Export your Arc sidebar. Free, in your browser.
Choose Arc's StorableSidebar.json and get a Chrome bookmarks file: a folder for each space, with your pinned tabs, folders, Favorites and Today tabs.
Using Orbit Station? Its Arc import reads the file directly, so you don't need this step there.
No file chosen yet
Drop the file anywhere on this page, or choose it. Arc's dated backup copies of the same file work too.
Where Arc keeps it
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MacThis computer
~/Library/ Application Support/ Arc/ StorableSidebar.json In the file dialog, press ⌘⇧G, paste the path and press Return.
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WindowsThis computer
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages then
TheBrowserCompany.Arc_…› LocalCache › Local › Arc › StorableSidebar.json. In the file dialog, paste the path into the File name box and press Enter, then open those folders. Some installs keep the file in%LOCALAPPDATA%\instead.Arc
Your file stays in this tab
This page has no upload step. A script in this tab reads the file and builds the bookmarks file, and your browser saves it like any download. Nothing from the file is sent anywhere, and once the page has loaded it works with Wi-Fi off. Close the tab and the file is gone.
Read the code
The code runs in your browser. Read it here: /arc/arc-export.js. It is the Arc parser built for Orbit Station 1.9, under the MIT License.
Preview
Your spaces appear here once you choose the file: each profile, its spaces with their counts, then folders and links. Nothing is saved until you download.
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- Spaces
- 0
- Links
- 0
- Folders
- 0
- Favorites
- 0
Not exported
Then open Chrome's menu (⋮) › Bookmarks and lists › Import bookmarks and settings, choose “Bookmarks HTML file” and pick the downloaded file. More on that
Want your spaces back, not just bookmarks?
Orbit Station is a free Chrome extension for your new tab, with workspaces, one-click tab stacks and a command palette. Orbit's Arc import turns each space into a workspace, with your pinned tabs, folders and Today tabs as sections and stacks.