Hi Trahern, Barry is correct that your Safari bookmarks are stored in a file named Bookmarks.plist under the Library/Safari folder for your account, but if you want to create a file of bookmarks that you can easily transfer to any other browser (such as Opera when it becomes fully accessible) you can simply navigate to the File menu on Safari's menu bar (VO-M; then press "F"), then arrow down to "Export Bookmarks". A dialogue window will appear that will prompt you to type in a name for the exported file (or you can use the default name of "Safari Bookmarks"), and the folder where you want to save the file (default is "Documents", but you can change this by using VO-Space on the pop up and choosing another folder; if you want to choose a specific folder that is not listed in the pop up menu, use the "Go to Folder" shortcut of Command-Shift-G and then type in the path to the folder you want in the text field.
The file you save will be an HTML file (e.g., "Safari Bookmarks.html"), and you can add these bookmarks to any browser by importing this file via the file menu. This is also the best way to get Favorites from Netscape or Internet Explorer into Safari if you are moving from Windows to the Mac -- export your bookmarks using the File menu of Netscape, Internet Explorer, Firefox, or other browser and then import that file into Safari using its File menu. Of course, you can simply save the Bookmarks.plist file as well, but that file can only be used by Safari on your Mac, while the exported HTML file that contains your bookmarks can be used by any other browser on other operating systems. HTH Cheers, Esther Barry Hadder wrote: > >Hi, > >They are actually stored in an xml file. >~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist. > >On Aug 3, 2009, at 5:22 PM, trahern culver wrote: > >> >> hey all i would like to back up my safari book marks to an external >> hard drive by coppieing and pasting the folder where they are stord so >> far i have not been able to locate this folder! does any one know >> where it is? help from the group on this subject would be most welcom! >> thank you for reading this. >> >> kind regards trahern. >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
