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Comments on: Mastering Safari, learning now to manage and tame your bookmarks http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/ Insanely Simple Tutorials for the First Time Macintosh User Wed, 16 May 2012 02:30:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Scott Haneda http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-3/#comment-10106 Scott Haneda Wed, 16 May 2012 02:30:57 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-10106 @Alex Bookmark management in any browser is pretty terrible no matter if it's Safari, Chrome, FireFox, or anything else.  It seems for under 100 bookmarks you are O.K., but beyond that, massive failure.  I too ran into the same issues as you. I am unaware of any way to collapse the list as you desire so you don't have to scroll like a crazy person.  I gave up! I signed up for pinboard ( https://pinboard.in/ ).  Just like browser bookmarks you have one click access to make a bookmark. You are taken to a page filled in with the title, the description as you would see it in a google search, and custom tags plus a read-later and a "secret" section.  When done, all enter able with the keyboard, at a minimum, just press return and the bookmark is saved, with ore-suggested tags if desired, and then returned right back to the page you were on before you clicked the bookmarklet that open pinboard.  You can post your bookmarks publicly and they become a sort of social system, or set your Prefs to be private as I have done.  Best change I ever made! It took some effort to get my old bookmarks transferred, but there are tools to help. Pinboard also has global tag editing so you can import a folder of bookmarks, give them all a tag like "just imported", then organize, delete, and add a few more tags. Then select all "just imported" tags and rename or delete that tag.  You get search that searches tags, titles, descriptions, all editable. Your bookmarks are accessible on all devices. Mobile support is stellar.  Cost - a one time fee for life. Export options abound — zero lock in. For around $10.00 you get a pretty amazing system with an owner that is responsive, technical, and has no issue admitting where they screwed up, how they are fixing it, etc. Basically full transparency for a great product.  There's other offerings, x-Marks, plug-ins for Chrome — or anything that supports User-Scripts. Safari  is out of luck on User-Scripts.  I think there is a demo. If not, $10.00 for life probably won't kill you. ;) @Alex

Bookmark management in any browser is pretty terrible no matter if it’s Safari, Chrome, FireFox, or anything else. 

It seems for under 100 bookmarks you are O.K., but beyond that, massive failure. 

I too ran into the same issues as you. I am unaware of any way to collapse the list as you desire so you don’t have to scroll like a crazy person. 

I gave up!

I signed up for pinboard ( https://pinboard.in/ ). 

Just like browser bookmarks you have one click access to make a bookmark. You are taken to a page filled in with the title, the description as you would see it in a google search, and custom tags plus a read-later and a “secret” section.  When done, all enter able with the keyboard, at a minimum, just press return and the bookmark is saved, with ore-suggested tags if desired, and then returned right back to the page you were on before you clicked the bookmarklet that open pinboard. 

You can post your bookmarks publicly and they become a sort of social system, or set your Prefs to be private as I have done. 

Best change I ever made!

It took some effort to get my old bookmarks transferred, but there are tools to help. Pinboard also has global tag editing so you can import a folder of bookmarks, give them all a tag like “just imported”, then organize, delete, and add a few more tags. Then select all “just imported” tags and rename or delete that tag. 

You get search that searches tags, titles, descriptions, all editable. Your bookmarks are accessible on all devices. Mobile support is stellar. 

Cost – a one time fee for life. Export options abound — zero lock in. For around $10.00 you get a pretty amazing system with an owner that is responsive, technical, and has no issue admitting where they screwed up, how they are fixing it, etc.

Basically full transparency for a great product. 

There’s other offerings, x-Marks, plug-ins for Chrome — or anything that supports User-Scripts. Safari  is out of luck on User-Scripts. 

