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[left-of-center2012]

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[earthshine]

1. Here's a thought. Why don't you Google it? It's their product.

The answer is the first thing that comes up.

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+transfer+chrome+bookmarks&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Do you have an external hard drive for back-up?

Assuming you have as much capacity on your external drive simply copy the c drive data to the external hard drive and then copy to the new computer.

You will need to reload the aps to your new computer....

[left-of-center2012]

3. No, I don't have an external hard drive.

Thought I might be able to get a cable to go from one to the other?

[Egnever]

5. You could use a cable but.

Easiest way is probably put them on the same wifi network?

Share a folder and copy the files from one to the other. Basically the same as you are saying but you likely have wifi already. If you sign into chrome it will sync book marks across machines/devices

[left-of-center2012]

7. I've downloaded my bookmarks to my current desktop

Thought I could email them to myself,
open the email on my new laptop when it's here and running,
and then 'import' to the new one.

I will still need download Malwarebytes, etc.

???????????????????

[Egnever]

8. You could do that as well

if all you are worried about is your bookmarks. Yes any software you had on the old machine that you want will have to be downloaded and installed again.

[left-of-center2012]

10. Remembered I have a lot n my documents folders

Decided to buy an external hard drive for $56.
Save myself some misery.

[Renew Deal]

4. Which operating system

I believe they both have built in ways to transfer everything directly. I’ve used the macs method a couple times before and it works.

[left-of-center2012]

6. Chrome Windows 10

[Princess Turandot]

9. Are you signed into Google services when you use Chrome?...

For data associated with browsing, such as bookmarks, passwords, history, extensions etc and browser settings, you can use Chrome's 'sync' feature to transfer the information.

Even if you don't stay signed into Google services when you use Chrome, you can do that for this purpose, enable the 'sync' feature to upload the date and then simply sign out from the old laptop. (I stay signed into Google services when I browse but I only enable sync when I use it to move those settings to another computer.) Then after you sign in with the new laptop and it imports the settings etc., you can disable sync and sign out from Google.

It won't move files or anything not specifically related to the browser, but for the Chrome specific stuff, it works very well.

For more specific instructions on Google sync if you want to try it, see this: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/165139?hl=en