Changing the command line flag is actually easier than you think. Here’s what you do on a Windows machine once you’ve downloaded Chrome:
- Right-click Chrome’s desktop icon and select “Properties.”
- At the top of the properties dialog box, click on the “Shortcut” tab
- The third line down will say “Target” and should look something like this: “C:UsersUsernameAppDataLocalGoogleChromeApplicationchrome.exe”
- Place your cursor after the quotation marks, hit the space bar and then type –enable-sync (it’s important to type the new command outside of the quotation marks and to include a space)
- Now your command line should look like this: “C:UsersIonutAppDataLocalGoogleChromeApplicationchrome.exe” –enable-sync
- Hit “Apply” and then “OK”
- Fire up or restart Chrome and you should see an option to sync bookmarks under the “Tools” menu
- Select “sync bookmarks,” and a pop-up should appear asking for your Google login ID
- Log into your Google account and you’re done.
Bookmarks sync in Chrome looks like a great and simple tool, and I hope Google extends the function to mobile devices in the near future.
I also tried activating bookmark sync in the Chrome build for Mac OS X, but couldn’t get it to work. Anybody out there have better luck?
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