I think there is a demo. If not, $10.00 for life probably won’t kill you. ;)

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By: Alex Kjellberg http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-3/#comment-10105 Alex Kjellberg Sat, 12 May 2012 09:14:32 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-10105 5 years and no one have been able to answer this question: I use Safari but in general its regardless what browser I use, when I open my bookmarks from menu or when I choose to save a bookmark I have a BIG problem. All folders from A-Z with subfolder where I have cataloged and include different bookmarks in each folder, are in a open mode, meaning you can see all the folders from A-Z and its subfolder in a open view. This is so irratating since I have over 1000 folders. The list is then very long and you get lost when scrolling down to choose the folder you want to save a bookmark in. Is there anyone who know if and how you can open your bookmark list and that all folders are in a closed mode/view where you only see the main folders A-Z (like for example in Windows explorer where you see a "+" sign next to the closed folder. Please help and best regards // alex.kjellberg@hotmail.se 5 years and no one have been able to answer this question:
I use Safari but in general its regardless what browser I use, when I open my bookmarks from menu or when I choose to save a bookmark I have a BIG problem.

All folders from A-Z with subfolder where I have cataloged and include different bookmarks in each folder, are in a open mode, meaning you can see all the folders from A-Z and its subfolder in a open view. This is so irratating since I have over 1000 folders. The list is then very long and you get lost when scrolling down to choose the folder you want to save a bookmark in.

Is there anyone who know if and how you can open your bookmark list and that all folders are in a closed mode/view where you only see the main folders A-Z (like for example in Windows explorer where you see a “+” sign next to the closed folder.

Please help and best regards // alex.kjellberg@hotmail.se

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By: Scott Haneda http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-3/#comment-10010 Scott Haneda Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:28:47 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-10010 @Joel, you did the right thing by segregating accounts. It's what it's designed for, and did exactly what you wanted, keeping Bieber on his side if the fence. If you're ok with some loss of apps you should be fine. Since music sync has not been rolled out into iCloud as of yet, you won't have any music collisions. As long as you can find a clean backup, you are in good shape. If not, unless you have 1000's of bookmarks, it shouldn't be too hard to manually delete those Britany Soears tracks of your daughters account and keep them safe on yours. Good luck. @Joel, you did the right thing by segregating accounts. It’s what it’s designed for, and did exactly what you wanted, keeping Bieber on his side if the fence.

If you’re ok with some loss of apps you should be fine. Since music sync has not been rolled out into iCloud as of yet, you won’t have any music collisions.

As long as you can find a clean backup, you are in good shape. If not, unless you have 1000′s of bookmarks, it shouldn’t be too hard to manually delete those Britany Soears tracks of your daughters account and keep them safe on yours.

Good luck.

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By: Joel http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-3/#comment-10009 Joel Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:25:36 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-10009 The purpose of the USER in our family was to separate our stuff and our computer lives, not to share in the consumable items. I don't want my daughter to have access to family financial information and my business documents. While in an "ideal" world where money was no object, I would love to buy everyone their own suite of computer equipment and software, I can't. Apple's solution of USERS was a perfect solution for creating a simple architecture of privacy and order. Apple has always been a family friendly company. I don't care about the purchases of songs and what not. I just want the order and privacy, and not to look at my bookmarks for my bank site and fish through twenty Justin Bieber fan sites to do it. The purpose of the USER in our family was to separate our stuff and our computer lives, not to share in the consumable items. I don’t want my daughter to have access to family financial information and my business documents. While in an “ideal” world where money was no object, I would love to buy everyone their own suite of computer equipment and software, I can’t. Apple’s solution of USERS was a perfect solution for creating a simple architecture of privacy and order. Apple has always been a family friendly company. I don’t care about the purchases of songs and what not. I just want the order and privacy, and not to look at my bookmarks for my bank site and fish through twenty Justin Bieber fan sites to do it.

