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open chrome tabs in safari
tell application "Google Chrome"
set tab_list to every tab in the front window
repeat with the_tab in tab_list
set the_url to the URL of the_tab
tell application "Safari" to open location the_url
end repeat
end tell
@paulirish
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paulirish commented Jun 27, 2017

@ashrocket AFAIK this is a run-once script, yeah. :) i'm about as n00b at applescript as anyone, so your googling/debugging is a good as mine.

@simardcasanova very cool! thanks

@thagorastos
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Thanks! Great work/tip!

@davo
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davo commented Aug 12, 2018

Same thing on the opposite direction, from Safari to Chrome.

tell application "Safari"
	
	set tab_list to every tab in the front window
	
	repeat with the_tab in tab_list
		set the_url to the URL of the_tab
		tell application "Google Chrome" to open location the_url
	end repeat
	
end tell

@Dudemullet
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Here's a variant to only open the current tab in safari with an optional line to close the tab

tell application "Google Chrome"
	
	set current_tab to active tab in the front window
	set the_url to the URL of current_tab
	tell application "Safari" to open location the_url
	
	# Uncomment the next line to close tab after opening in Safari
	# tell current_tab to close
end tell

@aman3011
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how can I do this for one window at a time, so safari opens multiple windows as well?

@JCDC85
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JCDC85 commented Jan 8, 2020

Thanks for this, it is exactly what I have been looking for. I am surprised it was so hard for me to find until I happened upon this thread.
So I was able to make an Automator app with the three scripts posted here above but when I try and adapt it to a single safari tab sent to chrome I get a "syntax error: Expected end of line, etc. but found class name." All I do is copy and paste the script from two comments abopve and switch the safari and google chrome locations

tell application "Safari"

set current_tab to active tab in the front window
set the_url to the URL of current_tab
tell application "Google Chrome" to open location the_url

# Uncomment the next line to close tab after opening in Safari
# tell current_tab to close

end tell

What am I doing wrong???

@zhanggang807
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Thanks for this, it is exactly what I have been looking for. I am surprised it was so hard for me to find until I happened upon this thread.
So I was able to make an Automator app with the three scripts posted here above but when I try and adapt it to a single safari tab sent to chrome I get a "syntax error: Expected end of line, etc. but found class name." All I do is copy and paste the script from two comments abopve and switch the safari and google chrome locations

tell application "Safari"

set current_tab to active tab in the front window
set the_url to the URL of current_tab
tell application "Google Chrome" to open location the_url

# Uncomment the next line to close tab after opening in Safari
# tell current_tab to close

end tell

What am I doing wrong???

I also met this problem

@Dudemullet
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@JCDC85 @zhanggang807 It might just be that Safari does not expose the same api as Chrome ? I don't really know how applescript works

@ldeck
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ldeck commented Dec 21, 2020

Here's a variant to only open the current tab in safari with an optional line to close the tab

tell application "Google Chrome"
	
	set current_tab to active tab in the front window
	set the_url to the URL of current_tab
	tell application "Safari" to open location the_url
	
	# Uncomment the next line to close tab after opening in Safari
	# tell current_tab to close
end tell

That's great @Dudemullet. Here's a slight improvement to activate safari.

tell application "Google Chrome"
	set current_tab to active tab in the front window
	set the_url to the URL of current_tab
end tell
	
tell application "Safari"
	open location the_url
	activate
end tell

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