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alexpdraper
Syncing does not work in Firefox
Hi,
I am using Firefox 62.0.3 and unfortunately the syncing feature does not work. Otherwise the extension would be perfect!
The sync feature could be done by creating a bookmark folder where the links are kept. That's precisely what this extension does: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/saveforreadlater/
Best regards, Sebastian
Are you sure the syncing doesn’t work? I have the same version of Firefox and it works just fine.
Unfortunately yes. I have it opened at the moment on my PC and my phone and the syncing does not work. I tried it also on a second PC and links I have added to the reading list did not show up there. What is more, the extension itself did not sync to my second PC and I had to install it manually.
Now I have updated Firefox to version 63 and that did not help.
Are you signed in to the same Firefox account on both computers? If you go to about:preferences#sync and look at your sync settings, do you have “Add-ons” checked?
Of course. Reading List is the only extension I have installed that did not sync between my PCs. Just a few minutes ago two extensions which I have installed previously on a different PC have show up here. So that's probably not the case of faulty sync feature of Firefox.
Weeeeeeeeird. I’m not sure how to replicate the problem here. Maybe try exporting your existing reading list and then re-installing it. It’s extra weird that the extension had to be manually installed on the second PC. If that’s an issue we have control over then I don’t even know where to start. I’ll try to look into it some more and see if I can figure anything out.
I have reinstalled it on my PC and smartphone. After adding new links and syncing devices it still does not work. When I have access to the other PC I will check if the links show up there. And if the extension itself will sync there.
By the way - I do not know how the extension sync between PCs, but I suppose that using bookmarks to do it would solve the issue.
OK, I have checked it again on the second PC and the issue remains. The extension itself did not sync and after installing it manually, the saved links did not show up.