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By: Scott Haneda http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-3/#comment-10008 Scott Haneda Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:17:20 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-10008 @Joel, keep in mind there's also a chance Apple has an undocumented method to fix this. They often do but won't publicly announce it to avoid abuse. It's impossible Apple wasn't aware this would be an issue. What you were doing is common. Most users never think about how user account segregation works. Nor should they have to. Apple simply shouldn't have allowed account sharing of this nature, though at the time, I suspect they had no idea about the cloud and the user backlash would have been huge. Instead the opted for a generous 5 authorizations per iTunes user. They fought hard for this with the record labels. But now with apps and the idea whether an app purchase has the license to be shared amongst others it's more strict. Should a 60.00 GPS app be able to be authorized on an entire families Apple devices? Some may think yes, but in the real world you would be buying multiple GPS devices, one for each car. It will take some time to straighten this all out. There still currently isn't a way to even demo am app. You buy it, try it, hate it, and own it. This is unlike how software purchases have ever been, and I'm sure will change once the systems are in place to accomofate such trial versions. I would still call Apple and explain your scenario. They can be rather generous and helpful when things that clearly weren't intentionally your fault happen. Maybe they will toss you a gift card for the amount of your purchases. It's not unheard of. But there's no steadfast rule. It depends on the person you talk to and if there is any wiggle room in the policy. If you have AppleCare or any device is under 12 months old, call in about that device. They will spend as many hours on the phone with you as it takes. Apple has been rated best customer service for years on end; it's worth try. ( This was typed on a mobile device; please be gentle when critiquing my spelling and grammar. ) @Joel, keep in mind there’s also a chance Apple has an undocumented method to fix this. They often do but won’t publicly announce it to avoid abuse.

It’s impossible Apple wasn’t aware this would be an issue. What you were doing is common. Most users never think about how user account segregation works. Nor should they have to. Apple simply shouldn’t have allowed account sharing of this nature, though at the time, I suspect they had no idea about the cloud and the user backlash would have been huge.

Instead the opted for a generous 5 authorizations per iTunes user. They fought hard for this with the record labels. But now with apps and the idea whether an app purchase has the license to be shared amongst others it’s more strict. Should a 60.00 GPS app be able to be authorized on an entire families Apple devices? Some may think yes, but in the real world you would be buying multiple GPS devices, one for each car.

It will take some time to straighten this all out. There still currently isn’t a way to even demo am app. You buy it, try it, hate it, and own it. This is unlike how software purchases have ever been, and I’m sure will change once the systems are in place to accomofate such trial versions.

I would still call Apple and explain your scenario. They can be rather generous and helpful when things that clearly weren’t intentionally your fault happen. Maybe they will toss you a gift card for the amount of your purchases. It’s not unheard of. But there’s no steadfast rule. It depends on the person you talk to and if there is any wiggle room in the policy.

If you have AppleCare or any device is under 12 months old, call in about that device. They will spend as many hours on the phone with you as it takes. Apple has been rated best customer service for years on end; it’s worth try.

( This was typed on a mobile device; please be gentle when critiquing my spelling and grammar. )

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By: Joel http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-3/#comment-10007 Joel Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:25:40 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-10007 Thank you so much for writing all that, I appreciate it very much. And it actually makes sense of a very complicated, confusing and frustrating issue, so good job there. You even explained problems that I haven't even discovered yet, so at least I will understand why things are happening when they do crop up. It obviously goes a lot deeper than just my bookmarks. Thanks again for shining a thorough light on what is happening. Sorry about mixing LIONs and SNOW LEOPARDs, I didn't know it was version specific. Thank you so much for writing all that, I appreciate it very much. And it actually makes sense of a very complicated, confusing and frustrating issue, so good job there. You even explained problems that I haven’t even discovered yet, so at least I will understand why things are happening when they do crop up. It obviously goes a lot deeper than just my bookmarks. Thanks again for shining a thorough light on what is happening. Sorry about mixing LIONs and SNOW LEOPARDs, I didn’t know it was version specific.

