for Windows or later installed on your computer.

If you use Chrome on your Mac, it’s worth noting that iCloud does not sync bookmarks between Chrome for macOS and Safari. These steps for actively syncing bookmarks only work on a Windows computer. Therefore, if you use Chrome on Mac, but Safari on your iOS device, you’re out of luck (for now anyway, or if you know a solution to this then let us know in the comments).

Now you know you can sync all your Safari bookmarks with Chrome. What do you think of this feature for Windows users? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

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I wonder how this works with multiple Chrome and Safari user profiles. Can it map Safari personal profile and Chrome persona profile, and also the “work” profiles in each browser?

I might back up my bookmarks and give it a shot afterwards. I’m assuming the worst but hoping for the best.

iCloud Bookmark Sync is NOT the way to go to sync bookmarks between Safari and Chrome (on Windows) IF you use Chrome with multiple profiles(=different email accounts) because Safari does not have the concept of different profiles therefore it combines all bookmarks of all Chrome profiles. After that this joined list of bookmarks are synced down to each Windows PC/laptop so that all Chrome instances running on them (using different profiles) get this full list of bookmarks created by iCloud. As if this was not terrible enough, during the next cycles of sync, all of this Chrome instances (using different profiles) running on these different devices sync their bookmarks with iCloud which then creates duplicates. The longer the sync stays active, the more duplicates are created. In Short, iCloud Windows App can only be used, when Chrome (on Windows) is used with a single profile.

You are right. I encounter this issue when i use iCloud Bookmark Sync.

It there better solution to sync bookmark between Safari and Chrome? I mainly use Chrome on Windows system, and Safari on MacBook and iPhone.

I have tons of bookmarks in Safari and Chrome . How does the resolve conflicts between the 2 browsers? Will Safari’s bookmarks look like Chrome’s ? Or vice versa?

This is a typical big f*ck by Apple. Max users cannot use this. When I have my MBP plugged in I use Brave, better security and performance. Also it works much better with the Google Worksuite im environment because of the extensions. But when I’m on the go I use Safari because of its power efficiency.

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The Easiest Way To Transfer Safari Bookmarks To Google Chrome

If you're well integrated into Apple's ecosystem, sticking to Safari makes the most sense. The default browser is designed and optimized for macOS and iOS, allowing you to effortlessly pass tabs between devices or make purchases secured with FaceID or TouchID. There is a downside, though: Safari is an Apple exclusive. Because of that, you can't sync Safari with your Android or Windows devices, making Google Chrome a more appealing — and universal — alternative.

Right now, Chrome can beat Safari speeds on macOS. Google tested the latest build of Chrome using Apple's Speedometer browser benchmark, where it outperformed Safari, giving reasons a pretty good reason to switch. Chrome's browser extension support is also unparalleled, offering thousands of free web extensions via the Chrome Web Store. Beyond that, you can seamlessly sync Chrome history, passwords, settings, and bookmarks across all your devices by signing into the browser with your Google account.

Whether you want to take Google Chrome for a test drive or make the switch from Safari, you don't need to lose your bookmarks or settings. Here's the easiest way to transfer all your Safari bookmarks to Google Chrome.

How to transfer Safari bookmarks to Google Chrome on Mac

Moving bookmarks between desktop browsers is fairly straightforward. You can either let Chrome automatically import the bookmarks or do it manually yourself, as explained on the Google Support website.

To auto-import browser bookmarks from Safari:

1. Fire up Chrome on your computer.

2. Click the three-dot menu button located in the upper right corner of the browser.

3. Navigate to Bookmarks > Import Bookmarks and Settings. 

4. Pick Safari from the drop-down menu.

5. Browsing history, Bookmarks, and Search are checked by default. Uncheck the other items if you only want to import the bookmarks.

6. Click Import and then Done.

As mentioned, you can also transfer the bookmarks manually, but you'll need the related HTML file. This is also a simple process, but it takes a few extra steps.

