Any advice on how to organize favorites and reading list?

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Richard92024 Author

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Any advice on how to organize favorites and reading list?

I have a one year old iMac, and recently upgraded to OS X Yosemite, version 10.10 3. I use Safari, to try to keep things simple, and to easily sync with my iPhone.

My Favorites and Reading List has got into a right old mess. Can anyone recommend a simple way of organizing them, please? I'd like to be able to drag items from the Reading List to the Favorites. I've had this chaos before, back in my old PC days, so would love never to have to do it again! I'm happy to pay for a 3rd party add-on.

Many thanks for any suggestions.

Richard

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Jun 21, 2015 2:26 PM

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Answer 1

mundox

Level 1

42 points

May 17, 2017 8:21 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

What is missing is the ability to tag the entries to make them searchable, otherwise the Reading List becomes a paper folder containing unsorted and disorganized content which forces the user to search the entire list for a specific entry.

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Answer 2

tygb

Level 9

65,086 points

May 17, 2017 9:02 AM in response to Richard92024

Right click on the item in the reading list and Mark as Read , the method was used in Mac OS Sierra 10.12.5

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Answer 3

Jun 21, 2015 3:41 PM in response to Richard92024

Dragging links from the Reading List to Favorites will only cause more disorganization.

See if the suggestions in this article help here.

Also, with Safari open, from the menu bar top of your screen, click Help > Safari Help

Type: Reading List in the search field top right corner of that window then press Return or Enter on your keyboard.

You should see helpful links on the left.

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