Re: safari 13.1.6 How do I export websites and passwords?

How do I export saved websites and passwords from Mac mini (2011) running safari 13.1.6?

Posted on Sep 18, 2022 06:10 AM

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Sep 18, 2022 09:00 AM in response to JohnER

Please tell us what you want to export them to. Is it another browser? f so you will find the instructions for doing so in the Help menus of the bowsers. First do an export. Then do an import to the other browser. You will have to use a format that is compatible to both browsers. Sometimes a browser will have a command to directly do an import from certain other browsers.

Sep 18, 2022 12:06 PM in response to Ronasara

Using Migration Assistant files were transferred from a Mid 2011 mini (os10.13.6) to a Late 2012 mini (os15.6.1). Everything got moved EXCEPT the Safari saved website and passwords. Boy, that was easy. The old mini has Safari 13.1.2 the new one has 15.6.1. We have googled this question many times over the past several weeks and got some direction on solving this issue with zero success. Most of the responses are dead wrong. I have been juggling files in an out of Apple computers for almost 40 years and have never seen a situation so confusing and misunderstood. Please help me change all that.

Sep 18, 2022 12:36 PM in response to JohnER

Certainly your problem is an unusual one. How about asking Apple's support people? I know that passwords are saved in the Keychain app. I am not any kind of Keychain expert but I would look there in the "from" computer and if you can find Safari's passwords, then try copying them over to the other computer's Keychain. If that works, at least that problem would be solved.

Sep 18, 2022 03:22 PM in response to Ronasara

Since this morning I have stumbled around in the keychain folder on the older mini and determined that I can see the list of websites but the passwords listed are only identified as "passwords". The menu bar gives me an option to export items (?) but the menu text that triggers the export process is "grayed". Further research informs us that "If this menu entry is grayed then it means at least one of those items can’t be exported." And it seems to be all or none. The next move is not clear at all. I'm preparing to edit the list of websites and passwords (many no longer apply) to enter them manually as I've spent way too much time on this. Thank you for your help.

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