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How to add and manage bookmarks on safari for iphone.

iCloud will sync all the bookmarks you create in Safari on your Mac to your iPad or iPhone, and vice-versa.

iCloud will sync all the bookmarks you create in Safari on your Mac to your iPad or iPhone, and vice-versa. But bookmarks aren't quite as simple and obvious on the iPhone as they are on the Mac. Here's how to create and manage them on iOS.

Adding bookmarks on your iPhone is easy, but it's not immediately obvious. The first thing you're likely to do is fumble around in your existing bookmarks before you realize that isn't working. What you have to do if you want to add a bookmark is to tap the Share icon as shown below in red.

Once the Share menu opens, you'll be able to then add the current website to your bookmarks or Favorites. You also have the option to add a site to your reading list, in case you want to read it later, offline, or you can pin it to your Home Screen.

Once you know how to add bookmarks, you can rename them, add them to folders, or delete them.

To manage your Safari bookmarks on your iPhone or iPad, first tap the Bookmarks icon along the bottom row.

Now, in the bookmarks screen, tap the "Edit" button in the bottom-right corner.

Now the edit mode will appear. Next to each bookmark or folder there is a "-" symbol, which means you can tap it and delete stuff.

Tap the "New Folder" link, and you can create a new folder to stash new or current bookmarks. Give your new folder a catchy title and indicate where you want it to reside under the "Location" option.

When you tap "Location", your bookmarks structure will expand and you can tap where you want the new folder to go.

To edit any bookmark, you simply need to tap on one while in edit mode. The "Edit Bookmark" screen will open where you can then give any bookmark a new name, fix URL issues, and like new folders, place it in an appropriate location.

Finally, you may have noticed that while in edit mode, there are three gray bars that appear along the right edge of each bookmark or bookmark folder. These allow you to move stuff around, so if you want to reorder everything, just place your finger on these bars and drag it into the location you choose.

As you can see, adding, deleting, and editing bookmarks and bookmarks folders on Safari for iOS is pretty easy and once you know how to do it, we're sure you'll have your bookmarks named and arranged in exactly the order you see fit.

How to Add, View, and Manage Favorites in Safari on a Mac

If you visit the same sites all the time, follow these tips to set up Favorites in Safari on your Mac.

While most of us know how to add websites to the Bookmarks folder in Safari, it's pretty easy to add too many, forcing you to scan through the list before you find the site you want to visit. Adding a few sites to Safari's Favorites list allows for faster access. Here's everything you need to know about how to use Favorites in Safari.

How to Add a Favorite in Safari

If visiting certain sites has become part of your regular browsing routine, you should consider adding them to your Favorites in Safari. Doing so lets you access the site with just a click. Here's how to favorite a website on your Mac's Safari browser:

Click the Add (+) Button

Say you're wondering how to add Google to Favorites in Safari. All you need to do is launch Safari, type google.com into the address bar, and once the page loads up, hover your cursor over the address bar until the Add (+) button appears. Then, long-click on it and choose Favorites from the dropdown.

Click the Share Button

You can also simply click the Share button at the top-right corner and choose Add Bookmark from the dropdown. Then, when you get a pop-up make sure Favorites is selected as the bookmarks folder. You can also rename the website and add a description.

Drag and Drop to the Favorites Bar

Let's say again that you want to make Google a favorite on Mac. Another easy way to do so is by directly dragging it to your Favorites Bar. To do this, be sure that the Favorites Bar appears in Safari by clicking View > Show Favorites Bar from the macOS menu bar .

Now, drag the URL from the address bar and drop it into the Favorites Bar right below. You'll see a green Add (+) button when you do this.

Drag and Drop to Safari's Start Page

Visit the desired website in Safari and open Safari's customizable Start Page by opening a new tab. Now, drag the website URL you want to favorite and hover it over the Start Page tab until it opens. Then, drop it under the Favorites section of the Start Page.

How to Favorite Several Tabs at Once

You can also bookmark several Safari tabs at once . If all your favorite sites are opened in Safari, go to the menu bar, click Bookmarks > Add Bookmarks for [X] Open Tabs (X indicates the number of open tabs).

