Sync Clippings Helper App

The Sync Clippings Helper application works quietly in the background to keep your synced clippings updated between Firefox and Thunderbird or other instances of those applications. This app needs to be installed if you want to use Sync Clippings.

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Windows

Version 2.0 (9.9 MiB)

Version 2.0 (8.9 MiB)

System Requirements: Windows 7 or newer.

Mac

Version 2.0 (9.9 MiB)

Version 2.0 (10.6 MiB)

System Requirements: macOS 10.15 Catalina or newer.

Linux

Version 2.0 (5.1 KiB)

System Requirements: Python 3 and the Python Tkinter package (python3-tk).

Installing Sync Clippings Helper

Windows: Double-click on the downloaded setup program file to start Sync Clippings Helper Setup.

Mac: Double-click on the downloaded installer package to start the installation.

Linux: Extract the setup shell script from the tar.gz archive, then run it and follow the on-screen prompts. The setup shell script will check if Python 3 and the Python Tkinter (python3-tk) package are installed and will inform you if they aren't found.

What’s New

Version 2.0
- Supports sync data compression, allowing you to sync more of your clippings. The option to compress sync data is turned on by default in Clippings preferences
- Proper handling of read-only sync files. Creating or modifying a clipping or folder in the Synced Clippings folder is not permitted if the sync file is read-only

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Version 1.2
- Available for macOS and Linux
- Supports the ability to browse for the sync folder location in the Clippings preferences page (requires Clippings for Firefox 6.4 or newer, or Clippings for Thunderbird 6.2 or newer)
Download: Windows 64-bit, Windows 32-bit, macOS Intel, macOS Apple Silicon, Linux (file signature)
Version 1.1
- Compatible with Clippings for Thunderbird 6.0 and newer
Download: Windows 64-bit, Windows 32-bit
Version 1.0
- First public release
Download: Windows 64-bit, Windows 32-bit

Sync Clippings Helper is available under the Mozilla Public License (MPL), version 2.0.

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