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MBP "13, 10.7 and Safari 5.1
I've noticed something weird: last week, I added a couple of bookmarks to my bookmarks-bar in Safari and the next day (or the next reboot) they weren't there anymore…
Added them again and the same thing happened…
I've disabled bookmark syncing in the "Mail, Contacts, Calendar" settings but the same problem still occurs…
Any ideas how I can further troubleshoot this?
It seems that it may be tied to the Fetch New Data setting in Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
When I change that setting to Push, the bookmarks are sent out straight away.
What I don't understand is why the Photo Stream pushes out changes immediately, even if 'Fetch New Data' is set to 'Every 15 Minutes', but the Bookmarks (which appear to have nothing to do with 'Mail, Contacts, Calendars', are not.
Later:
I've just seen the "Advanced" setting in "Fetch New Data". This seems to have a manual override
With Fetch New Data set to "15 min", (and Push is Off), and iCloud set to "Push", I expected to have the bookmark pushed out straight away.
But this doesn't happen: I also have to turn the main "Fetch New Data" setting to Push, in order to have the bookmarks updated immediately.
Instead of using Bookmarks, you can use Notes as the replacement to use custom title for bookmarked pages. They serve the same function, with Notes having more versatile usage.
Command+Option+4.Tools > Annotate > Notes or by pressing Command+Control+N.Here’s the screenshot how it looks like:
I’m not sure which Preview version support this,but it should be available after OS X Lion 10.7.
Best Answer
If the bookmarks are not saving this may be a permissions issue.
Safari stores its bookmarks in ~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist
If this file cannot be updated (i.e. if permissions are wrong), then the bookmarks won't be saved.
Check the datestamp on this file. It should be updated every time you add a bookmark. If it isn't, then this is likely the cause of the problem.
To fix it, you need to fix the permissions. Try Repair Permissions in Disk Utility. If that doesn't work, try the following:
1) Delete that file while Safari is running - then go into Safari and add a new bookmark. This will create a new bookmark file with all your bookmarks.
If you delete the file while safari is not running you lose all your bookmarks - so make a back up of the file. The safest thing is to rename it.