Type in a name for the group and select Favorites. This saves the tab as a Favorites folder. Click it to open the tabs simultaneously.

Where to Find Your Safari Favorites on a Mac

There are many places within Safari where you can find the websites you've added to your Favorites.

In the Sidebar

Click the Sidebar icon at the top-left corner of the Safari window if it doesn't appear already. Then, click Bookmarks > Favorites from the sidebar to see all the sites you've added there.

In the Favorites Bar

You can also immediately find your Favorites in the Favorites bar. It appears right below the address bar, but if you can't see it, click View > Show Favorites Bar from the menu bar.

In the Smart Search Field

You can also see your Favorites when you click the Smart Search Field or address bar. However, note that you won't see it in a new tab or window. This method is great for accessing your Favorites when you're already on another webpage.

On the Start Page

To make it easier for you to access sites you often visit, Safari shows your Favorite whenever you launch the Start Page. If you can't see it, open a new tab to see the Start Page . Click the Options button in the bottom-right corner of the window, then check the Favorites option.

In New Windows

You can also set up your Favorites so that they automatically load on every new window you open. To do this, head to Safari > Settings . Click the General tab. For the dropdown next to New windows open with , choose Tabs for Favorites .

How to Manage Your Safari Favorites

Since the Favorites feature is supposed to make it easier for you to access your favorite sites, you can also organize your Favorites to make navigating through them much easier. Here's how to manage your Favorites:

• Arranging Favorites: Whether you're on the Start Page, Favorites bar, or Sidebar, just drag and drop Favorites to your preferred placement.
• Renaming Favorites: Control-click or two-finger tap a website, then select Rename . Alternatively, force-click or click-and-hold a website until it's highlighted to rename it.
• Remove Favorites: Just Control-click or two-finger tap a website and choose Delete from the context menu. Alternatively, select the website you want to remove, then drag it out of the Safari window. Ensure that you don't see any plus (+) icon appear, as this may just move the webpage somewhere else.
• Show a Different Bookmarks Folder: Technically, Favorites is just a different kind of Bookmarks folder. If you want Safari to show another folder, go to Safari > Settings , go to the General tab, then select another folder for the Favorites shows option.

Use Favorites to Get Around Safari Easily

Favorites in Safari is a ubiquitous feature, and you have several ways to access and manage this bookmarks folder. Make sure you make the most of it by customizing your Favorites folder to ensure easy and fast access to your most visited websites.

How to Create, View, Edit, and Restore Bookmarks in Safari on Mac

Bookmarks are shortcuts to your favorite web pages so that you can navigate to them in seconds. This article explains how you can create, view, edit, and restore your Bookmarks in Safari on your Mac.

Using Bookmarks is a great way to save and organize websites so you can easily visit them later. If Safari is enabled in iCloud Preferences on your Mac, Safari will use iCloud to synchronize your bookmarks across multiple devices. You can use iCloud.com to restore your bookmarks from an earlier version that was automatically archived in iCloud. In other words, this will let you recover your bookmarks you accidentally deleted.

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How to Create a Bookmark

There are several ways to add a bookmark:

Use the Share button

• Launch Safari and open the desired website that you want to bookmark.
• Click the Share button in the toolbar.
• Click Add Bookmark. And a dialog box will appear saying “add this page to”.
• Choose a folder (you can create folders see the “how to manage bookmarks” section below). The default folder is Favorites. You can change its name and add a description.
• When you are done, click the blue Add button.

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Use the Smart Search field

• With the wanted website open in Safari, move your mouse over the Smart Search field (this is the address field where you enter URLs), do not click yet.
• A circle (+) icon will appear at the left side of the field. Then click and hold this button.
• And choose Bookmarks.

Safari menu bar

If you use this met dog, you can add multiple bookmarks at once. Here is how:

• In Safari, open a website you want to bookmark. If you want to bookmark multiple sites, use tabs, and open more than one site.
• From the Safari menu bar, click Bookmarks.
• From the drop-down menu, select Add Bookmark or Add Bookmarks for These X Tabs. Then again you may add description etc and click Add.

