Questions tagged [bookmarks]
a locally stored pointer to a website (URL)
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Organizing bookmarks in Safari for Windows
(Please tell me which site to post this on if this is the wrong one.)
My internet safety software is failing spectacularly with Chrome at the moment, and I have to uninstall it. So I thought I'd try ...
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Open page in new tab without closing menu
In my bookmarks bar in Chrome I have a folder with bookmarks. If I click the folder I see the links in this folder. I don't want to open all links in this folder, but a few. On Windows I can simply ...
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How do I open Apple Maps from a Google Maps link in Safari?
I would ideally like a bookmarklet since then I could use it on iOS as well. I tried this Safari extension but I would like an option in the toolbar to open Apple Maps when I'm already on a Google ...
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Chrome Bookmarks vanished after clearing history!
I recently cleared my history from Google Chrome because of stupid MacKeeper ads, whenever I try to click on any site the new window bars open which was MacKeeper or another ad.
I was sick of it and ...
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Read PDF (book) partly on mac partly on iphone and ipad, tracking most recently read page
What I want to do is pretty simple: I have a PDF I'm reading on my mac and later on I want to pick up reading where I left off on an iPad or iPhone, then continue again on the mac.
Nearest I can get ...
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No bookmark icon next to bookmark item in Safari 8.0.7 (Yosemite 10.10.4)
In Safari 8.0.7 (Yosemite 10.10.4) when I hit "⇧ ⌘ B" my Favorites Bar appears and I can see my bookmarks as well as all folders but one thing I'm really missing are favicon right before bookmarks.
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Chrome Bookmarks disappear after being used
Only on my Mac Mini this is happening (OS X Yosemite 10.10.2) and it just started yesterday. Whenever I start Chrome it shows all my bookmarks and when I click one of them (doesn't matter which one) ...
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Some of my Safari bookmarks don't appear in Spotlight search results
When doing a spotlight search for my bookmarks, some of them appear in the search result but some don't. I was not able to find a pattern about which ones will show up and which ones won't. Newly ...
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How to remove an entry from iOS Safari's URL bar?
On my iPad (iOS 8.3, but this also happened with earlier versions), when I start typing in the URL bar, one of the completions is a rather unsavory URL which I visited once.
It appears in the "...
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Adding a bookmark to a new folder in Safari?
In Chrome, when adding a new bookmark, you can choose to add it to a new folder you create at that time, through "Choose Another Folder" > "New Folder".
However, in Safari, I find if I need to do ...
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Bookmarks in Safari: Type bookmark name to go to it
I have a bunch of bookmarks named things like "CNC" "FB" and "HQ" and the like.
I'm a bit of a keyboard junkie. I want to be able to access these quickly, by typing CMD-L, and then such initials into ...
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Sync bookmarks between iOS8 and OS X 10.10 without iCloud
iCloud is not on option. Sync via Google solutions is not an option for the same reasons. Looking for a local sync solution.
How can I locally sync bookmarks between iOS 8 and OS X 10.10? I cannot ...
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Installing ChatJax bookmark on the iPad and iPhone
I have a 16 GB Apple Mini iPad using iOS 8.1.2 and am unable to install the bookmark found here that renders LaTeX in the Math Stack Exchange chat room. I can't find a browser with a bookmark bar to ...
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Why does the Finder sometimes refuse to receive a drag-and-drop of a URL from a web browser?
For years I've been annoyed by how most of the time I can drag the favicon from a web browser's address bar to a window in the Finder to create a bookmark file but sometimes the Finder has a tantrum, ...
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Missing icons in Safari Favorites tab (OS X Yosemite)
Some of the bookmarks in my Favorites screen are consistently defaulting to an ugly gray icon even though they do have icons elsewhere. I don't know what to do about this. For example, here's what my ...
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My son's user account and my user account on my iMac are linked/synced through iCloud. How do I unlink them?
On my home iMac - I have separate user accounts for me, my wife, and my two kids, ages 5 & 7.
This has worked great - my young children only have access to age-appropriate sites, and bookmarks for ...
