Merge two History.plist files

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Merge two History.plist files

Does anyone know how to merge two Safari History.plist files? I would like to take the history files from two different computers and merge them into one. The files are binary, so I can't just copy/paste the XML like in past .plist files; dragging entries from one to the other doesn't work in Property List Editor; and dragging entries into the History listing in Safari's bookmarks window doesn't work either.

Message was edited by: Eliot White

MacBook Pro, Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Aug 24, 2009 1:11 PM

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Answer 1

Aug 24, 2009 2:01 PM in response to Eliot White

Greetings,

What you're trying to do is not easily possible, and even if it were, it would be pointless, since the History file changes all the time, with things being added, and deleted according to the preferences you set.

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Eliot White Author

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Aug 25, 2009 7:07 AM in response to Golden Shoes

I appreciate your point of view, but to me, merging the history files from two computers would be very helpful. I often need to reference sites I've visited in the past, so for the last several years I have set Safari to only remove history entries manually. I find this more useful than bookmarking because I never know what I might want to reference in the future.

I've been using two computers for the last year or so, and I am getting rid of one of them, so I would like to take the History.plist files from each computer and merge them into one. Anyone have any ideas?

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Aug 25, 2009 7:17 AM in response to Eliot White

You can use Pref Setter to open these files and then copy all the entries from one and paste them into the other, then save the file.

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Eliot White Author

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Aug 25, 2009 7:33 AM in response to Golden Shoes

Great, that seems to have worked. Thanks!

Wonder why Property List Editor couldn't do that?

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