Revision as of 22:37, 19 February 2014

Everything you wanted to know in setting up Firefox Accounts and Sync.

Desktop Firefox

Create a copy of you Firefox Profile.
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles
Download Firefox Nightly - http://nightly.mozilla.org/
If you are an existing sync user do the following, if not skip this:
- Go into Firefox Preferences > Sync (tab) > Unlink This Device
Go into Firefox Preferences > Sync (tab) > Click 'Create Account' link
Fill out the form you'd like to use for this account, click next
Log into your email and click on the verification email sent to you.
Upon validation, you should see a menu drop down that informs you that you're now syncing.
You can validate syncing with another Firefox profile. You can do that easily by installing this add-on:
- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profileswitcher/

That's it!

Download Firefox Nightly - http://nightly.mozilla.org/
go into Settings > Accounts
tap on add account
tap on Firefox
Fill out the form, tap 'Sign in' if you already have an account.
Verify email if requested
Syncing should begin, you can look at your bookmarks, choose sync now if needed.

That's it!

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 # Log into your email and click on the verification email sent to you.
 # Upon validation, you should see a menu drop down that informs you that you're now syncing.
+# You can validate syncing with another Firefox profile. You can do that easily by installing this add-on:
+#* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profileswitcher/
 That's it!
-If you have another computer or device, install nightly and sign in with the same user, your browser data should be synced between devices.
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