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This is arguably the easiest way. You can simply use the keyboard shortcut to add a bookmark. Here is how:

• Open the desired website in Safari.
• On your keyboard, press the Command-D keys together.
• This will open the Bookmark dialog. Select a folder and then click Add.

Now you may choose a method and then you may repeat this step for all your favorite sites.

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How to view bookmarks

So you have added your desired websites to your bookmarks. Here is how you can find and view your bookmarks:

• In Safari, click the Sidebar button in the toolbar. And then click the Bookmarks tab. Or alternatively, click Bookmarks and choose Show Bookmarks.
• You will see all of your bookmarks and bookmark folders. You can click a bookmark to visit.
• You will see a search field at the top which you can use to search your bookmarks. If you do not see the search field, scroll down to open it.
• To close this sidebar, you can click the Sidebar icon again. Or you can choose the Hide Bookmarks option from Bookmarks.

Alternatively, you can view your Bookmarks by clicking the Bookmarks in the menu bar.

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How to manage bookmarks

You can manage your bookmarks. You can:

• edit, copy and delete your bookmarks or folders.
• edit a bookmark’s description
• create folders and organize your bookmarks.

Edit, rename or delete your bookmarks or folders

• In safari, open the bookmark sidebar by clicking the Sidebar icon and then clicking the Bookmark icon.
• Select a bookmark or bookmark folder to modify.
• Right-click (or control-click) the bookmark or folder.
• A menu will appear. Select one of the options: Rename, Edit Address (this will let you change the URL address of the bookmark), Copy, and Delete.

Edit description

If you want to change a bookmarks description, you can do that as well:

• In Safari, open the Bookmark sidebar and then double-click a folder where the bookmark you want to change its description is located. If you have not created a bookmark, then double-click Favorites.
• This will open all of the bookmarks in that folder.
• Select a bookmark and then control-click (or right-click) it.
• This time you will see an option saying “Edit Description”, select that.

You can also move your bookmarks to different folders by using your mouse to drag them there.

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Create bookmark folders

You can create bookmark folders. This will let you organize your bookmarks. This will also make your bookmarks easier to find. You can create new bookmark folders many different ways, for example:

• In Safari, click the Sidebar icon Open the Bookmark sidebar. Then click the Bookmark tab. Control-click (or right-click) anywhere inside the sidebar and then select New Folder.
• Alternatively, in Safari, click Bookmarks and then Edit Bookmarks. This will open a bookmark window. Click the New Folder button (top-right corner of the screen). Or, to open this bookmark window, you can use its shortcut. On your keyboard, press these three keys together: Option(alt)-Command-b.

How to restore bookmarks

If you have ever accidentally deleted a bookmark, it can be incredibly frustrating. The good news is that, if you are using iCloud, you can restore your bookmarks to recover them by using iCloud.com. Follow the steps below:

• Open Safari on your Mac and visit iCloud.com .
• Sign in with your Apple ID. Then follow the onscreen instructions (verifying your identity etc).
• Click Account Settings.
• Scroll down and find the Advanced section.
• Click Restore Bookmarks. You will see all of the available bookmarks. You can sort them by “Date Deleted”, “Name”, or “Folder”.
• Select one or more then click Restore. Then click Done.

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Thanks for this info. So How do you MAKE a custom icon for your bookmark favorites toolbar in Safari?

Yes, I know about “favicons” and copy/past emojis from iChat or such into the toolbar from “Edit Bookmarks.” I have a bunch up there already. But if you have, for example, an organization with a logo, that makes more sense to show than having or abbreviating “Acme Plastics Composite and Recomposting Development Technologies Of the Puget Sound” or even “APCRCFTPS”… How about just the logo? That saves an enormous amount of real estate. How do you do that? No article even mentions anything about “customization” except how to move stuff around your toolbar. Thanks!

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How to manage bookmarks in Safari on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Bookmarking your favorite websites in Safari on your iPhone, iPad, and/or Mac is handy for accessing the pages you need with a tap. But bookmarks can also quickly get out of control. So for the best experience, you can organize your bookmarks in folders, rearrange them, edit them, and of course, delete those you end up never using.

To help you get control of your saved pages, here’s how to manage bookmarks in Safari on iOS and Mac.

Manage bookmarks in Safari on iPhone and iPad

Add a bookmark.

