Sequioa 15.7 Safari bookmark issues

Yes, with Tahoe you get a small "..." menu in the side bar top. In that you click on compact and uncheck the show folders at top and then the bookmarks will be like you want before 15.7 Sequoia.

(macOS 15.7 on macbook pro).

As indicated in this session, many people find the MacOS 15.7/safari bookmarks sidebar to be just dreadful, with its "huge" icons and unnecessary text. It makes finding the correct bookmark a painful operation, especially because I have lots of bookmarks. The only FIX I can find is to switch to chrome, where I can at least get the simple bookmark list in one window on screen.

To export bookmarks on macOS 15.7, you go to safari->file->export browsing data to file, and select from the resulting popup. You get a zip file which you can unzip with the apple accessory.

To get bookmarks into chrome, click on the three vertical dots on the top right of chrome window, select "bookmarks and lists", then "import bookmarks and settings".

Unfortunately, these bookmarks do not appear in the chrome bookmarks sidebar. (If anyone knows how to do this, I would appreciate it.) You must click on "imported" in upper left of chrome window. Still, for me, this is much much better, as I just get an undecorated list of names.

You canned a new bookmark to this list. (This is long snuff already.)

When apple decides to quit being so "cute", and to stop doing unsolicited favors, I will return to safari (maybe - I might get to like chrome).

That is because you also got Safari 26 which was also released for Tahoe. Safari 26 with Sequoia does not have the "..." menu that Tahoe does. I believe this is a bug. What I did was to boot to recovery, erase the drive and reinstall 15.7. This will leave out Safari 26 and keep the previous version so bookmarks are now OK. Just do not update later to safari 26 or the issue will return.

You can highlight the description under each link and delete. Also go to the "..." menu and check compact and uncheck show folders at top. This should make your bookmarks look as before the upgrade but the reading list squares will remain I'm afraid.

See my other response. The "..." menu only with Safari 26 and Tahoe. They are missing with Safari 26 in Sequoia. Probably a bug on Apple's part. You can revert back to previous Safari with 15.7 but need to go to recovery, erase and reinstall the OS 15.7 (it will not include safari 26).

I see the same issue. I was able to delete the descriptions by highlighting and hit the delete key. I also see that after having the bookmarks in the side bar that it collapses after closing Safari and when reopening need to click on the favorites category once again to show all. very anoying.

I fixed the issue. You need to install 15.7 without the latest Safari 26. Boot into recovery, erase your drive then reinstall the OS. It will update to 15.7 but keep the previous Safari version. I just did this on 3 Macs and works fine.

The "..." are not there with Sequoia 15.7 which also uses Safari 26 (same as on Tahoe). I believe Apple has a bug because without that menu you cannot organize the bookmarks correctly. What you need is 15.7 but with the previous Safari (18.6). To do that you need to boot into recovery, erase your drive and reinstall the OS and migrate all back. This will update to 15.7 but not Safari 26. I did this on 3 Macs and no issue. Just be sure to not update Safari after the fact or you will have the same issue again.

for Safari 26:

Found solution. If you click on the "..." in upper right corner and select compact and uncheck show folders on top the bookmarks remain after closing and reopening Safari.

Actually one get pretty much the same in safari, Clicking on "bookmarks" gives the undecorated list.

This is absolutely dreadful. I have my 'Reading List' icons at the top of my Bookmarks list (WHY?) they are taking up about 1/4 of the space. One of my bookmark tabs has 70 bookmarks in it, and it takes ages to scroll down the list because there's extra-wide spacing and such a lot of totally unnecessary garbage -- icons & descriptions that I just don't need. I'm getting totally fed-up with Apple. Suggestions welcome. Thanks.

Actually, it's a lot worse than I first thought. None of my 259 bookmarks work. I click on them and nothing happens, nothing at all. I think I'll throw my Mac out the window. I can't see anything like "..." that has been mentioned.

In Safari 26 with Tahoe and Safari 26 in the left bookmarks sidebar panel at the top there is a menu labeled "...". In that menu you can adjust how your bookmarks are shown. For some reason it was excluded in 15.7 with Safari 26.

I’m having difficulty with the new notification interface and would appreciate some guidance. The current design feels quite busy compared to previous versions, and I haven’t been able to find options to collapse or customize the layout to better suit my workflow.

I’m wondering if there are any hidden settings or upcoming features that might address these usability concerns? The interface seems quite different from Apple’s typical design philosophy of simplicity and user control.

Additionally, I’m curious whether this design direction might be preparing for future touch interface implementations, as some elements seem optimized for that interaction model rather than traditional navigation.

Has anyone found effective workarounds or customization options I might have missed for Sequoia? Any insights from the community would be helpful.

Woke up this morning, and now my bookmarks are all some huge icons with unnecessary icons and descriptions. Good thing I never update prematurely anything on my MacBook Pro. But my Mini is now a crazy mess.