Since updating Safari 5.1.7 to Safari 6, all favicons have disappeared.
Visiting sites anew brings their relevant favicons back, but they get erased again upon quiting Safari.
Am I the only one ???
YM
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4), Core i7, SSD, 12 GB Ram.
I've noticed a similar issue since upgrading to Safari 6. My favicons are getting erased whenever I clear my browsing history.
You are right, rwellington : favicons are not erased upon Quit, but are erased when the browsing History is cleared.
Bug or "feature" ?
We never know, with Apple !
YM
Might be bug, I think.
So, I guess I am not the only one.
Hello all:
FWIW, that is happening, apparently, to everyone. Clear the history and the favicons go too.
I just reset Safari preferences to clear history manually - rather than after one day (my previous setting). We will see.....
Barry
Sorry to say, but as soon as you clear History manually, they will disappear again.I keep an extra copy of WebpageIcons.db which is located in the Safari folder in my user Library. I replace this one with the one in the folder and the favicons are back .... untill you clear history again. Hopefully Apple will allow users to keep the icons saved in an update, which was the case with Safari 5.
Favicons disappearing is not a bug. According to Apple, clearing history in 6 now does...
1. Clear history
2. Deletes icons
3. Empty cache
Is Apple losing touch with their customers? Bring back our favicons!
I, too, find this to be extremely annoying. Perhaps if everyone who dislikes this "feature" (if it's not a bug) leaves (polite) feedback to Apple, they might listen and fix this. You can leave Safari feedback here:
Very annoying indeed! I followed stejones suggestion and let Apple know I don't like this new (un-wanted) Safari's behaviour..
Hope you all do the same! Thanks
Do you guys still have the same problem? Mine started just a while ago 😟
As far as I know, this is still an issue. I now never clear the browser history and, like miramarbeach, keep a backup copy of the WebpageIcons.db file in case I ever accidentally do clear it. This database file is located here: ~/Library/Safari
I swiched to Google's Chrome, which is such a better browsing experience in so many ways, and favicons are not deleted with a simple history dump. Firefox is better than Safari as well if you prefer not to play in the google sandbox. Sadly Apple is neglecting Safari and the competition is eating its lunch. Do yourselves a favor and move on.
Pure insanity. It's 2013 and still happening. I filed a report at apple.com/feedback.
Clear History is a useful thing to do frequently. Erasing ALL your favicons, which are part of your BOOKMARKS not part of your HISTORY? That's madness, and makes zero sense with the term "Clear History". Hugely destructive, because there's no practical way to get your numerous bookmark favicons all back once they're gone.
My favicons are erased every time I just quit Safari 😕
Safari 6 favicons erased upon quit
