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Safari bookmarks got scrambled!!
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Robert Peirce
May 24, 2013, 11:20:01 AM5/24/13
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Safari 6.0.4 on Mac 10.8.3
Some time after 5/20 my bookmarks all got re-arranged. I noticed this
because a folder that had been at the top suddenly showed up at the
bottom. I restored the Safari directory into Library from a backup but
I am curious if anybody knows what happened.
Some time after 5/20 my bookmarks all got re-arranged. I noticed this
because a folder that had been at the top suddenly showed up at the
bottom. I restored the Safari directory into Library from a backup but
I am curious if anybody knows what happened.
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Robert Peirce
May 24, 2013, 6:39:03 PM5/24/13
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In article <vilain-75FDFF....@news.individual.net>,
Michael Vilain <vil...@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
> In article <bob-DF9CE8.1...@5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>,
> These sort of "it did this a while ago" are almost impossible to analyze
> and diagnose remotely. _You've_ been the one sitting in front of your
> machine all this time. Unless you ran something that randomly scrambled
> your bookmarks (e.g. Xmarks or other bookmark sych software), chances
> are you'll never figure this out. Maybe turn off iCloud Safari in
> System Preferences and see what happened. Sometimes the server-based
> copy of the bookmarks got out of synch, depending on the type of update
> being done (merge or overwrite), there could be a problem.
I don't specifically use iCloud for Safari but I was having problems
with calendar not synching birthdays to all my calendars via iCloud. I
called Apple on 5/21 and we made some changes that didn't solve the
problem. However, it is possible that Safari got on iCloud at some
point and came off scrambled. It was okay on the 5/20 backup and not on
the 5/21 and that was the only thing I did out of the ordinary.
Michael Vilain <vil...@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
> In article <bob-DF9CE8.1...@5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>,
> and diagnose remotely. _You've_ been the one sitting in front of your
> machine all this time. Unless you ran something that randomly scrambled
> your bookmarks (e.g. Xmarks or other bookmark sych software), chances
> are you'll never figure this out. Maybe turn off iCloud Safari in
> System Preferences and see what happened. Sometimes the server-based
> copy of the bookmarks got out of synch, depending on the type of update
> being done (merge or overwrite), there could be a problem.
I don't specifically use iCloud for Safari but I was having problems
with calendar not synching birthdays to all my calendars via iCloud. I
called Apple on 5/21 and we made some changes that didn't solve the
problem. However, it is possible that Safari got on iCloud at some
point and came off scrambled. It was okay on the 5/20 backup and not on
the 5/21 and that was the only thing I did out of the ordinary.
Jolly Roger
May 24, 2013, 6:39:50 PM5/24/13
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Safari bookmark synchronization enabled in System Preferences > iCloud?
I ended up disabling it due to issues like you describe.
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cliff_...@earthlink.net
Jun 3, 2014, 9:59:57 PM6/3/14
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This happened to me after I clicked on the iCloud icon in the Safari toolbar.
Every bookmark and folder I've ever made was suddenly restored. Now I've got a huge mess of unwanted bookmarks all mixed in with the ones I DO want.
Every bookmark and folder I've ever made was suddenly restored. Now I've got a huge mess of unwanted bookmarks all mixed in with the ones I DO want.
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Barry Margolin
Jun 4, 2014, 12:37:30 AM6/4/14
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In article <vilain-2C75F3....@news.individual.net>,
Michael Vilain <vil...@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
> In article <e554748d-3e04-4748...@googlegroups.com>,
> This is why use a bookmark manager like BookMacster. It's a 3rd party
> manager for multiple browsers. Chrome used to do this to me, making a
> mess of my bookmarks when I'd turn off my MacBookPro for a month or two.
> Then when I turn it on, the old bookmarks would merge with any changes
> leaving a mess.
This happens to me with Chrome when Chrome on my Kindle Fire syncs up --
the Kindle sends its old version of bookmarks up to the cloud, and then
Chrome on the Mac merges them in.
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Michael Vilain <vil...@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
> In article <e554748d-3e04-4748...@googlegroups.com>,
> manager for multiple browsers. Chrome used to do this to me, making a
> mess of my bookmarks when I'd turn off my MacBookPro for a month or two.
> Then when I turn it on, the old bookmarks would merge with any changes
> leaving a mess.
This happens to me with Chrome when Chrome on my Kindle Fire syncs up --
the Kindle sends its old version of bookmarks up to the cloud, and then
Chrome on the Mac merges them in.
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Arlington, MA
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Jolly Roger
Jun 4, 2014, 11:45:29 AM6/4/14
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should see a file named Bookmarks.plist there.
2. Enter Time Machine, and restore the previous version of the
Bookmarks.plist file.
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