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Webpage bookmark on desktop
I'd like to have a bookmark for a webpage, shown on my desktop that, when clicked, opens that page. I know there are workarounds (applescript etc.) but is there a direct approach?
I'm using Google ...
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Safari: Can I open all bookmarks in a bookmark folder in a new window?
Is it possible to open all bookmarks in a bookmark folder in Safari in a new Safari window?
I know that I can do this with a single bookmark, but can I do the same with a bookmark folder?
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Syncing Safari bookmarks across multiple Apple devices (iMac, Macbook pro and iPad)
I was a Microsoft Windows (98 to 8.1) user up until now , and I have recently made the switch to Mac OSX completely. While I have managed to familiarize myself with quite a few things so far, there is ...
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How to move iPad Safari bookmarks to Safari on my Mac?
I want to move my safari bookmarks from my iPad to my MacBook computer exactly as they are on my iPad. Not the other direction. Not merge. I would like exactly the same contents and order intact. ...
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Import Chrome bookmarks in to Safari?
How do I import my Chrome (35.0.1916.153) bookmarks in to Safari (7.0.4)?
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Safari bookmarks to CSV or excel
is there a way to import or convert the bookmarks.html generated by safari bookmark export menu into a CSV that can be imported to excel with 2 columns, URL and Description?
The way it works actually ...
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Can't bookmark a page in Firefox
I haven't been able to bookmark a page using keyboard shortcut command + D or star icon in the address bar for about a month.
At first, I assumed this shortcut might've been removed in upgrade to ...
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How to backup bookmarks on Safari
Before reinstalling OS X, I want to know is it possible to use native capabilities to backup my bookmarks using iCloud, without install some plugins like a Xmarks? I know manual way to export ...
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When running 10.7.5 and using Google Chrome I cannot change the name of new folders created using bookmark manager
Both my wife and I run 10.7.5 on MacBook Pros. On my wife's machine (2012 MB Pro) she cannot rename a bookmark folder she creates in Google Chrome. All her new bookmark folders are called new folder. ...
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Bookmarks syncing between 2 machines in Google Chrome after Time Machine Migration
I migrated from one Mac to another via Time Machine. So, I get a full copy of my system.
Now I'm using both of this Mac's. In Chrome logged-in by Google account and set up bookmarks synchronisation.
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Open-Xchange internet bookmark appeared on Homescreen
After I had installed iOS 7 in September, an icon appeared on my home screen for "Open-Xchange". When I open it, it just goes to the Open Xchange website. It won't let me delete it (no cross appears ...
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Capturing text with a bookmarklet in IOS7
Is it possible to capture text from Safari using a bookmarklet on an iPod Touch/iPhone when running iOS7?
In iOS6 I could select text, and then open a bookmarklet (like this one for example) which ...
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Is bookmark sync biderectional in iCloud for Windows?
The new version of iCloud Control Panel for Windows (3.0) allows syncing bookmarks with Chrome, Firefox and IE.
I was wondering, is this syncing bidirectional? As in, if I bookmark something on ...
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Save the URL in Finder as a bookmark via Automator
Since the possibility to tag files in Mavericks, I save my bookmarks in Finder to be able to tag them and find them later more quickly.
To do this I simply drag the URL in Safari to a my bookmarks ...
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How to make iCloud 3.0 on Windows sync bookmarks with Safari
Since updating to iCloud 3.0 on Windows 7, I've noticed that my Windows installation of Safari is no longer syncing my iPad bookmarks.
Looking at the settings in iCloud, Safari is no longer included:
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Recover iPad Safari bookmarks overwritten by iCloud
My wife had a lot of bookmarks on Safari for iPad. From my macbook I was using Safari, with other bookmarks and some day I tried iCloud, so my wife's iPad bookmarks were overwritten with my macbook's ...
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How to tell if a bookmark already exists in Safari (v6.0.5)
I find I often wrestle with the implementation of bookmarks in Safari. Since I care to have my bookmarks simply and cleanly synchronized by iCloud, I continue to use the (inadequate) bookmark ...
