Grant Thompson
Level 1 (9 points)
Safari

Q: Favorites/Top sites button missing

There used to be a button on the Top sites page to change it to Favourites (and vice versa). This button has disappeared. In Preferences/General I have to choose between Top sites and favourites for BOTH new tabs and new windows — I can see one or the other. What happened to the ability to switch between these two views — I use them both. I also have no Bookmarks pane in Preferences. [OS X 10.11.6; Safari 10.0]

Posted on Sep 27, 2016 9:19 AM

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Grant Thompson

Q: Favorites/Top sites button missing

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  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Sep 27, 2016 11:21 AM in response to Grant Thompson
    Level 9 (72,134 points)
    iTunes
    Sep 27, 2016 11:21 AM in response to Grant Thompson

    Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem or a suggestion for change. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem/suggested change solved sooner.

     

    Feedback

  • by dominic23,

    dominic23 dominic23 Sep 27, 2016 11:45 AM in response to Grant Thompson
    Level 8 (41,748 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 27, 2016 11:45 AM in response to Grant Thompson

    There is a work around until this problem is solved.

     

    1. Click “View” menu in the Safari menu bar and choose “Customize Toolbar”.

     

      Screen Shot 2016-09-27 at 14.28.45 PM.png  

    2. Control click the Top Sites button in the sheet that drops down and choose “Add Top Sites”.

     

    Screen Shot 2016-09-27 at 14.29.25 PM.png

        Click “Done” button at the bottom corner.

     

    3. Move the mouse over to the toolbar and command click the Top Sites button.

     

    Screen Shot 2016-09-27 at 14.44.01 PM.png

     

    Top Sites tab will appear.

     

    Screen Shot 2016-09-27 at 14.38.04 PM.png

  • by Grant Thompson,

    Grant Thompson Grant Thompson Sep 28, 2016 12:27 AM in response to dominic23
    Level 1 (9 points)
    Safari
    Sep 28, 2016 12:27 AM in response to dominic23

    Thanks, but I know this. My problem is that I can only have Top Sites OR Favorites, regardless of where that button is. I would have to go into preferences every time I wanted to change views. I used to have this button:

    button.png

    in both views, which let me switch between them. This is the button I can no longer find.

  • by dominic23,Helpful

    dominic23 dominic23 Sep 28, 2016 4:29 AM in response to Grant Thompson
    Level 8 (41,748 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 28, 2016 4:29 AM in response to Grant Thompson

    Yes, that button is missing in Safari 10.

    Hopefully this feature will be restored when the  updates are released.

  • by hgongkido,

    hgongkido hgongkido Sep 28, 2016 9:46 AM in response to Grant Thompson
    Level 1 (8 points)
    Safari
    Sep 28, 2016 9:46 AM in response to Grant Thompson

    I have the same problem. I use both Favorites and Top sites. By the way, recently I found that I can only add bookmark under a folder in Bookmark, like 'Favorites', 'Folder1', 'Folder2',  etc. I used to add bookmark directly under bookmark folder. Do you have the same problem?