1. Open Safari on your computer.

2. Go to File > Export Bookmarks.

3. Save the HTML file in your local Mac storage.

4. Open Chrome and go to Bookmarks > Import Bookmarks and Settings

5. This time, pick Bookmarks HTML File from the drop-down menu.

6. Locate the .html file and click Choose File.

On a fresh installation of Chrome, the imported bookmarks will appear on the bookmarks bar (you can show or hide the bar with Ctrl + Shift + B.) But if you've already created new bookmarks on Chrome, you'll find the imported Safari bookmarks in a folder called "Other bookmarks."

How to transfer Safari bookmarks to Google Chrome on iPhone and iPad

While importing and exporting bookmarks is a breeze on desktop, there's no direct way to do so on iOS or iPadOS. However, you can use Chrome sync and iCloud sync to transfer bookmarks from Safari on Mac to Chrome on iPhone or iPad. Note that you need a Google account for Chrome sync to work, and this process relies on having access to a macOS computer.

Start by syncing your Safari bookmarks on iOS or iPadOS via iCloud. On your iPad or iPhone, navigate to Settings > Profile > iCloud and turn on the switch for Safari.

Next, enable Safari sync on Mac. Find the iCloud in the System Preferences and check the toggle for Safari. 

Open Google Chrome on your Mac and import Safari bookmarks using the steps laid out in the previous section.

Sign into Chrome with your Google account. The imported bookmarks (also the history, passwords, and preferences) will be synced across all your devices.

Install Chrome on your iPhone or iPad and sign in with the same Google account.

Android devices also support Chrome sync. After you sync the bookmarks using iCloud, Google will import them to your Android device, too (provided you sign in with the same account).

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How to Import Your Safari Bookmarks to Chrome

Apple's native desktop browser is Safari, but just because it comes pre-installed on every Mac doesn't mean you have to use it. Chrome is actually more popular than Safari by far, and if you're new to Mac, it might already be your preferred browser.

How to Import Safari Bookmarks to Chrome

• Name the file containing your bookmarks and save it in a convenient location on your Mac.
• Launch Google Chrome on your Mac.

• Check the box next to Favorites/Bookmarks .

• Click the Import button. Once the import is complete, click Done .

To sync your imported bookmarks to your Google account, click the circular profile icon in the top-right corner of the Chrome window and log into your Google account.

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How to import Chrome passwords to Safari on iPhone and Mac

In this tutorial, we will help you bring your website login details like email addresses, usernames, and passwords saved in Google Chrome to Safari.

Your passwords are probably saved to Google Password Manager if you have been using Chrome as your default browser on your Mac , iPhone, iPad, Windows PC, or Android phone.

Now, if you decide to switch to Safari, then you can either import the saved account passwords from Chrome to Safari or learn how to use Google Password Manager while auto-filling saved passwords on your Apple device. We will help you with both methods.

Import Chrome passwords to Safari on iPhone and iPad

You have two options.

Method 1: Use your Mac

There is no official way to import passwords saved in Chrome or Firefox to Safari on iPhone or iPad on iOS 17 or earlier. You won’t find such an option in Safari settings or the Passwords section of the Settings app.

The only way and the best way is to import your Chrome passwords to Safari using your Mac, and they will automatically sync to your iPhone and iPad via iCloud Keychain . It’s safe, easy, fast, and secure. We’ve explained it under the Mac section below.

Method 2: Set Chrome to autofill passwords

This is another excellent option if you don’t have a Mac or want to use Chrome and Safari browsers simultaneously.

You can set Chrome’s Google Password Manager to autofill your saved passwords in Safari and other iOS apps. It can be used along with or instead of iCloud Keychain.

Caution: Don’t try third-party apps!

If you don’t have a Mac, you’re out of luck and can’t use the first method. In desperation, you may come across third-party services that claim to help copy your Chrome passwords to Safari. I strongly suggest you never use these apps and services because of the severe security costs attached to them. You don’t want an obscure third party coming between you and your sensitive passwords.

Import Chrome passwords to Safari on Mac

After you follow one of the three methods below, your imported passwords will upload to iCloud Keychain and sync to all your Apple devices, including iPhone and iPad.

