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Locate lost window data in TimeMachine

I closed down Safari whilst it was still loading the windows, and now when I open Safari all of the windows appeared as before but are blank.


I have TimeMachine on my computer and would like to know if I can recover them from a plist file or where ever the data would be kept.


I tried a copy of Safari itself, but to no avail.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Sep 15, 2021 4:01 AM

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Posted on Sep 25, 2021 3:32 AM

Fortunately the data was located inside the ~/Library/Safari folder, and once restored from a TimeMachine backup, would bring all the windows and tabs back up as they were.

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Locate lost window data in TimeMachine

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