Mozilla says that with Firefox Sync if you are working on one computer with 5 tabs open you can then switch to another computer or device and Sync can or will update the second computer with those tabs. How do I do this?

BACKGROUND
I have setup Firefox Sync on both devices and they have been synced. How do you sync them again? Is it automatically syncing them in the background? How often? How do you sync the tabs? Are the passwords synced?

Documentation
The documentation below describes how to add another device or computer to Sync. It says that when you add the device it syncs it. But it doesn't describe how and when it keeps it in sync or how to sync the tabs.
[1] http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/what-firefox-sync

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I found it! :)

How to get or show tabs from another computer
In the upper right corner of the browser (Mac OSX, FF10) there is a "List all tabs" dropdown button. It's small and hard to notice without looking for it. Clicking this shows a pop up menu with "Tabs from other computers" (it also contains Tab Groups). Selecting this option shows a new page that has a list of tabs from another computer. Note: I don't remember seeing that option until I clicked the Sync button. I'm not sure tho.

How to sync
• Tools > Sync Now
• You can also right click on the toolbars > select Customize and add the "Sync" button. Hovering over this button shows the last sync time.

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I guess you missed a part of the article you just pointed to..

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Check those links out. They explain everything.

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Hi Bibhas - That sets up sync and then sets up another device but that doesn't answer how to do anything else after they are setup such as the original question describes. – 1.21 gigawatts Feb 6 at 22:39
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