1)  Click either the  Sharing  button from the bottom and pick  Add Bookmark .

2)  Select a location, then adjust the name of the page and give it a description if you like.

3)  Tap  Save .

Edit a bookmark

1)  Select the  Bookmarks  icon from the bottom and make sure you’re in the bookmarks section.

2) Choose  Edit .

3)  Select the bookmark you want to edit.

4)  Change the name, link, or location of the bookmark and tap  done .

5)  If you’re finished editing bookmarks, tap  Done  on the Bookmarks screen.

Delete a bookmark

1)  Select the  Bookmarks  icon from the bottom and then tap  Edit .

2)  Tap the  minus sign  for the bookmark you want to delete.

3)  Choose  Delete  when it appears next to the bookmark.

4)  If you’re finished editing bookmarks, tap  Done  on the Bookmarks screen.

Rearrange bookmarks

1)  Tap the  Bookmarks  icon from the bottom and then tap  Edit .

2) Touch the three-line icon and drag and drop this bookmark into its new location in the list.

3)  If you’re finished editing bookmarks, tap  Done  on the Bookmarks screen.

Create a bookmark folder

Organizing your bookmarks using folders is ideal for keeping similar websites together.

2)  Select  New Folder .

3)  Give the folder a name, select its location, and tap  Done .

Move bookmarks to a folder

1)  Choose the  Bookmarks  icon from the bottom and then tap  Edit .

2)  Select the bookmark you want to move.

3)  Change the location of the bookmark to the new folder and tap  Done .

Note: You can rename, delete, and rearrange folders by following the steps above, just like bookmarks.

Manage bookmarks in Safari on Mac

1)  Click either the  Sharing  button from the toolbar or  Bookmarks  from the menu bar and pick  Add Bookmark .

3)  Click  Add .

Edit or Delete a bookmark

1)  Click  Bookmarks  from the menu bar and select  Edit Bookmarks .

2)  Either  right-click  or hold  Control and click  the bookmark you want to edit or delete.

3)  Select an option from the context menu.

For editing, you can rename or change the address. After you finish your edit, hit the  Enter  key.

For deleting, you can choose  Delete  from the context menu. You can also simply select the bookmark and hit your  Delete  key.

1)  Select and hold the bookmark you want to move.

2)  Drag it to its new location in the list.

3)  Release your mouse or trackpad when the line is placed where you want the bookmark. If you’re moving it to a folder, the entire folder will be highlighted. (See how to create a folder below.)

2)  Click the  New Folder  button on the top right. Alternatively, you can  right-click  or hold  Control and click  on the Bookmarks page and select  New Folder  from the context menu.

3)  When the folder appears in your list, it’s labeled Untitled Folder. So, click in that box and give it the name you want.

4)  Hit  Enter .

Simple tips for working with your Safari bookmarks can make them more manageable. Do you have tricks you use to manage your Safari bookmarks on either iOS or Mac? If so, feel free to share them in the comments below.

More Safari bookmark tutorials:

• How to use bookmark folders in Safari
• How to sync bookmarks between Mac, iPhone, and iPad
• How to export Safari bookmarks from your iPhone or iPad to a Mac or PC

How to use Bookmarks and Reading List in Safari on iPhone and iPad

• How to add a bookmark
• How to search for a bookmark
• How to edit a bookmark
• How to remove a bookmark
• How to add an article to your Reading List
• How to view your Reading List
• How to delete articles from your Reading List

Your favorite iPhone can make browsing the web much easier by utilizing Bookmarks to get to your favorite webpages quicker, and using the Reading List to save articles you want to read later. In iOS 15, it's built right into Safari, allowing you to save articles and other web items for later perusal on your iPhone or iPad.

Both Reading List and Bookmarks sync via iCloud, so your links and stories are available no matter which device you have with you, whether you're taking a quick break from work on your Mac, relaxing with your iPad, or commuting with your best iPhone . Here's how to use Bookmarks and the Reading List in Safari in iOS 15 .

How to add a bookmark in Safari

• Launch Safari from your Home screen.
• Navigate to the website you want to bookmark.
• Long press the bookmark button . It's the icon that looks like a book.
• Tap Add Bookmark

• Tap the name to rename your bookmark.
• Tap the location you want the bookmark. The default is Favorites.