Method 1: On a new computer

When you open Safari for the first time on your Mac after using Chrome or Firefox, you will see an option to import bookmarks , browsing history, and passwords. Just use the button there, and you should be good to go.

Method 2: Import manually at any time

If you did not import passwords when you opened Safari for the first time, you can follow these simple steps to get your Chrome passwords in Safari.

1) Quit the Chrome browser if it’s already open.

2) Open Safari on your Mac, and from the top menu bar, click  File  >  Import From and choose  Google Chrome .

3) Make sure the Passwords box stays selected and hit the Import  button.

5) Enter your Mac’s password and Allow Safari to use your confidential information stored in “Chrome Safe Storage.” You may have to enter your Mac’s password a second time and hit Allow again. After that, Safari will begin importing your passwords from Chrome.

6) Once importing is done, click OK .

After you have imported the account password from another browser to Safari, go to  Safari Settings  >  Passwords (or System Settings > Passwords ), and you will find the imported passwords here. Unfortunately, there isn’t a recently added section to help you know the passwords that were copied from another browser. But you can manually check and find that the account emails, usernames, and passwords were actually imported over.

Note that your account login details and passwords were copied to Safari and not moved from Chrome to Safari. So, you will still find them when you open Google Password Manager in Chrome or the web.

Method 3: Use a CSV file

Another method to get your Chrome passwords to Safari involves exporting your Chrome passwords as a CSV file and then importing that file into Safari.

This is easy but also comes with significant security concerns. Your usernames, emails, and passwords are mentioned in plain readable text in the CSV file that you download from Google Password Manager. If you are not incredibly careful, this file may get into the wrong hands, get uploaded to cloud services, and be misused. Therefore, you should use the earlier method.

But if you understand the risks and will properly delete the CSV file immediately after importing it to Safari, here’s how to proceed.

1) Open Chrome on your Mac and export its passwords as a CSV file. To do that, visit this direct Chrome link ( chrome://password-manager/settings ) or navigate to Chrome Settings  >  Autofill and passwords > Google Password Manager > Settings .

Now, click the Download file button next to the Export passwords option, use Touch ID or your Mac’s password to authenticate, and Save the CSV file.

2) Open Safari, and from the top menu bar, click  File  >  Import From  >  Passwords CSV File .

3) Click  Choose File .

4) Now, select the Chrome Passwords CSV file you downloaded earlier and hit Import . After that, use Touch ID or your Mac’s password to authenticate.

5) Once the passwords are imported, you will see an alert. Click OK  or  Open Passwords Settings .

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How to Transfer iOS and macOS Safari Bookmarks to Chrome

Have you migrated from iOS to Android ? Maybe macOS to Windows 10? In either case, you may not find your bookmarks from Safari on iOS or macOS. Why so? Apple does not offer its proprietary browser on Android or Windows.

What’s the solution then? A trick allows you to get your bookmarks from iOS or macOS on Android or Windows. The idea is to sync your bookmarks on iOS or macOS to iCloud, and from there, sync them to Android or Windows. So, are you ready to get back your bookmarks? Let’s get into the details then.

Note: Since iCloud is unavailable for Android, the only viable option is to use iCloud on Windows to sync your bookmarks to Google Chrome . Thereafter, you can sync them from Windows to Android using Chrome’s sync feature.

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1. Install iCloud on Windows

First of all, you must download iCloud for Windows . Then, run the downloaded installer to install iCloud on Windows. It’s super straightforward, right?

However, I did get an error while I was installing Apple’s iCloud. I got an error message saying “ Media Feature Pack is missing “. If you get a similar error, you must search for “ Control Panel ” and open it. Then, click “ Programs and Features ” and click “ Turn Windows features on or off ” in the sidebar.

Under Windows Features , check “ Media Features ” and click OK . Maybe it will ask to download files or restart the system, just confirm those actions. Then finally, try installing iCloud and it shall install as smoothly as possible.

