[DM-MUG] The mystery of the disappearing bookmarks

[ragner at mchsi.com]

If you click Safari->Reset Safari... (just above Empty Cache...) it will delete your bookmarks.

Could your finger have slipped?


> I was using Safari today and early afternoon I looked up and the 
> Bookmarks were gone [both on bar and in menu].  History was still 
> there...I tried to use BackUp restore and also another back up copy, 
> but nothing there either.  Went to .Mac Sync and nothing there [it's 
> not checked to sync although I do allegedly sync it on my computers = 
> I don't know what that means].
> 
> This has never happened before and I, luckily, had a several days old 
> bookmark html file that I had saved, so just imported it.
> 
> But can anyone tell me why Safari Bookmarks would just disappear like 
> that in the midst of the day?  The only thing I did today was: 
> install iTunes 7 [I dont' recall whether I noticed the problem before 
> or after] and I did have to restart...but it's odd that there would 
> still be a History list [long] in the Safari but no Bookmarks all of 
> a sudden.
> 
> Any ideas so I can protect myself other than just backing up.
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