Where are Safari Store favorites after re-installation of macOS?

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Where are Safari Store favorites after re-installation of macOS?

Hello - I wonder if you can help me. Please!

I have an Intel Apple iMac just over six years old, an iPhone14 and an iPad Pro. I recently started my iMac in Internet recovery mode and, using Disc Utility, erased my hard drive. On reinstallation of macOS Ventura 13.6.4 (22G513) my Safari browser still holds all of my 'favourites' just as before the disc erasure. My question is, where does Safari/Apple Store all this information if it is not on my hard drive?

Thanks if you can help me understand.

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iMac (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Mar 4, 2024 6:15 AM

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KiltedTim

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Mar 4, 2024 6:36 AM in response to TopGun2

It’s synced to your icloud account. When you signed back in to icloud after re-installing macOS, it synced your favorites back to the machine.

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Mar 4, 2024 6:21 AM in response to TopGun2

Omg I am having same problem too. I think all info is stored in the GitHub apache java daemon and other utilities used to put software on my devices and even act like Apple support. I just look in my analytics from privacy tab and voila! A lot of code that isn’t supposed to be there. So watch carefully that they haven’t gotten to you.

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