Website Icons are entirely missing in Safari 8.0

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Website Icons are entirely missing in Safari 8.0

Greetings,

My bookmarks seem to have lost their icons since I have upgraded to Yosemite/Safari Version 8.0 (10600.1.25). Each one had their own icon before the update.

So okay something likely messed up, so I have deleted the WebpageIcons.db as recommended in this thread:

safari website icons gone from my bookmark bar

However that did not accomplish anything. The icons do not reload when I visit a website.

I actually got to like them over time. I don't see why the feature would be unceremoniously abandoned since it probably doesn't require much code.

So... what gives?

Thanks.

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 19, 2014 12:56 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 19, 2014 9:57 AM in response to Starry001

I had a similar problem. The favicons disappeared in the sidebar after installing Yosemite, but they were still visible from the dropdown Bookmarks tab. I went through the procedure described by Dimaxum and the favicon disappeared from the dropdown, too. They reappear in the dropdown after clicking on the individual websites (one at a time for all your bookmarks) but still don't show up on the sidebar. Any additional thoughts about how to fix this or is it a 'feature'?

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Starry001 Author

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Oct 19, 2014 10:35 PM in response to jhelgeland

Yeah if it's how Apple wants to do it from now on, then okay. I may or may not approve of that, but I'd like to know since it's bothering me.

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Indie-da

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Oct 20, 2014 4:58 AM in response to Starry001

Same here! SO FRUSTRATING ARGH!!! I have a feeling it's a bug coz my top sites view is updating on its own!

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Allewar

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Oct 20, 2014 3:25 PM in response to Starry001

Also the lock icon when browsing a secure page is missing.

I was about buying som stuff in a website I've never bought from before, and couldn't find the lock icon to check de security of the certificate.

No lock icon, enywhere.

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Answer 5

Oct 30, 2014 8:37 AM in response to Starry001

If someone wants to see favicons on their places as in another browsers, try SafariStand extension.

It's like Glims, but works with 8.0.

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Starry001 Author

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Oct 30, 2014 8:40 AM in response to Monsignor Paolo

I'm still convinced it's a glitch. There's numerous glitches in this release of Safari, this being one of them.

If it isn't... then Apple should say so explicitly so we're not wasting our time posting issues in the support forums like we are now. I kinda liked the favicons but if they've been eliminated as a feature officially then I'd like to know.

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Answer 7

Nov 5, 2014 12:58 PM in response to Starry001

This just happened to me too. I really relied on them for instant recognition.

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Answer 8

Bluekim

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Nov 5, 2014 1:02 PM in response to Starry001

I'm having the same problem here. I liked it when I could recognise my bookmarks just looking at the icons, now it is so annoying that you have to read all of them to find one. I hope this problem is solved soon.

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tetra89

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Nov 21, 2014 11:39 AM in response to Starry001

Just delete the ~/Library/Safari/Touch Icons/ folder

Relaunch Safari, then it will download them all again.

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Moz DY

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Dec 7, 2014 7:40 PM in response to Starry001

It is sad that Apple seams to be going backwards. The favicons was a practical/fast visual way of clicking on a bookmarked page.Without it makes a bit more difficult to find the bookmarked page on the list. After many years of using Safari,I had to switch to firefox now.

If apple continues to make things less user friendly I will give up on all my apple family.(IMac,Apple Tv,Iphone,etc) I'm getting close to the point...

:-(

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Answer 11

Dec 13, 2014 12:10 PM in response to tetra89

There is no Touch Icons folder within the Safari folder nor within the Bookmarks folder. Got ay other ideas?

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longEvil

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Jan 19, 2015 11:16 AM in response to Starry001

I have the same problem: no webpage icon in the safari favorites.

Macbook Pro

OS 10.10

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Answer 13

tetra89

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Jan 19, 2015 11:25 AM in response to longEvil

Try to do what I wrote. I don't think there is any better way to refresh the favicon icons in Safari. I don't understand what sdspalter said about it not being there. It's not possible to launch Safari on Yosemite without it creating the folder I mentioned.

If you aren't familiar with the user Library folder, read instructions here on how to get there: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH18928?viewlocale=en_US

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E15

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Feb 4, 2015 10:05 PM in response to tetra89

Andrew thanks a lot! Your solution worked. Only additional step I had to perform, restart the machine after deletion of files. Once it restarted, I re-launched Safari 8 and I saw the icons begin to download, then I verified at the folder level, and all icons were replaced there as well.. Thanks!

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Answer 15

Mar 13, 2015 4:05 PM in response to tetra89

This fixed the google icon, but the youtube touch icon is still missing. Did anyone figure out how to fix the YouTube icon?

Thanks

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