An apple script to sync history, bookmarks & passwords from google chrome to safari.

sync-from-chrome-to-safari

# Add a scheduled sync task at 4:00 am
# Some privileges should be granted to `cron` *manually*, so you may test `* * * * *` (run every second) first to grant the needed privileges in advance
0 4 * * * osascript /path/to/your/sync-from-chrome-to-safari.scpt

sync-from-chrome-to-safari.scpt

-- close google chrome to perform importing 
do shell script "killall \"Google Chrome\" || echo \"Google Chrome is not running.\""

do shell script "killall Safari || echo \"Safari is not running.\""
tell application "Safari" to activate

tell application "System Events" to set visible of application process "Safari" to false

-- import history, bookmarks, passwords from google chrome to safari
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Safari"
	delay 0.5
	log "Syncing..."
	tell menu item "Import From" of menu "File" of menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1
		tell menu "Import From"
			click menu item "Google Chrome.app…"
		end tell
	end tell
	keystroke return
	log "Complete sync"
end tell

-- close safari
do shell script "killall Safari || echo \"Safari is not running.\""

-- restore chrome closed tabs and minimize window in background
delay 0.5
log "Opening chrome in background"
do shell script "open -a \"Google Chrome\" --args --restore-last-session --no-startup-window"

It seems this is exactly what I was looking for. Sorry, I am a newbie to cron for scheduling the task, a quick explanation or some link could help ... thanks in advance!

Yeah same, Would someone be able to explain how to get this running ?

怎么样从edge同步到Safari啊？现在edge用户群也挺大的。直接把脚本里面的Google Chrome改成Microsoft Edge并不行

I'm sure it's safe to assume you both (@gkb21 & @frantortosa) got this figured by now but, but if not or for anyone else who may be interested, here is an example of setting up automated tasks/jobs in macOS & Linux. I hope it helps!

Oh, I had actually given up on this, so I am grateful you provided that link. I will definitely try it out now.

Been looking for this for so long. I think the script can be executed by Automator instead of chron. Can you add the option to import specifically? Like, I want to import only Bookmarks and History.

Did someone get this error too?

execution error: System Events got an error: Can’t get menu item "Google Chrome.app…" of menu "Import From" of menu item "Import From" of menu "File" of menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1 of process "Safari". (-1728)