Yesterday I learned that while there is a single login
for Google Apps, there is a separate login for Google Chrome, that controls
syncing your bookmarks and search history. Logging on to Gmail does not log you
on to Google Chrome. How to log on to Google Chrome seems pretty obscure to me.
Somehow I synced my bookmarks with Edith’s bookmarks on
this computer only, which only have five items in one folder. I spent several
hours trying to get my bookmarks back.
I finally got them back by removing Google Chrome from
the computer, especially removing also the history, and downloading it afresh.
I don’t understand enough about how Google syncs your
bookmarks. I think my problem was I made Edith the first user. I never figured
out how to delete the first user. She was first user among three first users.
You can add accounts to accounts in a sort of master-slave relationship.
For now I will not be logging on to Google Chrome on anybody
else’s computer, let alone the library or job-seekers services. I also worry
that Edith has another computer on this network, and Google may have copies of
the rudimentary bookmarks file on their servers, and Edith may sync to them and
lose some links to recipes.