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Delete iCloud bookmark only from a specific computer
I have iCloud Safari bookmark syncing set up on two Macs and an iPhone. Is it possible to delete a bookmark (or set of bookmarks) from one machine only, so that they continue to exist on the other two ...
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Simple app for URL bookmarking?
I'm looking for web service or an app (or whatever) for iphone 5 for bookmarking urls from google chrome or safari browser. I don't want to use bookmarks integrated into these browsers.
Does anybody ...
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Send 1 bookmark from IOS to Mac w/o iCloud or Email
I do NOT want to sync all my bookmarks across all my devices via iCloud, etc. Far too many bookmarks on my Mac that don't need to be on iPad, etc.
But sometimes I find a site on my IOS device & I ...
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File-Specific Bookmarks
Is there a feature in Preview that will let me maintain a collection of file-specific bookmarks? For example, I often place bookmarks at the beginning of various chapters in books. I might decide to ...
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Disable Safari's bookmark caching
I need to somehow disable Safari's bookmark caching.
When I visit a page of a lecturer of mine that I've bookmarked before for easy access, Safari shows me the cached version it has; not the fresh ...
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Can workplace IT settings interfere with iCloud bookmark settings?
If I set new bookmarks when I'm at work, the changes don't propagate to my iOS devices (which are also with me at work) or to my iMac at home. But if I set new bookmarks at home, they do propagate to ...
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Safari won't load on my G5; how can I get my bookmarks?
I have a Mac, a Power PC G5 desktop, running MAC OS X 10.5.8, the last release made for this machine. I've been having a lot of problems lately with Safari; when I launch it, I get a spinning disc, ...
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Deleting a synced photo or bookmark
It appears when you sync pictures or bookmarks that it syncs in both directions, so if my iPhone (4s) has a bookmark that my PC doesn't have it will will be once synced, or if my PC has a bookmark ...
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iBooks - is there a way to organize bookmarks by page number?
Over the last year, I've replaced (and expanded) my library of programming books from physical copies to ebooks. In each book, I have a host of bookmarks. Unfortunately, I didn't save them in one ...
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Why is my "New Zealand" bookmarks folder not appearing on my iPhone?
I am using iCloud to sync bookmarks from my iMac to my iPhone. But one bookmark folder is not appearing on the iPhone.
On my iMac (OS X 10.7.5), in the iCloud pref pane of System Preferences, I have ...
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How to change bookmarks in Firefox shortcuts with right mouse button?
If I right click on a bookmark in my shortcuts, there are no options to modify it. Usually in other operating systems, you can change a bookmark with the right mouse button.
(The only way I found out ...
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Is there a way to sync bookmarks between chrome and safari on an ongoing basis?
I have Chrome and Safari both installed on my Mac.
My underlying need is wanting to use Chrome on my MacBook Pro and to have all bookmarks I create to sync to mobile Safari on my iOS devices.
Yes,...
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App for offline bookmark reading on iPad
I'm currently using Diigo for saving my bookmarks and reading them later on the iPad offline. However, it allows only the 20 last for reading.
Does anyone know an app that enables reading older ...
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Quickly Access Safari 6 Bookmark & History Address Bar Suggestions with the Keyboard?
With the new combined address/search bar in Safari 6, I'm wondering if there's a way to quickly choose an option from the Bookmarks & History suggestions using the keyboard. Or some way to have ...
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How to sync bookmarks across i-devices and the web?
I've never liked Evernote so much. Now (Mountain Lion) that Notes and ToDo lists are synched among devices via iCloud, I can finally leave it and just find a good application to manage my bookmarks.
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Export iPad home screen bookmarks/Safari bookmarks to PC/Mac
How do you copy or export bookmarks and home screen web apps/bookmarks from iPad to PC/Mac?
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What are the three different bookmark features in Safari used for?
I'm confused as to how to use Safari's Bookmark feature. There are three different options when you go into "Show all bookmarks" view:
Bookmarks Bar
Bookmarks Menu
Bookmarks (Located on the left ...
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