Xmarks User Manual An easy to understand guide on how to use Xmarks.

Your Xmarks Icon

Once you have installed  Xmarks, an Icon will appear. The location of the icon differs within each browser:

• Chrome: top right in the menu bar.
• Firefox: bottom right in the add-on bar.
  • If your Xmarks icon doesn't appear in Firefox, do the following:
  •  If you have your Menu Bar enabled: View > Toolbar > select "Add-on Bar" to display your icon.
  •  If your Menu Bar is disabled: Firefox > Options > select "Add-on Bar" to display your icon.
  • If your Add-on Bar is empty, go to Tools > Xmarks > check "Show Status Icon" and "Show Status Bar Stars".
• Internet Explorer: bottom right in the systems tray.
• Safari: top right in the menu bar.

The Xmarks icon gives you immediate access to all major features of Xmarks. After logging into Xmarks, clicking on the Icon will drop down a toolbar menu where you can use the following features:

• Xmarks Settings
• My Xmarks
• Synchronize Now
• Open Remote Tabs

Xmarks Settings

Status

View your current sync status, view account status, report a bug and view Xmarks release notes. Selecting the respective options performs a manual sync, signs out of Xmarks, and runs the Xmarks setup wizard.

Sync

View and manage your Synchronization Types and Synchronization Options:

• Enable or disable Bookmark Sync and Open Tab Sync.
• Assign and edit a name for your computer for Open Tab Sync across multiple platforms.
• Enable or disable Automatic Synchronization.

Restore

This feature restores your bookmarks to an earlier version. You can preview and restore from any of the previous bookmark sets safely backed up in your Xmarks web account.

The Restore Tab is only present in Account Setting for Firefox. In all other browsers, this feature is  located in my.xmarks.com under "Tools" > "Explore and Restore Old Bookmarks".

Profiles

Use sync profiles to keep sensitive bookmarks where they belong. Create and manage sync profiles at my.xmarks.com. Then choose a profile to control what Xmarks syncs to and from one or multiple computers.

Discovery

Bookmark-powered Web Discovery. -- View and edit your discovery settings here (in Firefox only).

Smarter Search

Xmarks will help you discover top sites right on Google.

Site Info

Xmarks will show you site information and similar sites when you click on the Xmarks info icon in your location bar.

Site Tags and Ratings

When you bookmark a site, Xmarks will suggest tags for it and let you rate it.

Advanced

View your connection security options, perform a manual upload or a manual download and set your logging settings.

Manual Upload

Uploading your bookmarks sends the browser's data to our servers. This will replace any data you currently have saved on our servers.

Manual Download

Downloading your bookmarks will overwrite the data currently on the computer with the saved data on our servers.

Logging

Enabling logging is important in troubleshooting errors in Xmarks; thus, we highly suggest that all users enable logging.

 

My Xmarks

View, edit, add and delete bookmarks from any browser.

Synchronize Now

Initiate a manual synchronization.

Open Remote Tabs

View and access open tabs from other browsers and computers.