I have deleted some of my bookmarks in Safari by mistake. I can't retrieve them via iCloud (they are too old), but I have TimeMachine backups of my iMac. My question is, where are the bookmark files located within the TimeMachine backup? For that matter, where is the "bookmark folder" on my iMac's hard drive?
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013), macOS Mojave (10.14)
Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library/Safari. The Bookmarks.plist should be in there.
Try going into Time Machine to a backup where the Bookmarks existed. Paste the below into the search box.
~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist
Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library/Safari. The Bookmarks.plist should be in there.
Try going into Time Machine to a backup where the Bookmarks existed. Paste the below into the search box.
~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist
Safari bookmarks in TimeMachine
