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# 1.6 Using BookMacster Directly

To use BookMacster directly means to land new bookmarks to and visit existing bookmarks using one of the facilities listed in the table below, byassing the built-in bookmarks in web browsers such as Safari. The advantage of this workflow is that it has fewer moving parts and works faster. The disadvantage of using this method exclusively is that it will not sync your bookmarks to non-Macintosh devices such as iOS devices, Android devices or computers running Microsoft Windows or Linux. Users of this workflow ignore the Bookmarks menu, Bookmarks Bar, Favorites Bar, etc., and all of the built-in bookmarks in web browsers. They might even remove all bookmarks from them, just to be tidy.

To use BookMacster Directly, you will create a document that has no Clients.

Follow the steps below. If you click a link for more detail, use the Back (<) button in the toolbar above to return here.

- Create a Collection.. If asked to add web browser Clients, don’t add any. Just click Done.

- Import any existing bookmarks.

- Review the following facilities which you may use to land (add) new bookmarks into BookMacster, or visit bookmarks currently in BookMacster. Decide which facilities you would like to use. Some of them require some setting up.

Facility | Landing | Visiting | Works in browsers
--- | --- | --- | ---
Global Keyboard Shortcuts | ✔ | ✔ | All readable browser apps
Menu Extra | ✔ | ✔ | All readable browser apps
Dock Menu | ✔ | ✔ | All readable browser apps
Browser Toolbar Button | ✔ |  | Firefox, Vivadli, Brave, Edge, Opera, Chrome, FreeSMUG’s Chromium, Canary only
Bookmarklet | ✔ |  | All browsers
Scripting BookMacster | ✔ |

- For each facility you’d like to use, perform any setting up as indicated in the links in the table above.

- Designate a default folder for New Bookmark Landing.

- If you don’t want sound effects when landing new bookmarks, switch off that preference.

- If you don’t want to use the default web browser you have already set in macOS, set the default web browser for visiting from BookMacster.

- Consider whether or not you’d like to hide BookMacster.

RELATED TOPICS

- Landing new bookmarks with the Floating Menu
- How new bookmarks get their initial Name and Comments
- Automatic Saving
- Which browser is used for visiting

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