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Apr 16, 2005, 02:05 PM
 
I'm giving Safari 1.3 a go, but all my bookmarks are in Firefox. Any ideas how I can transfer them? If I export them from Firefox I get them as a list of links in a .html file, but I can't seem to import them into Safari. Any bright ideas/utilities that might help me?
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Apr 16, 2005, 03:19 PM
 
I was in the same situation as you earlier today. Here is what I did.

Make a copy of the Firefox bookmarks.html file. Rename it to Favorites.html and put it in the Explorer folder in Preferences. Delete the Safari preference file so when you relaunch Safari it imports the bookmarks from Internet Explorer and places them in Imported IE Favorites.
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Apr 16, 2005, 03:32 PM
 
That's convoluted and ingenious in equal parts. I'll give it a go later, thanks
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Apr 17, 2005, 01:54 AM
 
-- nevermind --
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Apr 17, 2005, 02:44 AM
 
Just use URL Manager Pro :-)
     
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Apr 17, 2005, 05:39 AM
 
Originally Posted by Randman
There's simpler ways. It has a few other steps. Don't remember the exact manner but it was like exporting the Safari bookmarks then using the import button on FF. Olders threads detail the exact steps but you won't need IE for the job.
I'm not sure how exporting my non-existant Safari bookmarks and then importing them into Firefox will help me use my Firefox bookmarks in Safari.
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Apr 17, 2005, 05:43 AM
 
Doh! My bad. Read it wrong. Nevermind.

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Apr 17, 2005, 05:55 AM
 
Originally Posted by Randman
Doh! My bad. Read it wrong. Nevermind.
No worries

Thanks for trying to help anyway
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