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Here's a thought. Why don't you Google it? It's their product. earthshine Feb 2018 #1

Do you have an external hard drive for back-up? OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2018 #2

No, I don't have an external hard drive. left-of-center2012 Feb 2018 #3

You could use a cable but. Egnever Feb 2018 #5

I've downloaded my bookmarks to my current desktop left-of-center2012 Feb 2018 #7

You could do that as well Egnever Feb 2018 #8

Remembered I have a lot n my documents folders left-of-center2012 Feb 2018 #10

Which operating system Renew Deal Feb 2018 #4

Chrome Windows 10 left-of-center2012 Feb 2018 #6

Are you signed into Google services when you use Chrome?... Princess Turandot Feb 2018 #9

earthshine

(1,642 posts)

1. Here's a thought. Why don't you Google it? It's their product.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Feb 24, 2018, 11:37 PM

Feb 2018

The answer is the first thing that comes up.

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+transfer+chrome+bookmarks&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1

OAITW r.2.0

(28,392 posts)

2. Do you have an external hard drive for back-up?

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Feb 24, 2018, 11:38 PM

Feb 2018

Assuming you have as much capacity on your external drive simply copy the c drive data to the external hard drive and then copy to the new computer.

You will need to reload the aps to your new computer....

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

3. No, I don't have an external hard drive.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 24, 2018, 11:44 PM

Feb 2018

Thought I might be able to get a cable to go from one to the other?

Egnever

(21,506 posts)

5. You could use a cable but.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 24, 2018, 11:57 PM

Feb 2018

Easiest way is probably put them on the same wifi network?

Share a folder and copy the files from one to the other. Basically the same as you are saying but you likely have wifi already. If you sign into chrome it will sync book marks across machines/devices

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

7. I've downloaded my bookmarks to my current desktop

Reply to Egnever (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 12:00 AM

Feb 2018

Thought I could email them to myself,
open the email on my new laptop when it's here and running,
and then 'import' to the new one.

I will still need download Malwarebytes, etc.

???????????????????

Egnever

(21,506 posts)

8. You could do that as well

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #7)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 12:03 AM

Feb 2018

if all you are worried about is your bookmarks. Yes any software you had on the old machine that you want will have to be downloaded and installed again.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

10. Remembered I have a lot n my documents folders

Reply to Egnever (Reply #8)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 12:41 AM

Feb 2018

Decided to buy an external hard drive for $56.
Save myself some misery.

Renew Deal

(82,931 posts)

4. Which operating system

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Feb 24, 2018, 11:55 PM

Feb 2018

I believe they both have built in ways to transfer everything directly. I’ve used the macs method a couple times before and it works.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

6. Chrome Windows 10

Reply to Renew Deal (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 24, 2018, 11:57 PM

Feb 2018

Princess Turandot

(4,824 posts)

9. Are you signed into Google services when you use Chrome?...

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 12:13 AM

Feb 2018

For data associated with browsing, such as bookmarks, passwords, history, extensions etc and browser settings, you can use Chrome's 'sync' feature to transfer the information.

Even if you don't stay signed into Google services when you use Chrome, you can do that for this purpose, enable the 'sync' feature to upload the date and then simply sign out from the old laptop. (I stay signed into Google services when I browse but I only enable sync when I use it to move those settings to another computer.) Then after you sign in with the new laptop and it imports the settings etc., you can disable sync and sign out from Google.

It won't move files or anything not specifically related to the browser, but for the Chrome specific stuff, it works very well.

For more specific instructions on Google sync if you want to try it, see this: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/165139?hl=en