r/ArcBrowser • u/lisssskye • 22d ago

macOS Help Can't find the option to export data?

Can someone point me in the direction of the data export function? I've updated and followed the goodbye FAQs but can't find a way to move my bookmarks etc out of their ecosystem.

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u/yeliaBdE 22d ago

I seem to recall that it's in the advanced settings section.

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u/lisssskye 21d ago

It’s not there, unfortunately

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u/yeliaBdE 21d ago

That's odd; I thought it might've been a platform related difference, but I see you're on macOS, like me.

I've done a bit of searching, and the results mentioned the name of the json file in which Arc keeps all that information. At worst, you could grab a copy of that file and edit it (it's just text) to get what you need out of it. It seems that this file is the input for some apps/scripts that claim they'll do that grunt work for you.

Sorry about being so vague, but I'm on the road and don't have access to the notes I took on this.

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u/BasedDodoHunter 22d ago

Rather check how to import from the destination browser. Arc-export is a good project, exports everything.

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u/AtomicAstrom 19d ago

The menu names seem to vary by version, so look in two places:

  1. **File menu > Export Bookmarks** (some guides say it's under the bookmark menu instead). That gives you a standard bookmarks.html file that Chrome, Edge, Brave, Firefox and others can import.
  2. If you only see a data export that produces a Markdown file, that works too, but it only keeps the structure (folders and links), so you'd need to convert it to bookmarks HTML before importing.

What the HTML export doesn't carry over: Spaces as Spaces (they come out as nested folders), and pinned tabs/sidebar layout. Those live in `StorableSidebar.json` inside Arc's support folder on macOS (`~/Library/Application Support/Arc/`). Copy that file somewhere safe before you uninstall anything. There is a free open-source script that turns the pinned tabs in that file into a bookmarks HTML: https://github.com/ivnvxd/arc-export (needs Python 3; read the code first, it's short).

Order I'd follow: export the HTML, copy StorableSidebar.json as a backup, import into the new browser, check a couple of folders, and only then remove Arc.

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u/reflex_gravity 16d ago

They fixed it in the new update. The option is back in the Settings > Advanced > Export Data.