Organizing Chrome Bookmarks

I've been using Chrome for some time now, but I've done little towards managing my bookmarks. They're a mess and it's time to clean up. My goal is to create the applicably titled folders and then sync across my computers (Chrome to Chrome .... I'm not worried too much about syncing to other browsers although I do hope I can sync on the Linux side to Chromium).

My plan:

Step 1:

Organize bookmarks as stated. I'd prefer to create folders and then drag and drop in an explorer type view (maybe small to medium icons). I have briefly reviewed Chrome's bookmark manager and it appears that it only offers an explorer tree. Additionally, I went to the directory of the Vista computer that I'm reorganizing on where I believe record of the bookmarks are (C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default) and only found a couple of text files titled "bookmark". That doesn't appear to be any help. Obviously I am assuming the explorer view is possible, either with some type of program, a Chrome addon or a bookmarking website. Does anyone know of anything along those lines? If not, I'll use Chrome's manager, but considering the volume of bookmarks that I have I'd like to save time if I could.


Step 2:

Sync with Chrome on other computers. I've never attempted this with Chrome and have just a basic understanding that I can use my Google account to tie everything together. Having not read a FAQ or anything I presume that the plan to reorganize on the Vista box and then initiate the sync from that computer and it's Chrome browser is proper. I'm also assuming that I have the same version of Chrome on each. I'll check to make sure.

I would appreciate any suggestions, be it a local app, a website or any other tips that would help in this effort. I used mybookmarks.com years ago and I think it allowed me to export my current set up, reorganize in an explorer view and then import back to my browser. That may be an option although I'm not sure if they are compatible with Chrome.




Multi Boot with USB

Some time back I posted a thread asking if anyone knew of a good bootable USB set up to use for system and data recovery purposes. I've since discovered, installed and used Ubuntu 10.10 from a 8 gig stick thanks to the folks at pendrivelinux.com and their Universal-USB- Installer. That link includes a tutorial and a link to the download of the free USB installer. The tutorial explains how to install Ubuntu 9.10, but I used v10.10's ISO with no problems (I suspect that they authored that webpage when 9.10 was the latest version). After formatting the USB stick to FAT32 (if necessary) you can chose to install "with persistance" which allows you to save installed software and settings up to 4 gigs (Ubuntu itself is just under 700MB). Very, very cool and really simple ... heck I can do it.

I will freely admit I have limited computer abilities, but I'm willing to try things and hopefully learn along the way given the computer enthusiast / pseudo geek that I am. I really like the ability to carry Ubuntu wherever I go and it did help in a repair of a friends computer recently. Their install of Windows would not boot, but since the computer would POST I was able to run Ubuntu faster than if I used a Live CD, access the music and pics that they did not have backed up and copy all to a FAT32 formatted external drive. It ended up that a repair run via their Vista install disc fixed what were likely corrupted file(s) because of a power outage, but I didn't want to take any action until I was sure I could save the data.

This has led me to pendrivelinux's latest offering ..... MultiBoot USB .

I haven't tried this yet, but I am looking forward to setting it up after I get a bigger USB stick. There are several distros I would like to test drive this way and I like the ability to add memtest and perhaps a few other diagnostic tools. There is a clickable list of installable distributions on pdl's webpage (note that only one distro can be installed with persistence). Btw the USB stick that I used for a single boot of Ubuntu is from the same manufacturer (Patriot) as the one I linked to and they classify the Xporter XT Boost line as faster than your typical USB stick. The one that I have does have noticeably faster transfer rates. I can only assume that USB 2.0 is a minimum standard that their drives exceed. They are not overly expensive and I will stay with this line until USB 3.0 becomes more prevalent.

I hope some might find this useful.

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