Although the process of migrating my design workflow from XP to OS X has been an relatively easy one, there have been some issues that have arisen. Like most designers (especially web) I have a massive tome of bookmarks. And as a web designer who works on both Mac and Windows systems I need to have my bookmarks regularized between them. I don’t want to have to create separate accounts either; I want the same pages marked in the same hierarchy as they are on all machines. Not too much to ask is it?

For a long time now I’ve been using Foxmarks for Firefox on the PC. It backs up all my saved pages and sites to a server that can be recalled by any of my other machines running the Firefox plug-in. When I create a bookmark in one, it syncs with the server which in turn syncs with my main machine at home.

Now on the Mac side, .Mac takes care of my bookmarks between machines as well as creating a backup so I’m not left aimless on a fateful rainy day. Obviously I can utilize Foxmarks to make the leap from the blue-screened world of Windows to my MBP and iMac. But how, besides an unsyncable import from FF, do I get Safari on the same page?

My search led me to a small software developer named Everyday Software and an app called Bookit. While I still have to have some manual contact to get things started between Firefox and Safari, the idea is that the bookmarks will be exactly the same no matter what machine or what browser I’m looking at. It doesn’t sync the Safari on my PC, that’s not a huge deal at the moment. The app works as expected so there isn’t much need for verbosity describing the truly dazzling process of synchronization. They did a great job so give ‘em some money!

As corny as it sounds, I can’t describe the feeling of having redundant access to all my stored sites on all my machines.

Yes it even syncs my iPhone (via .Mac) as well. Delicious indulgence!