https://github.com/tedmiston/tab-transporter

Bulk move tabs across browsers on macOS
https://github.com/tedmiston/tab-transporter

applescript brave browser chrome firefox safari tabs-management utilities

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Bulk move tabs across browsers on macOS

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tedmiston/tab-transporter
• Owner: tedmiston
• License: mit
• Created: 2014-09-08T02:35:44.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-03-23T21:07:16.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-05T10:45:28.404Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: applescript, brave, browser, chrome, firefox, safari, tabs-management, utilities
• Language: AppleScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 39.1 KB
• Stars: 26
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Tab Transporter Scripts

**Tab Transporter moves tabs in bulk across broswers on macOS**

More precisely, it moves tabs from the frontmost window of `` to ``, where the supported browsers are:

- [Chrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome) ✅

- [Safari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)) ✅

- [Edge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Edge) 🔜

- [Firefox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox) 🔜

- [Opera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_(web_browser)) 🔜

- [Brave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)) ✅

- [Arc](https://arc.net/) 🛑

- [Sidekick](https://www.meetsidekick.com/) 🔜

- [Vivaldi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivaldi_(web_browser)) 🔜

---

I developed *Tab Transporter* out of personal utility because I couldn't find anything else that did exactly what I wanted.

Tab Transporter supports moving tabs across browsers like so (`tt__to_.applescript`):

**Browsers:**

| Source       | Destination | Support |

|:-------------|:------------|:--------|

| **Chrome**   | Safari      | ✅       |

|              | Brave       | ✅       |

| **Safari**   | Chrome      | ✅       |

|              | Brave       | ✅       |

| **Edge**     | \*          | 🔜       |

| **Firefox**  | \*          | 🔜       |

| **Opera**    | \*          | 🔜       |

| **Brave**    | Chrome      | ✅       |

|              | Safari      | ✅       |

| **Arc**      | \*          | 🛑       |

| **Sidekick** | \*          | 🔜       |

| **Vivaldi**  | \*          | 🔜       |

*Note: Browsers are ordered [by usage share](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers#Summary_tables) according to Wikipedia*

Key:

| Symbol | Meaning | Notes                                                 |

|:-------|:--------|:------------------------------------------------------|

| ✅      | Yes     | This browser is supported                             |

| ❌      | No      | This browser is not supported                         |

| 🛑      | Blocked | Implementation blocked (this browser uses a waitlist) |

| 🔜      | Todo    | To be implemented                                     |

## Use Case

- I've opened a bunch of tabs in Safari (such as new apps to check out), but I need to get them out of the way for now to focus on work

- [OneTab](https://www.one-tab.com) handles this in Chrome, but it doesn't exist for Safari

- I desire to stash all of these tabs in one centralized location

## Installation

This is an example for the Safari to Chrome version. There's also a Chrome to Safari version included, and there will probably be additional browser support in the future.

- In the `AppleScript` folder, open one of the `tt_*.applescript` files in Script Editor.app (we'll start with `tt_safari_to_chrome.applescript`)

- `File > Export...`

  - Export As: Tab Transporter - Safari to Chrome.app

  - Where: Applications

  - File Format: Application

  - Options:

    - (none checked)

  - Code Sign: Don't Code Sign

For other browsers, repeat the above instructions *changing the source and destination browser names* when choosing the script file to open and exporting it as an app.

## Usage

- Launch it when you want to move tabs (I type `tt` in [Alfred](http://www.alfredapp.com), but Spotlight works just as well)

## Alternatives

This section covers possible solutions that didn't work for me, which led me to create Tab Transporter.

Dr. Drang wrote a similar survey of the same problem in October 2012 in *[Saving browser tab sets](http://leancrew.com/all-this/2012/10/saving-browser-tab-sets/)*.

- [Pinboard Tab Sets](https://blog.pinboard.in/2011/04/new_save_tabs_feature/)

  - Available in the [Save tabs to Pinboard](https://pinboard.in/resources/safari/save_tabs) Safari extension (which is separate from the main [browser extensions](https://pinboard.in/resources/extensions/))

- Safari

  - `Add Bookmarks for These n Tabs` - doesn't integrate with Chrome tabs

  - `Add These n Tabs to Reading List` - doesn't sync with OneTab in Chrome, Pocket, etc.

  - `Develop > Open Page With > Google Chrome` - moves only one tab at a time

    - If you don't have this menu item, ensure this is checked: `Preferences > Advanced > Show Develop menu in menu bar`

- [Switch](http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/42431/switch)

  - Has cross-browser sync, but... handles only one page at a time, and consumes precious menu bar real estate

  - No longer maintained

## Misc

Tested on Mac OS X 12.6.3. Other recent will most likely work, but have not been tested by me personally.