Using iTunes with Internet Explorer
If you’re new to Apple products and iTunes or if you’ve been using it for a while, you may not be aware that you can sync contacts, bookmarks, calendars, and more with iTunes and your iOS device. Open iTunes and plug in your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch and click on it under Devices.
Then at the top click on Info, then scroll down to Other and select Sync bookmarks with Internet Explorer…or Safari if you’re on a Mac. You might also want to check bookmarks under Replace information on this iPod to clear out what you have on the device with what’s on your PC.
Make sure you’re closed out of IE or Safari, then click Apply and wait for the sync process to complete.
When it’s done go to your device and open Safari then Bookmarks, and you should see them all there from IE.
If you want to get all of your bookmarks from Chrome & Firefox as well, you might want to export them and import them into IE.
Sync Delicious Bookmarks
If you have a lot of bookmarks on Delicious that you want to bring with you, there is a handy free app you can use called iDelicious Free.
After it’s installed launch iDelicious and go to Settings and sign into your account…
You can use your Delicious login or your Yahoo login as well.
From the main menu you can see your private bookmarks, search by what’s popular, or check out bookmarks shared by other users.
Here is an example of Popular bookmarks that you can browse through on your device.
If you use the Delicious service to save and share bookmarks, you’ll probably want to take a look at the iDelicious Bookmarks Free App.
There is also a pro version for $0.99 which has more features, but if you just need an easy way to access Delicious bookmarks, the free app is perfectly capable.
Xmarks Mobile
Another easy way to sync your bookmarks is to use Xmarks Mobile which is $0.99. Although, you may want to heed caution with Xmarks, as their future seems a bit uncertain. The way it looks now, if Xmarks stays alive, there will be a fee for the service.
For Xmarks Mobile to work you’ll of course need it installed on the browsers on you computer.
Then browse to your favorite sites on the go! It doesn’t change the bookmarks you have in the Safari browser on your device.
If you’ve been looking for an easy way to sync your bookmarks from you computer to your iOS device, any of the methods above do a good job.
