Bookmarks

[clevermanka]

I'm getting a new computer at work. Which is kind of Yay and kind of Yipes at the same time. My experience with the tech support here has not been especially stellar during my time in English, but this new guy they've got helping us is pretty on the ball. So I'm moderately optimistic instead of being outright terrified.

My question is: If I've bookmarked something using the Google toolbar, are those bookmarks saved in my Google profile? Or do I need to do some sort of backup on them. Because I've lost my bookmarks so many times thanks to tech snafus here. I don't want it to happen again.

Thanks for any info!

Comments

[adammaker.livejournal.com]

Yes.
I save things in my Google toolbar bookmark for precisely that task.
I can open them on the road on a borrowed computer.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Awesome. Thank you.

[adammaker.livejournal.com]

You might http://www.google.com/googlenotebook/faq.html to be of help here.
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I use google notebook to save snippets of stuff, that I can retrieve form any computer.
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Very handy while traveling or working in the library.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Thank you x2!

[stuology.livejournal.com]

Google is stopping development on Notebook and not allowing new users.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

...What does that mean? Sorry. I quit paying attention to stuff like this when I quit the computer center job.

[stuology.livejournal.com]

Notebook: I went out and read more last night. They are allowing current users to keep using, but encouraging people to use one of their other products instead.

It sounds like they are keeping Notebook running, but who knows if they will decide to just shut it down. I would assume though that Google would be nice enough to give everybody an opportunity to export Notebook data somewhere else--like to Google Docs.

[radcliffe.livejournal.com]

Hmm, not a clue as I don't know what browser you are using, nor do I use the google toolbar. I love foxmarks with firefox- it saves and updates bookmarks remotely, so that my laptop and sewing office computer bookmarks remain identical.

Usually in the "organize bookmarks" option there is a backup or download option.

Hope this helps!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I tried logging into Gmail on someone else's computer and indeed, there were my bookmarks. So hurray!

[adammaker.livejournal.com]

Sweet!

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

You can do an overkill back-up by grabbing the bookmarks/favorites folder off your unit once in awhile and saving it to the network.

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

Best thing to do would be to back up your bookmarks on a jump drive or a CD -- some external medium. Then you can reinstall them on the new machine.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I might do that as a back-up to the Google toolbar, anyway, since it's been suggested a few times now.