For any member who wants to force Safari to import their Netscape or IE bookmarks, you need to use the Terminal to accomplish this task. Follow these steps.
1. Quit Safari if it is open. 2. Drag the target bookmark files back to their original location. 3. Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/). 4. Type this in the Terminal. defaults delete com.apple.SafariNetscapeAndMozillaFavoritesWereImported 5. Press Return. 6. Type this in the terminal. defaults delete com.apple.Safari IEFavoritesWereImported 7. Press Return. 8. Quit Terminal. 9. Open Safari. -- Aaron Willems > Once again, > > > I'm stuck wondering why Apple thinks everyone is gonna get all the > answers they need in there incredibly lacking help program. According > to it, Safari is supposed to import all my IE favorites the first time > it runs. This is simply not true. It doesn't do anything except boot > up. I check the bookmarks, and they are not there. I would like to > use Safari as my default browser, but until my favorites can be > imported, I guess I'm stuck with Explorer. I tried FireFox, but it to > doesn't import favorites from IE, although at least Firefox imports > bookmarks from Safari and Netscape automatically even though that > doesn't do anything for me. Any ideas? > > > Z -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
