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Is it possible to sync the prefs.js file between two machines?

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jbroughton1988
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Just installed firefox onto second machine and want to use same settings. Any way of syncing the pref.js file or will i have to do it manually on Google Drive or something?

Thanks.

James

Just installed firefox onto second machine and want to use same settings. Any way of syncing the pref.js file or will i have to do it manually on Google Drive or something? Thanks. James

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user633449
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Have you tried Firefox Sync? How do I set up Sync on my computer?

cor-el
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Note that Sync only syncs prefs that have a corresponding services.sync.prefs.sync.* pref that is set to true to other devices. If you want to sync additional prefs then you can create a corresponding Boolean sync pref yourself and set the value to true.

  • services.sync.prefs.sync.*

It is best not to copy a prefs.js file to another computer to avoid problems as there might be data in the file that is specific to a specific computer or user profile.