Anyone Mac-savvy who can help me?

[Aragorn]

I have a somewhat old Macintosh tower, and the tube monitor died on me. Now I can link up to it through my laptop to grab any files I want to, but is there a way to get my browser bookmarks?

I can't open up the tower browser through my laptop because then it'll just read my laptop bookmarks.

 

[gottacook]

Try this link:
http://blog.sharinglinks.com/how-to-copy-bookmarks-from-your-browser/24/
Nothing there about Safari if that's your browser, but presumably there's an equivalent process to do this in Safari.

 

[Shaw]

If both the tower and laptop are running Mac OS X, then it sort of depends on what browser you are using.

Generally speaking, all application specific files (like bookmarks) are kept somewhere within the Library folder of your home folder. Both FireFox and OmniWeb keep that type of thing in ~/Library/Application Support/. Safari (by contrast) uses ~/Library/Safari/ for those files.

 

[Aragorn]

Try this link:
http://blog.sharinglinks.com/how-to-copy-bookmarks-from-your-browser/24/
Nothing there about Safari if that's your browser, but presumably there's an equivalent process to do this in Safari.

Thanks. I already know how to do that though. The problem is I can't do that without a monitor. I'm trying to figure out if there's a way I can get it by linking from another computer.

If both the tower and laptop are running Mac OS X, then it sort of depends on what browser you are using.

Generally speaking, all application specific files (like bookmarks) are kept somewhere within the Library folder of your home folder. Both FireFox and OmniWeb keep that type of thing in ~/Library/Application Support/. Safari (by contrast) uses ~/Library/Safari/ for those files.

That's interesting. I opened up that folder of the laptop I'm on and found a bookmarks.html, but it's extremely out of date. I'll check what my tower's folders look like though. Thanks.

 

[Aragorn]

Well there was nothing in the Library/Application Support folder I could find or use. Then I realized I was in the wrong Library/Application Support. I was going into the main library, not the library of my profile (never mind that it's an open computer with only one profile). But instead of going into that Application Support, I went into a folder called Mozilla, and then a folder called Profiles, and kept going until I found a folder with like 500 different bookmarks.html files, which I guess was keeping track of every time I updated my Netscape bookmarks.

 

[Sean Aaron]

You could try connecting the two machines with firewire and when you boot the tower hold Command+F on its keyboard to bring the machine up in firewire target mode. I'm pretty sure that will enable you to access it from your laptop as if it was a hard disk.

Is that what you're looking for?

 

[Shaw]

Well there was nothing in the Library/Application Support folder I could find or use. Then I realized I was in the wrong Library/Application Support. I was going into the main library, not the library of my profile (never mind that it's an open computer with only one profile).

The reason for that is so that a user won't damage the larger system level operations on their computer during normal use (the only way you should be able to effect those root directories is by entering a password). But at a certain point, giving directions to someone unfamiliar with their system in the form of posts in a forum is like trying to talk someone through self-performed open heart surgery.

You would be better off biting the bullet and getting someone who does this stuff for a living to help out. If you are using your systems in a non-professional capacity, a service person might cut you a break in price (I charge $25 per hour for home users and $75 per hour for professional users)... and restoring things like bookmarks and the like can be done by someone who knows what they are doing in less than 15 minutes.

You could try connecting the two machines with firewire and when you boot the tower hold Command+F on its keyboard to bring the machine up in firewire target mode. I'm pretty sure that will enable you to access it from your laptop as if it was a hard disk.

I think you are thinking about holding down the "t" key while starting up to get target mode.

 

[Sean Aaron]

I think you are thinking about holding down the "t" key while starting up to get target mode.

Yeah, you're right, I realised I got that wrong this morning.

It's a good thing to try if he needs access to the data and doesn't want to buy an enclosure for the internal disk and take it out.