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By: Scott Haneda http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-3/#comment-10006 Scott Haneda Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:30:53 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-10006 @Joel. While we haven't decided how to deal with this site moving forward, it has always been a Snow -Leopard based questions site.  I think we may move to a yearly paid model where for a very small fee you get one on one email support for any problems within reason.  I'll try to answer your question in a limited form, but don't want to confuse our users, none of whom have Lion yet.  If I had to guess, do all the accounts share the same AppleID? This is the email/username/password you enter in to buy music, apps, books, movies, etc? Since you mentioned "daughter" I'm assuming she is younger and probably doesn't have a credit card. Because all Apple services need a credit card, AppleID account sharing can be common.  Due to the record and movie companies restrictions on who can download what and how many times to each computer, the AppleID is the "key" to managing this.  By using the same AppleID even on different user login accounts, what has happened to you will happen to others.  Prior to iCloud this didn't matter, but now there needs to be a way to distinguish one users purchases from another. Using the same AppleID appears to their system as if it's the same person regardless of the number of user accounts and devices.  To resolve it, I would start by disabling the cloud features in System Prefs on every user account. This should stop any further mixing of data.  Now you need to set up AppleID's for each user. They probably can share the same credit card, but must use a unique email address and password.  Hopefully, the bookmarks and other data are accurate somewhere. Maybe on the Mac, maybe on the mobile device, or if not, from a backup somewhere that you can restore.  Somehow, you need to get a new AppleID for each user account and get the data back to how it was. This may mean doing the cleaning manually, which could be a pain, but will probably go faster than you might expect.  Now, from within iTunes, look into the other accounts and de-authorize the initial AppleID accounts that are cussing pollution to each other.  With that done, each account has a user account and an AppleID that are connected to each other but are distinctly their own.  Turn back on the cloud featutres, and a sync should mirror your local data back up to the cloud and you are all set.  So here's the one downside, and it's big. If your daughter bought games, music, movies, etc under your AppleID, she no longer has the permissions to use that media any longer.  You, being the AppleID account holder under which all items were purchased, own all that media. You and only you have a license to use that media.  You are more than welcome to share it with her, just not outside of your account.  This means re-buying everything for the other accounts, or playing a dance where you disable cloud, login with your AppleID on the other accounts, use the media you desire, when done, log-out, and log back in with the correct Apple-ID, and go about your day.  Prior to the cloud you could authorize multiple machines. This can no longer work for the very reasons you are learning.  A huge hassle.  Apple has been known to delete an account of all purchases and allow you to re-download in special cases. But I believe you still have to remember what to download. This may be easier now that iTunes lists all past purchases in the purchase history. They aren't obligated to, generally being as nice as possible when you talk to them goes a long way.  That's my suspician. If you have under 50.00 of purchases, I would probably write it off as a loss and re-download/buy again in the correct account.  If its more, I would call Apple support and ask them if there is anything they can do. The number is 1-800-SOS-APPL -- Scott @Joel. While we haven’t decided how to deal with this site moving forward, it has always been a Snow -Leopard based questions site. 

I think we may move to a yearly paid model where for a very small fee you get one on one email support for any problems within reason. 

I’ll try to answer your question in a limited form, but don’t want to confuse our users, none of whom have Lion yet. 

If I had to guess, do all the accounts share the same AppleID? This is the email/username/password you enter in to buy music, apps, books, movies, etc?

Since you mentioned “daughter” I’m assuming she is younger and probably doesn’t have a credit card. Because all Apple services need a credit card, AppleID account sharing can be common. 

Due to the record and movie companies restrictions on who can download what and how many times to each computer, the AppleID is the “key” to managing this. 

By using the same AppleID even on different user login accounts, what has happened to you will happen to others. 

Prior to iCloud this didn’t matter, but now there needs to be a way to distinguish one users purchases from another. Using the same AppleID appears to their system as if it’s the same person regardless of the number of user accounts and devices. 

To resolve it, I would start by disabling the cloud features in System Prefs on every user account. This should stop any further mixing of data.  Now you need to set up AppleID’s for each user. They probably can share the same credit card, but must use a unique email address and password. 

