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RE: portability and "sensitive" files - Admini - 05-27-2019
(05-27-2019, 07:24 AM)patrickdrd Wrote: I need to correct myself,
"local state" needs to be copied because it contains chrome://flags settings,
while, on the other hand files that are causing problems are "preferences" and "secure preferences",
these files contain extensions settings but extensions don't work in another pc in chrome portable
(the same with passwords - but those are synced anyway - etc),
they are synced though, but not mine, because mine are unpacked,
so I would be needing to setup my extensions in each and every new installation
so chrome portability sucks anyway..
I found this for reference and this was what was happening when I was trying to set it up in another computer:
https://portableapps.com/node/42637
also, when you transfer "preferences" and "secure preferences" to another computer breaks sync in
the original pc you took the files from (that's what happened with latest cent beta too - based on chrome 74)
If you need to copy User Data files between computers, you should better turn off sync firstly.
RE: portability and "sensitive" files - patrickdrd - 05-31-2019
well, I'll be excluding the following files from both cent and chrome from sync copy between my computers and
I hope I'll be (finally!) fine:
\User Data\* \Cookies*
\User Data\*\Extension Cookies*
\User Data\*\Login Data*
\User Data\*\Preferences
\User Data\*\Secure Preferences
\User Data\*\Sync Data
\User Data\*\Web Data*
I'll be taking a backup of cookies, preferences and secure preferences from each computer from time to time (or after a browser update maybe)
web data (autofill) and login data (passwords) are synced, so I don't mind
RE: portability and "sensitive" files - patrickdrd - 06-03-2019
meanwhile, I changed a powerline on my desktop computer and this resulted in a total mess:
1) all my chrome and cent browsers disconnected from sync on all 3 machines (desktop, laptop, work desktop), i.e. 3*2=6 browsers,
2) after signing in to sync again, my bookmarks became a mess too: many duplicates: 50 duplicates in one case,
the order was changed in some and even a whole folder was duplicated!
come on google, really???
just because I changed a powerline?
why does your browser have to be so dependent on the machines?
this is terrible implementation
RE: portability and "sensitive" files - patrickdrd - 06-05-2019
I updated chrome on my laptop, sync on cent and chrome ok,
I came at work and sync paused in both cent and chrome!
their inability to fix a steady sync is amazing!
RE: portability and "sensitive" files - Admini - 06-05-2019
(06-03-2019, 09:50 AM)patrickdrd Wrote: meanwhile, I changed a powerline on my desktop computer and this resulted in a total mess:
1) all my chrome and cent browsers disconnected from sync on all 3 machines (desktop, laptop, work desktop), i.e. 3*2=6 browsers,
2) after signing in to sync again, my bookmarks became a mess too: many duplicates: 50 duplicates in one case,
the order was changed in some and even a whole folder was duplicated!
come on google, really???
just because I changed a powerline?
why does your browser have to be so dependent on the machines?
this is terrible implementation
Chrome sync is not robust enough today.
RE: portability and "sensitive" files - Admini - 06-05-2019
(06-05-2019, 07:40 AM)patrickdrd Wrote: I updated chrome on my laptop, sync on cent and chrome ok,
I came at work and sync paused in both cent and chrome!
their inability to fix a steady sync is amazing!
Have you logged out from any Google service?
Google services and chrome sync are binded together now.
RE: portability and "sensitive" files - patrickdrd - 06-10-2019
these two are a good read why chrome isn't truly portable:
https://portableapps.com/node/42637
https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=23496
but I think that cent is losing in portability,
I mean version 4.x is worse than 3.9 for some reason,
I've got many "sync paused" messages lately,
I had none with 3.9
I had posted, since the first beta there were problems,
I wouldn't say that your browser is fully portable,
only Firefox is truly portable,
everything I do on it in one computer is transferred to another
(every cookie without exception, every setting and every addon etc)
RE: portability and "sensitive" files - Admini - 06-10-2019
(06-10-2019, 08:32 AM)patrickdrd Wrote: these two are a good read why chrome isn't truly portable:
https://portableapps.com/node/42637
https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=23496
but I think that cent is losing in portability,
I mean version 4.x is worse than 3.9 for some reason,
I've got many "sync paused" messages lately,
I had none with 3.9
I had posted, since the first beta there were problems,
I wouldn't say that your browser is fully portable,
only Firefox is truly portable,
everything I do on it in one computer is transferred to another
(every cookie without exception, every setting and every addon etc)
"sync paused" is related to a feature called "Account Consistency", it has nothing to do with portable version.
RE: portability and "sensitive" files - patrickdrd - 06-10-2019
oops!
I've just seen that #account-consistency is not disabled!
strange, account consistency is "default" in chrome too,
maybe they reset after an update?
I'm pretty sure I had them both on disabled
RE: portability and "sensitive" files - Admini - 06-10-2019
(06-10-2019, 01:12 PM)patrickdrd Wrote: oops!
I've just seen that #account-consistency is not disabled!
strange, account consistency is "default" in chrome too,
maybe they reset after an update?
I'm pretty sure I had them both on disabled
account-consistency can't be fully disabled from Chromium 74.
For now you may try appending --cb-disable-account-consistency to "Startup command line", but we can't assure you this will work forever.