restore safari bookmarks to default?

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restore safari bookmarks to default?

Hi

I am new to Mac and just recently purchased a Macbook Pro 13 inch. I synced my iPhone to safari's bookmarks and didn't want it. So I have two questions.

-How can I restore my default bookmarks on Safari? The bookmarks that are shown in the bookmarks bar when you first launch Safari for the first time with (google maps, youtube, news..etc)

-How can I remove the bookmarks folder and menu in iPhone's safari?

Thanks!

Mac OS X (10.6.2), iPhone 3Gs 16GB, 5th Gen 80GB iPod

Posted on Mar 21, 2010 3:27 PM

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andyBall_uk

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Mar 21, 2010 4:35 PM in response to Modernage13

Hi

can't help you with an iphone, sorry - but Safari on a mac computer always used to recreate the default bookmarks if you quit Safari, then trash the file Home/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist

I haven't checked this on Safari 4 yet, but likely it'll work.

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Modernage13 Author

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Mar 21, 2010 7:18 PM in response to andyBall_uk

thank you so much! it worked like a charm. got the default bookmarks, i know its a little thing but i wanted those news and popular bookmark folders =] if no one can solve the other issue i'll just mark this solved and give you the credit. its funny though, i called apple tech support and the girl had no idea what to do...people don't waste money on applecare =X

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andyBall_uk

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Mar 21, 2010 8:50 PM in response to Modernage13

Hi

here's all I could speedily find about bookmarks on an iphone.

I don't know if that will prove impractical, but I can't find anything else, short of a restore although I don't doubt it'd be possible to
backup the phone & then edit/modify the bookmarks within the file in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/ on the computer. Likely not Apple sanctioned though eh.

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Modernage13 Author

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Mar 22, 2010 3:11 PM in response to andyBall_uk

thanks. i really appreciate your help. but i started another thread in the iPhone section and found my solution looking at some other forums. here's the thread:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2373909&tstart=0

thanks again!

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andyBall_uk

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Mar 22, 2010 4:00 PM in response to Modernage13

Cool - I didn't think of that, obvious tho it seems now 🙂
Glad you're all set now.

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