• Tap a new location if you want.

How to search for a bookmark in Safari

If you're having trouble finding a particular bookmark, you can always search for it.

• Launch Safari from your home screen.
• Tap the Bookmark button at the bottom of your screen.
• Swipe down on the Bookmark list to bring up the search bar.

• Tap the search bar
• Type in your search query .

How to edit a bookmark in Safari

If you ever want to change the name or location of a bookmark you've already created, you can do so by editing the bookmark right in Safari.

• Long press the bookmark you want to edit.
• Tap edit from the pop-up menu.

Here's where you can rename or change the location of a bookmark.

How to remove a bookmark in Safari

• Tap delete from the pop-up menu.

How to add an article to your Reading List in Safari

Not every website supports reading lists, but a lot do, so if you come across an article you want to read later, here's how.

• Long press the bookmark button when you're on the page or article you want to add.
• Tap Add to Reading List .

How to view your Reading List in Safari

Getting to all of those articles you've added to your Reading List is just a matter of a couple of taps.

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• Tap the bookmark button .
• Tap the Reading List . It's the icon that looks like glasses.

How to delete an article from your Reading List in Safari

After you've read an article, you can easily remove it from your Reading List.

• Swipe left on the article you want to delete.
• Tap delete .

You can do this on your Mac too!

Now that you've mastered Bookmarks and the Reading List on your iPhone and iPad, check out how to use Bookmarks and the Reading List on your Mac !

Updated February 2022: Added new steps for iOS 15.

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Safari  - Bookmarking in Safari

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Safari: Bookmarking in Safari

Lesson 4: bookmarking in safari.

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Have you ever found a website you wanted to view later, only to realize you didn't remember the web address when the time came? Bookmarks are a great way to save and organize specific websites so you can revisit them again and again.

In this lesson, we'll talk about how to add bookmarks to Safari, how to manage and organize your bookmarks and folders, and how to import bookmarks from another browser.

Check out the video below to learn the basics of bookmarking in Safari.

To add a bookmark:

We recommend only placing a website in the Favorites folder if it is a website you will be visiting frequently. If you save too many, the folder can become cluttered.

Using bookmarks

Once you've bookmarked a website, there are two ways to open the bookmark.

Managing bookmarks

If you plan to use bookmarks regularly, you may want to learn how to organize them.

To create a folder:

New folders can be added within the Favorites folder or as their own standalone folders.

To delete bookmarks and folders:

If you no longer use certain bookmarks or folders, you can always delete them.

You cannot delete the Favorites folder.

To search for a bookmark:

If you're looking for a specific bookmark but can't remember where it's saved, you can search for it.

Importing bookmarks

If you've already saved a lot of bookmarks in another web browser, you can import these bookmarks into Safari.

To import bookmarks:

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How to add bookmarks and favorites on an iPhone's Safari browser for quick access to your preferred webpages

• You can easily bookmark or favorite a webpage on an iPhone if you want to regularly return to a particular page.
• Just tap the "Share" button at the bottom of a page and then tap "Add Bookmark" to create a bookmark in your iPhone's Safari browser.
• If you save a bookmark to the Favorites folder or choose the "Add to Favorites" option, it'll appear in the Favorites list when you open a new tab in Safari.
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Like any web browser, you can bookmark web pages you want to return to using Safari on your iPhone .

Once bookmarked, you can find these saved pages by tapping the Bookmark button at the bottom of the Safari screen. 

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1. Start the Safari app and open a web page that you want to bookmark. 

2. Tap the Share button (the square with an arrow).

3. Tap "Add Bookmark."

4. On the Add Bookmark page, you can edit the name of the bookmark and even tweak the URL if necessary — just tap either of those fields and type as needed. 

5. If you want to store the bookmark in the default Favorites folder, tap "Save." If you want to choose a different folder, tap "Favorites" and then choose a folder (or create a new one) and then tap "Save."

If you save your bookmark to the default folder, it will appear in the list of favorites when you open a blank new tab in Safari, giving you fast access to commonly used web sites.