2. Log in to the iCloud app

After you’re done installing iCloud , search for it in the Start menu and launch it. You will see its welcome screen, which asks you to log in to your iCloud account. In the app, enter your account credentials and click the “ Sign In ” button.

Once you have signed in to the app, you must configure the content and features you wish to keep up to date on Windows 10. Since we need the bookmarks, you must check Bookmarks and click its Options , then select Chrome in its options. You can also check Firefox if you need to transfer bookmarks to it too.

And finally, click the Apply button at the bottom of the app. After iCloud finishes syncing the selected content and features, you’ll see your bookmarks from Safari Browser in Google Chrome (and Mozilla Firefox if you selected it as well).

Now, you can open Google Chrome, click the three-dotted button. Then, under Bookmarks , click “ Bookmark manager ” to see the bookmarks. If you don’t see your bookmarks, do check them under “ Other bookmarks ” on the left. If you still don’t see them, maybe the sync has not yet completed — wait and try again.

At long last, Chrome for iOS will offer multi-profile support

A big moment for iOS users

Although Apple's Safari browser on iOS has offered multi-profile support since last year, Google's Chrome browser has stubbornly held out—until now.

MacObserver reports that Google is testing a new feature that would allow iOS users to employ multiple profiles inside the Chrome browser running on Apple's mobile operating system. The Apple-tracking website found code inside Google's browser that suggests it's testing a feature allowing users to switch between profiles while using Chrome on iOS.

Having the option to switch between profiles on a browser is exceptionally valuable. If multiple people are using a device, being able to switch profiles means they can have a different set of bookmarks, separate their histories, and save a different search history to expedite future searches. While Google has offered multi-profile support in Chrome on other operating systems, including Windows, it's stubbornly stuck to a single-profile model on iOS and its own mobile operating system, Android.

Perhaps most notably, the company stuck to the single-profile version despite Apple offering a multi-profile option in Safari last year.

That said, multiple profiles aren't necessarily valuable for every use case. In iOS, for example, many people use their iPhones or iPads independently and don't share with others. Having the option to switch profiles in those cases is decidedly unnecessary. The same holds true for Android, where someone who owns the device may similarly be the only person using it.

However, it appears that Google is moving ahead with the plan to offer just that in iOS. Although the company is working on Android 15 , there's no indication that the multi-profile option is coming to Android, making it even more notable that multi-profile support is coming to a competing operating system over the one that Google itself offers.

Whatever the case, there are still plenty of questions surrounding MacObserver's discovery. For one, testing a feature doesn't necessarily mean that it'll definitely make its way to a publicly available operating system. And even if it does, there's no telling when it will eventually launch.

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Import bookmarks to Safari iOS

I have iPhone and HTML file with my bookmarks from Chrome browser.

And I want to import my Chrome bookmarks (HTML file) to my Safari browser in iPhone.

How can I do this expect manually? Quantity of bookmarks is so huge to input it manually.

P.S. I haven’t MacBook or other gadget with Mac OS. Also I haven’t Safari on my Windows OS computer. And Apple doesn’t allow me to install Safari on Windows (doesn’t support). So I can’t import HTML file with bookmarks via desktop version of Safari.

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Safari User Guide

• Get started
• Go to a website
• Bookmark web pages to revisit
• See your favourite websites
• Use tabs for web pages
• Import bookmarks and passwords
• Pay with Apple Pay
• Autofill credit card info
• View links from friends
• Keep a Reading List
• Hide ads when reading
• Translate a web page
• Download items from the web
• Add passes to Wallet
• Save part or all of a web page
• Print or create a PDF of a web page
• Interact with text in a picture
• Change your home page
• Customise a start page
• Create a profile
• Block pop-ups
• Make Safari your default web browser
• Hide your email address
• Manage cookies
• Clear your browsing history
• Browse privately
• Prevent cross-site tracking
• See who tried to track you
• Change Safari settings
• Keyboard and other shortcuts

Import bookmarks, history and passwords in Safari on Mac

If Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is your default browser, you can automatically import your bookmarks, history and passwords when you first start using Safari, or manually import them later.

