How to get favorites into Safari on a PC
I just loaded Safari on my pc after reformatting the drive. I backed up my IE favorites before I did this. How do I import my IE favorites into Safari 5 on a PC?
PC based Safari-OTHER, Windows 7
This is a cut and paste of the information from the Safari help topic "Exporting bookmarks from Internet Explorer" from my Safari for Windows 5.0.5 (haven't checked this for later versions, but fingers crossed it should still be okay):
To export bookmarks from Internet Explorer:
- Open Internet Explorer and choose File > "Import and Export."
- In the Import/Export Wizard, click Next.
- Select Export Favorites and click Next.
- Select the Favorites folder, shown at the top of the folder hierarchy, and click Next.
- If the option "Export to an Application" is available, click it and choose Safari. If it is dimmed, click "Export to a File or Address" to create a file containing your bookmarks. Later, you can import the file into Safari. If you choose "Export to a File or Address," you can also choose a location and name for the file. The default name is "bookmark.htm," and the default location is the My Documents folder.
- Click Finish to close the wizard.
If you exported your favorites to a file, open Safari, choose File > Import Bookmarks, and then select the favorites file you created and click Open. (If the File menu isn't visible, press the Alt key to show the menu bar.)