Hopefully, the bookmarks and other data are accurate somewhere. Maybe on the Mac, maybe on the mobile device, or if not, from a backup somewhere that you can restore. 

Somehow, you need to get a new AppleID for each user account and get the data back to how it was. This may mean doing the cleaning manually, which could be a pain, but will probably go faster than you might expect. 

Now, from within iTunes, look into the other accounts and de-authorize the initial AppleID accounts that are cussing pollution to each other. 

With that done, each account has a user account and an AppleID that are connected to each other but are distinctly their own. 

Turn back on the cloud featutres, and a sync should mirror your local data back up to the cloud and you are all set. 

So here’s the one downside, and it’s big. If your daughter bought games, music, movies, etc under your AppleID, she no longer has the permissions to use that media any longer. 

You, being the AppleID account holder under which all items were purchased, own all that media. You and only you have a license to use that media.  You are more than welcome to share it with her, just not outside of your account. 

This means re-buying everything for the other accounts, or playing a dance where you disable cloud, login with your AppleID on the other accounts, use the media you desire, when done, log-out, and log back in with the correct Apple-ID, and go about your day. 

Prior to the cloud you could authorize multiple machines. This can no longer work for the very reasons you are learning. 

A huge hassle. 

Apple has been known to delete an account of all purchases and allow you to re-download in special cases. But I believe you still have to remember what to download. This may be easier now that iTunes lists all past purchases in the purchase history. They aren’t obligated to, generally being as nice as possible when you talk to them goes a long way. 

That’s my suspician. If you have under 50.00 of purchases, I would probably write it off as a loss and re-download/buy again in the correct account. 

If its more, I would call Apple support and ask them if there is anything they can do. The number is 1-800-SOS-APPL

– Scott

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By: Scott Haneda http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-3/#comment-10005 Scott Haneda Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:51:38 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-10005 @Lynn, deleting bookmarks is covered in the article on this page as well as clarified in a number of the follow-up comments. If you press command-F on your keyboard it will bring up a "find" entry field labeled "search". You can type "delete" in there which will in turn highlight all the times "delete" is mentioned on this page. From there you can scroll through the results or press command -G to jump to the next occurance of the word you are searching for. @Lynn, deleting bookmarks is covered in the article on this page as well as clarified in a number of the follow-up comments.

If you press command-F on your keyboard it will bring up a “find” entry field labeled “search”. You can type “delete” in there which will in turn highlight all the times “delete” is mentioned on this page.

From there you can scroll through the results or press command -G to jump to the next occurance of the word you are searching for.

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By: Lynn http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-3/#comment-10004 Lynn Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:22:40 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-10004 I'm new at all this so really need simple instructions. How do you delete a bookmark? Thanks I’m new at all this so really need simple instructions. How do you delete a bookmark? Thanks

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By: Joel http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-3/#comment-10003 Joel Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:31:00 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-10003 I have an iPHONE which is on my account. I have my user space, my daughter has hers with a different login on the same computer as does my wife. No other iPods or iPhones. I have an iPHONE which is on my account. I have my user space, my daughter has hers with a different login on the same computer as does my wife. No other iPods or iPhones.

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By: Scott Haneda http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-2/#comment-10000 Scott Haneda Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:25:48 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-10000 @Joel, Are you syncing more than one iPod, iPad, or iPhone on the same account? Each users device will need their own account our bookmarks, mail, calendar items, and more will traverse down from the cloud on each device to the Mac, as well as to each others devices. @Joel,

Are you syncing more than one iPod, iPad, or iPhone on the same account? Each users device will need their own account our bookmarks, mail, calendar items, and more will traverse down from the cloud on each device to the Mac, as well as to each others devices.