You can also import bookmarks that were exported in HTML format from Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome and some other web browsers. And you can import passwords that were exported to a CSV file from a password app or another browser.

Imported bookmarks appear after your existing bookmarks.

Imported history appears with your existing history.

Imported passwords go into your iCloud Keychain, so you can autofill sign-in information on websites.

Open Safari for me

Automatically import from Chrome or Firefox

If this is the first time you’ve opened Safari after using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, a message at the bottom of the start page asks you if you want to keep imported items.

Select an option:

Keep your imported items: Safari keeps your imported bookmarks, history and passwords from Chrome and Firefox.

Remove your imported items: Safari removes your imported items.

Decide later: Return to the start page and import the items at another time. To see the start page, choose Bookmarks > Show Start Page.

Manually import items from Chrome or Firefox

You can do this any time after you start using Safari, even if you imported items already.

You must have Chrome or Firefox installed on your Mac to import.

Select the items you want to import.

Click Import.

Import a bookmarks file

Select the HTML file to import.

After you import bookmarks, they appear in the sidebar below Bookmarks in a new folder whose name begins with “Imported” and ends with the date.

Import a passwords file

Select the CSV file to import.

Enter the login password for your Mac.

If a password you’re importing doesn’t match a password you’ve saved to your Mac, you can see the related account, username and password saved to your Mac, then choose which one to keep. See At least one password wasn’t imported .

Click Delete “ filename .csv” to protect the security of your accounts.

WARNING: The CSV file is not encrypted and anyone reading the file can see your passwords.

Export a bookmarks file

The exported file is called “Safari Bookmarks.html”.

To use the exported bookmarks in another browser, import the file named “Safari Bookmarks.html”.

Export a passwords file

Click Export Passwords.

WARNING: Your passwords are exported to a CSV file. The CSV file is not encrypted and anyone reading the file can see your passwords.

Enter a name and choose a location for the CSV file, then click Save.

To use the exported passwords in another browser, import the CSV file you created.

How to export Google Chrome bookmarks: A step-by-step guide

G oogle Chrome ranks high in our list of best browsers for the right reasons. There's a good chance it's your favorite browser, and you're reading this on a Chrome tab. It's far from the best option out there, though, and plenty of convincing alternatives like Vivaldi in 2024 exist. So what if you want to switch to a different web browser and take all the bookmarks of your favorite web pages to help you make your browsing experience much easier on your new laptop or smartphone ?

Google Chrome makes it incredibly easy to export all your bookmarks, so you can take them with you to any new browser of your choice. It's a fairly simple process that only takes a few minutes.

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Exporting bookmarks in google chrome, a simple way to save them as html files.

To export your bookmarks in Google Chrome:

• Open Google Chrome on your Windows , Mac , Chromebook , or Linux PC.
• Click the three-dot menu icon in the top right corner.
• Hover over the Bookmarks and lists option, and then select Bookmark manager .
• Click on the three-dot menu icon in the top right corner again, and select the Export bookmarks option.
• Click the Save button after renaming the file (optional) and selecting a download location.

And that's it. You have successfully exported all your bookmarks from Google Chrome as an HTML file, which you can import into any web browser. It could even be a Chrome browser with a different account on another system, but the overall process of exporting Google Chrome bookmarks remains the same.

This is the only way you can export the bookmarks from one Chrome account to another, so knowing how to export the bookmarks in Google Chrome is crucial, even if you are changing your Google account or planning to use Chrome on a different system with a new account.

Exporting bookmarks is fairly simple

The process of exporting your browser bookmark is fairly simple, and it's pretty much the same on all web browsers. The actual location of the Export bookmark option may vary, but they are exported as an HTML file, which you can then import into other web browsers to feel right at home.

How-To Geek

I tried browsing the web with safari 1.0, here's how it went.

Hands-on with Apple's first web browser.

Key Takeaways

• Safari 1.0 was released in 2003 to replace Internet Explorer on the Mac.
• It was lacking some features compared to other web browsers, but it was fast and minimalist.
• Safari 1.0 is not compatible with most modern websites.

