mohamednew

Q: missing "Add to Bookmarks" in Safari 10/macOS Sierra

After clean install macOS Sierra, I could not find "Add to Bookmarks" in Safari 10.0 (12602.1.50.0.10). It only shows "Favorites" as shown in the following picture.

Screen Shot 2016-09-24 at 9.09.12 AM.png

MacBook Pro, macOS Sierra (10.12), Safari 10.0 (12602.1.50.0.10)

Posted on Sep 23, 2016 11:15 PM

Close

Q: missing "Add to Bookmarks" in Safari 10/macOS Sierra

  • All replies
  • Helpful answers

Previous Page 2 of 4 last Next
  • by mohamednew,

    mohamednew mohamednew Sep 25, 2016 8:56 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1
    Level 1 (9 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 25, 2016 8:56 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

    Thanks Luis. Your kind response, I think, is not what I asked for. Here is a picture of old version of Safari shows the location of the "Bookmarks" that I want to see in Safari 10:

    Screen Shot 2016-09-25 at 9.58.15 AM.png

    As you see, the option "Bookmarks" is clear and it is among others like "Top Sites" and "Favorites".

     

    Now, you kind response is far from what I asked for. I knew that the menu of Safari has "Bookmarks" among other menu items like "File", "Edit", "View" and so on.

    The other possibility that you mention is not applicable, because it will show NOT the "Bookmarks" but will show the "Favorite" sites under the address bar.

  • by Luis Sequeira1,

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Sep 25, 2016 9:26 AM in response to mohamednew
    Level 6 (12,436 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 25, 2016 9:26 AM in response to mohamednew

    Screen Shot 2016-09-25 at 17.23.44.pngSo where do you want these bookmarks to reside? In the Bookmarks menu?

     

    Just add them to, er... "Bookmarks menu".

    Only two differences that I can see: it is now called this way, not just "Bookmarks", and it comes after your favorite folders, and not immediately before or after "Favorites". Other than that, it works the same way.

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Sep 25, 2016 10:00 AM in response to mohamednew
    Level 10 (141,336 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 25, 2016 10:00 AM in response to mohamednew

    Boot into Safe Mode, Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode, and try from there.  If it works there reboot normally and try again.

    OTsig.png

  • by mohamednew,

    mohamednew mohamednew Sep 25, 2016 11:29 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1
    Level 1 (9 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 25, 2016 11:29 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

    [Luis Sequeira1] Aha, so you have the option "Bookmark menu" which I do not have. If you look at the original first picture I posted, I only have "Favorites" and that is all. And of course, any additional folder that I made. So, it is a glitch with my installation or the system. But it seems that others have the same issue.

  • by mohamednew,

    mohamednew mohamednew Sep 25, 2016 11:30 AM in response to Old Toad
    Level 1 (9 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 25, 2016 11:30 AM in response to Old Toad

    [Old Toad] Thanks for the advice. I did as you mentioned and the same issue is there in safe mode.

  • by Luis Sequeira1,

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Sep 25, 2016 11:35 AM in response to mohamednew
    Level 6 (12,436 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 25, 2016 11:35 AM in response to mohamednew

    The Bookmarks menu appears to me further down, and not immediately close to "Favorites".

    In between the two there appear all the folders that I have created under Favorites.

    I wonder if you did not see it because it was further down (as would happen if you have many folders):

     

    Screen Shot 2016-09-25 at 19.33.35.png

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Sep 25, 2016 11:42 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1
    Level 10 (107,942 points)
    iCloud
    Sep 25, 2016 11:42 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

    But you also have to click "Favorites" to see the list  you posted. and then scroll down pat the expanded Favorites. The selector used to show the "Bookmarks" as a top level item, and the Favorites folders collapsed, so we could jump directly to the Bookmarks menu without having to scroll past hundreds of expanded favorites. Now I have to scroll past many, many nested favorite folders to get to the Bookmarks menu.

  • by mohamednew,

    mohamednew mohamednew Sep 25, 2016 11:49 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1
    Level 1 (9 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 25, 2016 11:49 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

    First, many thanks Luis for your keen in supporting me in this. I might be confusing myself. But if you kindly bare with me. I do not have the option to scroll. It is only favorites that I see. I did a quick screen recorder (size 476KB, 8 sec) and uploaded it on one drive. Here is the link. I hope the forum policy allow the link to appear:

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B16DTMJaAyaNbTI2WGpEalp5UHc/view?usp=sharing

  • by Luis Sequeira1,

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Sep 25, 2016 11:57 AM in response to mohamednew
    Level 6 (12,436 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 25, 2016 11:57 AM in response to mohamednew

    Thank you for posting the screen recording.

    It makes it absolutely clear that you get nothing but "Favorites" in the menu; not "Top Sites", not "Bookmarks menu", nothing. I should have got that from the very start. Sorry.

    I don't know why I get a different result than yours.

  • by mohamednew,

    mohamednew mohamednew Sep 25, 2016 12:05 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1
    Level 1 (9 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 25, 2016 12:05 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

    Welcome Luis. I am the one who thank you very much for your supporting idea. I am now backing up my data and will re-install Sierra (although I am 100% sure it will not fix it because I get the sam issue at work computer).

  • by Luis Sequeira1,

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Sep 25, 2016 12:08 PM in response to mohamednew
    Level 6 (12,436 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 25, 2016 12:08 PM in response to mohamednew

    I don't think reinstalling is going to help.

    Try starting in Safe Mode and see if things work there. If they do, try again normally.

  • by mohamednew,

    mohamednew mohamednew Sep 25, 2016 12:20 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1
    Level 1 (9 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 25, 2016 12:20 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

    I already did safe mode (as suggested by Old Toad) and it was the same glitch there. I get the feeling it happen because of someone (as me in this case) sign in to several Mac computers with the same account. That is why I will try clean install with new account or with none (if I could).

  • by Luis Sequeira1,

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Sep 25, 2016 12:24 PM in response to mohamednew
    Level 6 (12,436 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 25, 2016 12:24 PM in response to mohamednew

    I find that unlikely.

     

    You can create a new account on your mac (or use the guest account) and check to see if it has the same problem.

    If things work ok in the new account, then something specific to your account is involved.

     

    Run Etrecheck (an utility by a respected member of this community) and post its report here.

  • by mohamednew,

    mohamednew mohamednew Sep 25, 2016 12:58 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1
    Level 1 (9 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 25, 2016 12:58 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

    I did guest account steps and also the same. I disabled Kaspersky and the same issue. May be it is Kaspersky. Anyway, I gave up and will stop here. I will wait for future update. I can live with it but it will take me more steps to organize the bookmarks.

    Thanks for the program Etrecheck. I did not used it but it is really valuable program.

  • by Luis Sequeira1,

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Sep 26, 2016 1:38 AM in response to mohamednew
    Level 6 (12,436 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 26, 2016 1:38 AM in response to mohamednew

    mohamednew wrote:

     

    I did guest account steps and also the same. I disabled Kaspersky and the same issue. May be it is Kaspersky.

    Never use this. Don't just disable it. Completely uninstall.

Previous Page 2 of 4 last Next