The difference between favorites and bookmarks in Safari

You might notice that when you tap the Share button, there are options to add both a bookmark and a favorite. Since the Favorites folder happens to be the default location to save bookmarks, this can be somewhat confusing. 

In reality, favorites are just a special kind of bookmark. If you save a bookmark to the Favorites folder (either using the Add Bookmark button or the "Add to Favorites" button in the Share menu), it's effectively the exact same thing as a favorite.  If you store a bookmark in a different folder, you'll need to navigate past the default Favorites folder to find them. 

Bottom line: Using the "Add to Favorites" button does the same thing as using the default folder for "Add bookmark."

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where are safari bookmarks stored

need to locate where in the system Safari stores the bookmarks file.

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Posted on Nov 5, 2011 7:19 PM

Posted on Nov 6, 2011 1:06 AM

Mine are in /Users/Yours_Truly/Library/Caches/Metadata/Safari/Bookmarks. I'm on Snow Leopard.

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Nov 6, 2011 1:06 AM in response to Antonio Scrittorale

Nov 6, 2011 1:59 PM in response to Antonio Scrittorale

it's Home/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist

although each bookmark location/title is also stored as FrenchToast describes.

Nov 6, 2011 9:46 PM in response to andyBall_uk

You're right, AndyBall, I'd forgotten that one... Though plist files aren't easy to decrypt, and usually need Xcode installed to edit, this is where bookmarks settings are stored.

Antonio, most of what you want to do with your bookmarks (edit names, URLs, delete them, etc...) can be done directly from Safari. What do you need to do with your bookmarks, exactly?

Nov 7, 2011 4:56 PM in response to Antonio Scrittorale

Thanks everyone that helped . Now I need to know where mail is stored in Lion and Snow Lep .? Any one know?

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What to Know

• Restart Safari and see if bookmarks return.
• Or, tap iCloud > Account Settings > Advanced > Restore Bookmarks . Choose the bookmarks to restore and tap Done .
• Or, connect your Time Machine backup drive and use the Migration Assistant . Select the relevant backup and desired bookmarks.

You can easily restore missing bookmarks using the Apple iCloud service or Time Machine. Here's how.

How to Recover Safari Bookmarks with iCloud

There are a number of steps you can try to restore your lost Safari bookmarks. We list them below:

This method assumes you have iCloud turned on and you're using it to sync data across devices or to the cloud.

If you don’t have iCloud set up on your Mac, you can follow the instructions in our Setting up an iCloud Account on Your Mac guide. Be sure to select Safari as one of the items to sync via iCloud.

Restart Safari and/or your device and see if the bookmarks reappear. If they don't, continue on.

Go to icloud.com and log in with your credentials.

Open the drop-down menu next to your name in the top-right corner and choose Account Settings .

Scroll to the Advanced section and select Restore Bookmarks .

Choose the bookmarks you want to restore, then select Done .

Restart Safari if needed, then check to see if your bookmarks are back.

How to Restore Safari Bookmarks with Time Machine

Another common method of restoring Safari’s bookmarks utilizes Time Machine . This built-in backup feature comes with all Mac computers and lets you automatically back up all of your files to an external hard drive. You can use those backups to restore your missing Safari bookmarks and more.

Connect your Time Machine backup drive to your Mac and turn it on. Then turn on your Mac.

Open Utilities > Applications > Migration Assistant .

Select the option to transfer from a Mac, Time Machine backup, or startup disk . Then select Continue .

Select your Time Machine backup, then press Continue .

If you're asked to choose from a list of backups organized by date and time, choose one and select Continue .

Select the files you want to transfer, then hit Continue to begin the process.

Once the transfer finishes, restart your computer and log in.

The transfer process could take several hours to finish depending on the amount of information you're restoring.

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One possible reason is a corrupted preference file, or .plist file, that Safari refused to load when it launched. Preference files store rules that tell your apps how they should work. They can become corrupted or broken over time thanks to app crashes, sudden power outages, hard drive corruption, and more.

Problems with .plist files are one of the Mac's Achilles' heels. They seem to be a weak point in how applications are structured. Thankfully, they're easily replaced, causing at most a bit of inconvenience.

