Restored Safari Bookmarks Keep Disappearing?

I restored old bookmarks on Safari, but within minutes the restored bookmarks disappear and revert back to the most current saved bookmarks. I have turned off Safari on iCloud and remerged, but even then my restored bookmarks disappeared. Am I missing a step?

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on Jun 11, 2019 2:42 PM

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Posted on Jun 11, 2019 7:22 PM

Might be a corrupt .plist.


Do a backup, preferably 2 backups on 2 separate drives.


Quit the application.


Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J.  When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder.  Select Library. Then go to Safari/Bookmarks.plist.  Move the .plist to your desktop.


Restart the computer, open the application, and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.


If the application is the same, return the .plist to where you got it from, overwriting the newer one.


Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.

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Jun 11, 2019 7:22 PM in response to kri5tina

Might be a corrupt .plist.


Do a backup, preferably 2 backups on 2 separate drives.


Quit the application.


Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J.  When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder.  Select Library. Then go to Safari/Bookmarks.plist.  Move the .plist to your desktop.


Restart the computer, open the application, and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.


If the application is the same, return the .plist to where you got it from, overwriting the newer one.


Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.

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