However, from time to time I would remember to do a search, but would run into a problem with the synchronise. That was: how would I know which version would synchronise across the others? I didn't want to end up synchronising a version of Chrome which was not THE master version. I wanted all the peripheral devices to be the same as home base; to set one master and three slaves.
Searching for a solution to this master and slave element took me a while, but at last I have managed to crack it. The master device is the one that is logged into first. To do that, we do the following:
- On the Master device, back up the Chrome elements we definitely want to keep by pasting the following address into our Windows search box on the task bar
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data|Default
- Copy the files to another folder. I saved Bookmarks, Last Session, and History
- Log out of Chrome on ALL devices
- Open Chrome on device containing the Master version.
- At the top right, click Profile
.
- Sign in to your Google Account.
- To sync Chrome across all our devices, click Turn on sync
Turn on
- Give it an hour or so, then log into all the peripheral (slave) devices.
But remember: do this on the Master device!
Sam
References:
- Google Chrome (2020). User Data Directory. Retrieved from https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/user_data_dir.md
- Google Chrome Help (2020). Turn sync on and off in Chrome. Retrieved from https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/185277
- Google Support (23 February 2018). Is there a master sync computer among my three laptops using Chrome? Retrieved from https://support.google.com/chromebook/forum/AAAAmKCdEusdj5b85V4d_o/?hl=en-GB
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