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Transfer my Bookmarks.plist from SL to ML

And you are sure you are looking in the right folder ?

ie. "User Name"/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist

IF there is no folder in there named Safari, create one yourself and put the plist file in there and see if that works ...
 
It would be easier just to open Safari and in the File menu click on export bookmarks, then use that file to import on the new machine.
 
mindlessmissy said:
And you are sure you are looking in the right folder ?

ie. "User Name"/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist

IF there is no folder in there named Safari, create one yourself and put the plist file in there and see if that works ...
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Have you tried this out yourself?
 
Any help please?

I already have the Bookmarks.plist on a USB

How should I transfer them to Safari 6 on ML?
 
hartwig said:
Any help please?

I already have the Bookmarks.plist on a USB

How should I transfer them to Safari 6 on ML?
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Click on your desktop to bring focus to the Finder then enter shift-commmand-g (hold all three keys at once). Then enter ~/Library/Safari in the resulting popup and enter. Do you now see the Safari settings folder? Just put the bookmarks.plist in there.

I have not seen anybody comment in the Mountain Lion threads about this Folder being gone, but you may be correct.
 
Weaselboy said:
Click on your desktop to bring focus to the Finder then enter shift-commmand-g (hold all three keys at once). Then enter ~/Library/Safari in the resulting popup and enter. Do you now see the Safari settings folder? Just put the bookmarks.plist in there.

I have not seen anybody comment in the Mountain Lion threads about this Folder being gone, but you may be correct.
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Thank you, this is the only helpful response, and I could only access the Safari folder by doing what you said, ~Library/Safari

But otherwise, Apple has removed it from the Library folder for some reason

And I can't go back to SL because I destroyed my old HDD and I have a new SSD with ML so I can't go back and export...

I now have my bookmarks :)
 

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Glad it worked out.

Here is where I think you went astray. Your screenshot on the left is of the main /Library folder and not the user library folder I sent you to.

By default the user library folder is hidden by Lion (and apparently Mountain Lion) and the command I gave you got you there even with it hidden.

Do an option-click on the Go menu and you will see the user ~/Library folder and you will find the Safari folder in there.
 
Weaselboy said:
Glad it worked out.

Here is where I think you went astray. Your screenshot on the left is of the main /Library folder and not the user library folder I sent you to.

By default the user library folder is hidden by Lion (and apparently Mountain Lion) and the command I gave you got you there even with it hidden.

Do an option-click on the Go menu and you will see the user ~/Library folder and you will find the Safari folder in there.
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I did the option-click on the Go menu, it works perfectly!

Thanks again! :)
 
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