Safari was introduced in 2003 as Apple's replacement for Internet Explorer on the Mac, and it has continued to evolve since then as the default browser on all Apple devices. Let's take a deep dive into the browser that started it all: Safari 1.0.

The first version of Safari was released on June 23rd, 2003 , following a public beta that reached nearly five million downloads. The initial version was an optional download for Macs running Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar , and it was later bundled with Mac OS X 10.3 Panther . Apple continued shipping Safari with every new Mac operating system, continuing to the present day with new releases of macOS.

Hello, Safari

Safari is a core system application on Mac computers, so you can't (easily) use older versions on newer operating systems that have a newer Safari version already installed. In the name of science, I fired up my trusty 1999 PowerMac G3, created a new drive partition, and installed a fresh copy of Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. That release shipped with Safari version 1.1, so this isn't technically the first public version, but it's close enough.

Safari 1.0 is a far cry from modern versions of Apple's web browser, but there are some familiar interface elements. The top bar has the back, forward, reload, and bookmark buttons that are still present in today's web browsers, but the address bar and web search are two separate text fields.

Google Chrome helped popularize the idea of a combined address and search bar when it was released in 2009, but before that, most web browsers had the same split text fields. On that note, Google is the default search engine, and I didn't see an option anywhere to change it.

Safari 1.0 isn't just minimalist by today's standards. This new Mac OS X installation also came with Internet Explorer 5 for Mac, which has a much more cluttered design with a sidebar, status bar, and more buttons at the top of the window. You could click a button on the sidebar to hide most of that for distraction-free browsing, but Safari is less complicated out of the box.

Most of the other browsers from this time, like Opera, Netscape, and the Mozilla Application Suite, were similarly feature-packed. The first version of Firefox arrived in 2004, the year after Safari, with a simplified feature set and a focus on web browsing. There is support for tabbed browsing in Safari 1.0, but it's not enabled by default.

There's also a bookmarks manager for organizing your favorite sites and pages, accessible from the menu bar or the bookmarks button in the bookmarks bar. The default bookmarks are a fun look back at the early-2000s internet, with links to Amazon, PayPal, BBC News, MapQuest, Monster.com, and other sites.

The preferences panel has some options for how windows open, where to save files and pages, turning on tabbed browsing, managing plugins, and deleting browsing cookies. There's also an AutoFill feature that can fill in web forms with information from your Address Book.

I also noticed this early version of Safari doesn't have an Inspect Element option, or seemingly any other web development features. You can view the HTML source code for a page, but that's it.

Surf Like It's 2003

So, what can you actually do with Safari 1.0 in 2024? Well, not a lot. This is a twenty-year-old web rendering engine, with no support for modern HTML and CSS layout features, HTML5 video, or most JavaScript features. Every site that loads over HTTPS (SSL) shows security warnings or refuses to load at all.

The main Google home page works, but the search results use a broken mobile layout. CNN, Apple.com, Wikipedia, eBay, and BBC News don't load at all. Amazon made the browser freeze for about a minute, complete with the spinning beachball of death, then loaded a page with just text and no styling or images.

There are a few websites designed specifically for older browsers, though. The FrogFind search engine created by Action Retro on YouTube works well here, which downgrades modern sites to simpler text-based layouts.

FrogFind doesn’t always work well, but it does turn websites like Wikipedia from completely unusable to readable.

Looking Back at Tomorrow

You can’t use Safari 1.0 for typical web browsing anymore, but it’s still a fascinating look at Apple’s vision for the future of web browsing. It wasn’t a feature-packed internet suite, like Netscape and Mozilla, or a super-customizable application like Opera. It was a fast, simple, and focused web browser, built on top of the modern KHTML engine from KDE’s Konqueror project.

Even though Safari wasn’t a perfect experience in its early days, the response from Mac owners was generally positive. Macworld said in 2003 , “Safari loaded pages faster than Internet Explorer in four out of five tests — in some cases, almost twice as fast.” The review from CNET for the 1.0 release said, “We encountered only minor bugs, usually related to JavaScript errors, though less so than the beta versions. Overall, Safari performed well.”

