Hi,
I've been trying to clean out my old bookmarks, but they keep being restored in the cloud somehow. How do I get my new bookmarks on my mac to overwrite the ones they're syncing to?
Thanks
Manny
Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Manny ...
Open System Preferences > iCloud
Deselect the box next to Bookmarks then reselect it then restart your Mac.
Hi Carolyn,
Thanks for the quick reply.
It didn't work. I deleted and reorganized a bunch of bookmarks, turned off sync bookmarks. Restarted, turned sync bookmarks back on, and they all came back and overwrote all of the cleanup I did.
Any ideas?
Manny
Ok.. might be corrupted Safari preferences ...
Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar top of your screen click Go > Go to Folder
Type this exactly as you see it here:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist
Click Go
Move the com.apple.Safari.plist file to the Desktop. Quit then relaunch Safari.
If that made a difference, move the .plist file to the Trash. If not, move it back to the Preferences folder.
Nope.
All the bookmarks I deleted came back again. But this time I noticed that the new sub-folders that I created and moved some bookmars to, was there too.
SO, it seems I can't delete bookmarks, it just keeps new ones and keeps merging them forever.
Mobile me used to have an option to choose the direction of the syncing/overwriting. I don't see that option anymore. I wonder if this is a bug that Apple missed in moving to iCloud.
Can you think of any way of deleting my bookmarks from iCloud, so I can start fresh? -- but then, I'd be worried that it would delete all of my bookmarks from all my devices. :-/
Manny
What other devices?
If you are referring to an iPad, iPod touch, or an iPhone, tap Settings > iCloud
Turn Bookmarks off then back on again then restart the device.
Do the same on your Mac one more time. System Preferences > iCloud
Deselect Bookmarks then reselect.
Dang.
Tried it. Same problem.
I thought we were on to something there.
:-/
I just found a support article that may offer something you haven't tried as yet > iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Bookmarks
But this time I noticed that the new sub-folders that I created and moved some bookmars to, was there too.
Sub folders may be the glitch for syncing between your Mac and iOS based devices.
Thanks for the link and your speedy responses!
I think maybe I'm not waiting long enough after unchecking the box to check it again.
I'm going to leave them both off for a while, reorganize my bookmarks, copy them to my desktop, and try again later.
I'll let you know what happens
Thanks again!
Manny
You're welcome and keep us posted 🙂
Were you ever able to fix this? I am having a similar problem...
thanks
Annette
Resetting Safari bookmarks in the cloud—how?