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By: Joel http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-2/#comment-9998 Joel Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:55:37 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-9998 After upgrading to Lion and iCloud the other USERS' bookmarks on my MAC are now showing up on all of our bookmarks! Now my daughter's favorite teen sites and my wife's cooking sites are all mixed in with mine! What did I do wrong and how can I fix it with out all of us loosing our sites? After upgrading to Lion and iCloud the other USERS’ bookmarks on my MAC are now showing up on all of our bookmarks! Now my daughter’s favorite teen sites and my wife’s cooking sites are all mixed in with mine! What did I do wrong and how can I fix it with out all of us loosing our sites?

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By: BJ http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-2/#comment-9056 BJ Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:54:51 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-9056 Anything I look up in history automatically goes into my bookmarks. How do I stop this. Anything I look up in history automatically goes into my bookmarks. How do I stop this.

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By: susan http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-2/#comment-9054 susan Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:29:07 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-9054 Thanks for input. My bookmarks are suddenly only showing as cover flow which is totally impractical. I need them as lists. I'm searched everywhere to change this but am completely stuck & annoyed. Tks for your help. Thanks for input. My bookmarks are suddenly only showing as cover flow which is totally impractical. I need them as lists. I’m searched everywhere to change this but am completely stuck & annoyed. Tks for your help.

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By: Philistine http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-2/#comment-9049 Philistine Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:20:54 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-9049 I came here because I couldn't figure it out. What a crappy way to manage favorites. In windows this does not require a technical article this size. Maybe Apple can one day make use of RMB? I came here because I couldn’t figure it out. What a crappy way to manage favorites. In windows this does not require a technical article this size. Maybe Apple can one day make use of RMB?

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By: Dale http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-2/#comment-9022 Dale Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:17:53 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-9022 My bookmarks menu is not working at all. Help! My bookmarks menu is not working at all. Help!

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By: Dottie West http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-2/#comment-8985 Dottie West Sun, 08 May 2011 01:45:36 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-8985 I'm hoping you can help me with bookmarks and folders on my Apple I-Pad. I'm trying to organize my bookmarks into folders. I can create a folder but I can't figure out how to get the bookmark into folder. Do I have to start all over, go to each site then rebook mark it? I’m hoping you can help me with bookmarks and folders on my Apple I-Pad. I’m trying to organize my bookmarks into folders. I can create a folder but I can’t figure out how to get the bookmark into folder. Do I have to start all over, go to each site then rebook mark it?

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By: Tim Hildebrandt http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-2/#comment-8924 Tim Hildebrandt Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:38:52 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-8924 Don't know what an URI is... my comment is this. I need more help than you can imagine. I am so lost with managing info that I don't even bother. The bookmarks are useless to me. I can't make a new folder because there is no option to do so. I can't even understand your site, I need a primer for really stupid people. Its too damn complicated! Is a bookmark the same as a folder? Why does this have to be so complicated? Don’t know what an URI is…
my comment is this. I need more help than you can imagine. I am so lost with managing info that I don’t even bother. The bookmarks are useless to me. I can’t make a new folder because there is no option to do so. I can’t even understand your site, I need a primer for really stupid people. Its too damn complicated! Is a bookmark the same as a folder? Why does this have to be so complicated?

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By: Linda http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-2/#comment-8914 Linda Sun, 20 Feb 2011 18:33:37 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-8914 Today Safari started displaying bookmarks in a non-list format. I don't even know what it's called, the pages like an iPhone, I think, but it gives me motion sickness and I absolutely cannot use it. There seems to be no way to go to list format, let alone default back to this. This is the sort of "improvement" that makes some people happy but is deal-breaking for others. Can you help? Thank you! Today Safari started displaying bookmarks in a non-list format. I don’t even know what it’s called, the pages like an iPhone, I think, but it gives me motion sickness and I absolutely cannot use it. There seems to be no way to go to list format, let alone default back to this. This is the sort of “improvement” that makes some people happy but is deal-breaking for others. Can you help? Thank you!

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By: scott http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-2/#comment-8902 scott Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:10:07 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-8902 can you add the printer to the Safari Bookmarks Bar?? can you add the printer to the Safari Bookmarks Bar??