Safari went on to serve as the default browser for the iPhone and iPad, and there was a short-lived Windows version starting in 2007 . Safari’s underlying WebKit engine has also helped shape the internet we know today. WebKit was used by Google Chrome for years until Google forked it to create the Blink engine , which is now used by Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Vivaldi, and other web browsers.

For now, though, I’m happy to get back to a functioning modern web browser.

Plinky is an app for you to collect and organize links easily

The internet is full of cool websites, and some of them are so interesting and useful, it’s no wonder people want to save them for posterity. Bookmark managers, notes apps, and read-it-later services like Pocket are great for collecting and organizing links, but the fact is there are too many links across too many platforms and apps to keep track of easily.

A former Twitter engineer, Joe Fabisevich, has built an app called Plinky that aims to tackle that problem with a new approach that prioritizes customization.

Available for iPhones, iPads, and Apple silicon Macs, Plinky lets you save links to web pages, apps, videos, images and even app stores; label them neatly; and organize them in different folders. You can customize these labels and folders, and even how a link shows up in the app. Additionally, you can search for links and pin them for easy access.

You can easily set the app as a favorite in the Share menu to quickly share a link from anywhere — inside browsers, other apps, messengers. It’s easy to save a link with just a few taps, and I liked the save animation, too.

Fabisevich told TechCrunch he was inspired to build the app because he used to send his fiancée a ton of links — tweets, articles, videos and memes. While she loved the gesture, she found it distracting and asked him to save some of them for later. That’s when Fabisevich started working on Plinky.

The founder feels that the ethos of a link-saving app should be to make the process easy. He noted that apps like Pocket and Instapaper are great for reading, but links often have video and photos, and those apps might not be well-suited for consuming multimedia.

Fabisevich has also built extensions for Chrome, Safari, and Firefox, as well as integrations with RSS reader Unread, iOS Shortcuts, and Zapier. There is an open API, too, that third-party developers can use to build integration for more surfaces.

The free version lets you save up to 50 links and create up to five labels and three folders. To remove these limits, you can pay $3.99 a month or $39.99 a year. Or you can buy lifetime access for $159.99.

In terms of features, Plinky falls short when compared with Raindrop, a popular bookmarking app, which offers Android, Mac (Intel), and Windows apps, too. Raindrop offers more integrations and its free tier lets you save any number of links and bookmarks. However, Raindrop doesn’t play well with YouTube and App Store links, as they open through its in-app browser rather than redirecting you to the native app — a problem Plinky solves better.

Plinky offers a much better solution than saving links through a browser’s bookmark manager, given that it’s easier to organize links in the app with folders and labels.

Fabisevich said he has used Raindrop, but wanted to build a solution anyone can use. “In their own words, Raindrop is ‘designed for creatives, built for coders,’” he said. “While I love that, being both, that’s a very small slice of people who would benefit from having a universal inbox for their links.”

“From the first time you save a link in Plinky, you can see that the app does its job and gets out of the way. It’s a different approach than Raindrop, which requires you to think about categorization right from the start.”

What’s next for Plinky?

In the coming months, Fabisevich wants to build better organizational and customization features for the app.

He wants to make it easy for people to import links from existing services like GoodLinks, Raindrop, and Pocket, where they might already have a library of bookmarks and clippings.

The founder also aims to add secure folders for saving sensitive links, an in-app reading experience, and the ability to add reminders for links that you may want to read later. He also wants to build a native Mac app since the current one is just an iPad app that’s only compatible with MacOS devices that run on Apple’s own chips.

I liked it that the app’s support section has a list of upcoming features that users can vote on. The features with the most votes will be built first.

In the long-term, Fabisevich wants to build more personalized workflows to save and prioritize links, along with a better search experience.

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Apple’s ‘Crush’ ad is disgusting

The problem is not the media, but the message.

Google built some of the first social apps for Android, including Twitter and others

The Twitter for Android client was “a demo app that Google had created and gave to us,” says Particle co-founder and ex-Twitter employee Sara Beykpour.