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In a few weeks, over a dozen states will be abuzz as trillions of periodical cicadas will emerge from their yearslong underground stay.

Broods XIX and XIII will emerge in a combined 17 states, mostly in the Midwest and Southeast, in a rare, double brood event . These two broods last emerged together 221 years ago, and after this year are not predicted to do so again until 2245.

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The two broods last emerged together in 1803 , when Thomas Jefferson was president.

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Both the 13-year Brood XIX and the 17-year Brood XIII are periodical cicadas, which emerge every 13 or 17 years across North America. They differ from annual cicadas, which emerge every year.

You may remember the last periodical brood to emerge in huge numbers: the 17-year Brood X that was found in 2021 throughout the Midwest and Eastern Seaboard.

Annual cicadas, which are dark green to black with green wing veins, are  typically larger than periodical cicadas , which are recognizable for their red eyes, red legs and red wing veins, according to North Carolina State University Extension.

Periodical cicadas emerge earlier, usually in mid-to-late May as opposed to annual cicadas in July and August. According to North Carolina State University Extension, annual cicadas begin mating, " singing conspicuously " and lying eggs about two weeks after they emerge. Their first nymphs will fall to the ground and begin feeding on roots under the soil, and fully-developed nymphs will emerge two years later and molt into adults.

Above ground, periodical cicadas have a similar life cycle, appear in much larger numbers and are much louder. At the end of their season, the next generation of nymphs move underground and remain for either 13 or 17 years.

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You know it when you see it: here are some movies that got sex scenes right.

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It is a happy coincidence that our "What makes a good sex scene?" episode came out in the same week as Challengers, a film about a romance triangle in the tennis world starring Josh O'Connor, Zendaya and (not pictured) Mike Faist. Niko Tavernise/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures hide caption

It is a happy coincidence that our "What makes a good sex scene?" episode came out in the same week as Challengers, a film about a romance triangle in the tennis world starring Josh O'Connor, Zendaya and (not pictured) Mike Faist.

What makes a good sex scene? It can be easier spot bad sex, but Aisha Harris, Christina Tucker, Ronald Young, Jr. and I tried to focus on the good this week on Pop Culture Happy Hour. You can listen to our full conversation here. (We didn't originally plan for this episode to run the same week as our episode about Challengers , which is out in theaters now, but it's a happy coincidence, since that film has gotten a lot of attention — probably too much, relative to its other merits — for the sex scenes involving its three leads. It's really very good .)

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Watch a tense romantic triangle play out on the tennis court in 'challengers'.

It's often very obvious when a sex scene is bad, just like when a sex scene in a book is bad. It can get so uncomfortable to watch that you have to leave the room (and not in a way that feels true to the story). One of my personal tells for a bad sex scene is when all I can think about is how hard the actors are trying to persuade me that the characters are having a good time. For example, there has been much good discussion in recent years about Showgirls being a more interesting and competent project than it originally got credit for, but in that one pool scene (if you know it, you know it), all I can see is the effort.

Lauren Bacall And The 'Sex? What Sex?' Kind Of Movie Sex

It's not always as clear which scenes are good . That's partly because they serve so many different functions, all of which look different, and all of which can be effective. Furthermore, you don't want to confuse whether a sex scene is used well in a film with whether it's hot to you personally, despite the fact that there is overlap between those considerations.

In the 'Last Dance,' Magic Mike leaves his thong-and-dance routine behind

Here's what I mean: When Aisha talks about the sequence near the beginning of Magic Mike's Last Dance , it's not irrelevant that the scene is, to her (and to me), hot. But it also makes sense in the context of the film and the franchise, partly because of the way it sets up the power dynamic between Mike (Channing Tatum) and Max (Salma Hayek Pinault). Mike is older now, he knows more, and the way he approaches a lap dance is actually different than in earlier movies.

And not all good sex scenes are hot in the same ways. The one I mentioned in the episode, from the romantic drama Love & Basketball , is sexy, yes. But it's also a scene between young adults (the talented basketball players Monica and Quincy, played by Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps), and as such, it incorporates a tentativeness that's not present in Magic Mike's Last Dance , to say the least. As Ronald pointed out during our discussion, that sex scene is quite different from one that takes place later in Monica and Quincy's relationship, when they're older and know each other better. That certainly feels true to real life, but it's not always reflected in Hollywood films, where I would tentatively estimate that 90% of on-screen sex is more idealized and thus less intimate than real-life sex, in part because it isn't allowed to change over the course of a relationship.

