Bookmarks and importing
Bookmarks
Litr keeps bookmarks as a searchable library rather than a bar, so the window stays clean.
| To… | Do this |
|---|---|
| Bookmark the page | ⌘D, or ☆ in the address bar (it turns ★) |
| Remove the page's bookmark | ⌘D again, or click ★ |
| Find a bookmark | Type in the command palette (⌘K); bookmarks show with ★ |
| See them all | ⌥⌘B (Bookmarks → Show All Bookmarks) |
Show All Bookmarks lists them by folder with a search field. Click one to open it; hover it and click × to delete it. Bookmarks you make in Litr are under Litr; imported ones keep their browser and folders, such as Dia › Bookmarks bar › Work.
Importing from another browser
Settings → Import from another browser, or Bookmarks → Import from Another Browser…, brings over what you had elsewhere:
| Browser | Bookmarks | History | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome, Brave, Edge, Vivaldi, Opera, Chromium | Yes | Yes | |
| Arc | Pinned tabs, with their folders | Yes | Spaces become rooms, with their pinned tabs |
| Dia | Yes | Yes | |
| Safari | Yes | Yes | Needs Full Disk Access |
| Firefox | Yes | Yes |
Litr lists the browsers (and each browser's profiles) it finds on your Mac. Choose one, choose what to bring over, and click Import from ….
- History covers the last year, up to 20,000 pages, so the command palette finds what you visited there.
- Arc spaces become rooms with the same names, and the space's pinned tabs become the room's pinned tabs. They load only when you click them.
- Importing again adds only what's new. Bookmarks already in the same folder, pinned tabs a room already has, and history already there aren't added twice.
- The other browser is left as it is, and nothing is sent anywhere: Litr reads its files on this Mac.
Safari
macOS protects Safari's files. To import from Safari, give Litr Full Disk Access: the import panel has a button that opens System Settings → Privacy & Security → Full Disk Access. Turn on Litr there, then import again.
Passwords
Turn on Passwords to bring over a Chromium browser's saved passwords; macOS asks you to allow it first. For Safari and Firefox, import a CSV export. See Passwords.