How about some HELP?
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A Former User last edited by
No, I do not mean any Sync Login, I don't even know what that is.
I'm talking about the user names, passwords for certain websites that Opera stores somewhere. -
leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
Now, my last question: how do I copy the login info from one PC to the other?
You enable Sync and then password synchronisation.
You can't manually copy the login info file from one computer to another because it will not work, since the file is encrypted using your OS account info.
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A Former User last edited by
You enable Sync and then password synchronisation.
I have no idea what you are talking about, sorry.
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A Former User last edited by
So I need to create an account? And then, what? Upload the passwords and then download them into the new PC? Is that the idea?
Sorry for my silly questions.
As the guy in the first post said, I wish people would stop assuming that everyone knows what they are talking about.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
So I need to create an account?
To be able to use your saved passwords in others installations of Opera on different computers or OS accounts, yes.
And then, what?
Then Opera will sync your data and you be able to use it in another Opera installation by logging in.
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A Former User last edited by
So I need to create an account? And then, what? Upload the passwords and then download them into the new PC? Is that the idea?
Sorry for my silly questions.
As the guy in the first post said, I wish people would stop assuming that everyone knows what they are talking about.
EdAlthough Sync can of course be used for its obvious purpose of synchronising Opera data between different devices, which is its primary purpose, it also acts as a backup mechanism even if you only have one installation, as your Opera data is saved on Opera's servers and can be restored from there.
I would recommend anyone to enable Sync even if they only have one copy of Opera.
In your case it does depend on you still being able to run the original copy of Opera to get the information to the server.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
it also acts as a backup mechanism
Just remembering that if you delete/change anything in your Opera installation, it will be mirrored in the server's copy. So it may work as a backup in case of a crash and/or if you need to do a clean install of Opera but not in a case of erroneous remove of data.
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A Former User last edited by
Just remembering that if you delete/change anything in your Opera installation, it will be mirrored in the server's copy. So it may work as a backup in case of a crash and/or if you need to do a clean install of Opera but not in a case of erroneous remove of data.
Indeed so!
Only a regular backup of the Opera profile folder on your computer will do that, or better still a regular backup of your whole computer!
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A Former User last edited by
Nobody gave me an external HD for my BD yesterday!
How inconsiderate of you, Dave.