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'like it or not, we live in oppenheimer's world,' says director christopher nolan.

Even further from the hotness of the lap dance scene is Ronald's pick: the imagination of Kitty Oppenheimer (Emily Blunt) running wild in Oppenheimer. While her husband (Cillian Murphy) is being interrogated, she pictures him having sex with his mistress, Jean Tatlock (Florence Pugh). It goes by quickly enough that it might seem like a Christopher Nolan flourish for flourish's sake, but it serves the purpose of letting you feel her pain over her husband's affair. Her relationship with Robert doesn't look especially romantic in the film, let alone sexually charged; she finds herself consumed by the idea that he was having hot sex with this other woman, and she locks eyes with her vision of a naked Tatlock and finds herself tormented. It's not really the intent of the scene to titillate the audience, just to give specificity to the shape of Kitty's preoccupation with the affair.

What makes a good sex scene?

Christina raised another really important point, which is that sex scenes also collide with viewers at very specific moments. Her example from Bound , and the scenes between Violet (Jennifer Tilly) and Corky (Gina Gershon), touches on (among other things) her own history. It's an underappreciated aspect of the sex-in-movies discourse: representation matters in these scenes as much as anywhere else. I always wish I saw more sex scenes in movies that featured a broader variety of body types; it's still really rare to see ones that feature anybody who is even average sized. This is one of the reasons I'm curious about the upcoming season of Bridgerton , which places its focus on the gorgeous and curvaceous Penelope (Nicola Coughlan).

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Good sex scenes are like any other kind of good filmmaking, honestly: it comes down to execution with purpose and care, done relative to whatever the function of the scene might be.

Whether that's spiciness or conflict or relationship growth or (as in the case of Bound ) setting up a steamy neo-noir story that wouldn't be the same if it weren't hot as heck, form follows function, ideally.

This piece also appeared in NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour newsletter. Sign up for the newsletter so you don't miss the next one, plus get weekly recommendations about what's making us happy.

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Melissa mccarthy responds to streisand's ozempic question, babs apologizes, melissa mccarthy not sweatin' streisand's ozempic q ... babs says my bad, guys.

Melissa McCarthy is making it clear there is no beef between herself and Barbra Streisand after the latter's Ozempic ask -- and Barb herself is also issuing an apology over it.

After Babs caught some heat for asking if Melissa had shed some pounds thanks to the weight loss drug ... a photog caught up with the actress on the street in L.A. Tuesday -- where she said she still has love for the superstar.

MMC made it clear it was NBD at all saying ... "I think Barbra is a treasure and I love her." She even waved off the photog's question on whether she thought Barbra was out of line.

Obviously ... it's all water under the bridge, although -- Barbra did end up addressing this on her end directly ... issuing a mea culpa to Melissa and explaining how this flub even happened.

pic.twitter.com/WFUqosuosM — Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) April 30, 2024 @BarbraStreisand

BS wrote, "OMG - I went on Instagram to see the photos we'd posted of the beautiful flowers I'd received for my birthday! Below them was a photo of my friend Melissa McCarthy who I sang with on my Encore album."

Babs adds, "She looked fantastic! I just wanted to pay her a compliment. I forgot the world is reading!" In other words ... Barbra seems to have lost track of the fact both she and Melissa are A-list stars. Whoops!

Remember, Melissa and Barbra have a close relationship, with MM appearing on the singer's 2016 album, "Encore," just like Barbra mentions here. On the album, Melissa and Barbra sang a duet from "Annie Get Your Gun," titled "Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)."

Since then, Barbra has had a habit of leaving casual comments on Melissa's Instagram posts -- this one just happened to catch the attention of everyone who follows them, and beyond.

No harm, no foul ... Melissa isn't trippin' -- and Barbra's already putting it behind her.

We covered it all on the latest episode of The TMZ Podcast , available on all podcast platforms.

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