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By: Florie http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-2/#comment-8416 Florie Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:25:48 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-8416 Also, I'm having the ol' "mac-boot" thing again. Can you direct me to an answer on that? You know, the blank grey screen, the whirring fan, the little message in the upper left corner ... Oh, and the huge noise announcing all this will be happening. Also, I’m having the ol’ “mac-boot” thing again. Can you direct me to an answer on that? You know, the blank grey screen, the whirring fan, the little message in the upper left corner … Oh, and the huge noise announcing all this will be happening.

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By: Florie http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-2/#comment-8415 Florie Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:23:48 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-8415 Scott, I was having problems with Safari hanging if I chose the drop-down menu "Show All Bookmarks" and you told me to throw away my Safari preferences and that worked. I do that periodically now. My new Safari problem is slow-loading of my home page when I open Safari (it's Google, but it's anything else if I do that first). Somehow I discovered that if I get rid of my History and then restart Safari, all is well. Are the two problems somehow related? Scott, I was having problems with Safari hanging if I chose the drop-down menu “Show All Bookmarks” and you told me to throw away my Safari preferences and that worked. I do that periodically now.

My new Safari problem is slow-loading of my home page when I open Safari (it’s Google, but it’s anything else if I do that first). Somehow I discovered that if I get rid of my History and then restart Safari, all is well. Are the two problems somehow related?

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By: Richard http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-2/#comment-7673 Richard Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:14:22 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-7673 I've used Firefox for so long, but I'm trying to love Safari. Why is it though that the bookmarks "manager" shows all the bookmarks I have added, yet the bookmarks "menu" does not display everything? It's confusing as hell. I’ve used Firefox for so long, but I’m trying to love Safari. Why is it though that the bookmarks “manager” shows all the bookmarks I have added, yet the bookmarks “menu” does not display everything? It’s confusing as hell.

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By: Phil http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-2/#comment-7666 Phil Mon, 13 Sep 2010 02:50:35 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-7666 It was a good tip on making a daily/weekly temp folder. I was doing somewhat a similar task using text edit, title it for a purpose of research, leave it run open on the desktop to slide address off onto it. This way I could also add related data/image to the list. So I will make a TEMP folder as suggested and manage it. Thanks Phil Mpls Mn PS/ There are a few handicap's using Safari bookmarks compared to MicroSoft. MicroSoft bookmarks are permanent as a saved document folder, where as Safari a plist is fragile and can vaporize. There's no way to color the parent folder in Safari to speed through all the open folders. For massive lists, best I've discovered is placing a star in front of parent folder Alphabetize, Apple needs an app to set a preference in Bookmarks to do this. Cheers It was a good tip on making a daily/weekly temp folder.

I was doing somewhat a similar task using text edit, title it for a purpose of research, leave it run open on the desktop to slide address off onto it.

This way I could also add related data/image to the list.

So I will make a TEMP folder as suggested and manage it.
Thanks
Phil
Mpls Mn

PS/
There are a few handicap’s using Safari bookmarks compared to MicroSoft.
MicroSoft bookmarks are permanent as a saved document folder, where as Safari a plist is fragile and can vaporize.

There’s no way to color the parent folder in Safari to speed through all the open folders.
For massive lists, best I’ve discovered is placing a star in front of parent folder

Alphabetize,
Apple needs an app to set a preference in Bookmarks to do this.
Cheers

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By: David http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/comment-page-2/#comment-7646 David Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:37:26 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/#comment-7646 Correction: the list of bookmarks in the middle of the page is the listing from the "Bookmarks Menu", on the left hand side. Still, it differs from the list on that same left sidebar further down, titled "BOOKMARKS". Thanks... Correction: the list of bookmarks in the middle of the page is the listing from the “Bookmarks Menu”, on the left hand side. Still, it differs from the list on that same left sidebar further down, titled “BOOKMARKS”. Thanks…

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