Bookmarks-Favorites reset on their own
When turning on my Mac mini, all my saved Favorites are lost and repopulated with the default faves. Using Safari...what is causing this?
Mac mini, macOS 15.3
When turning on my Mac mini, all my saved Favorites are lost and repopulated with the default faves. Using Safari...what is causing this?
Mac mini, macOS 15.3
Without any useful information it's impossible to tell. Please do the following:
It will help us get a good idea of what is causing your problem if you provide a report of your system, that way we do not have to play 20 questions with you. The report we are requesting does NOT provide any personal information and is extremely safe to use. Please navigate towww.Etrecheck.com and download the free version of EtreCheck. Once you have you downloaded the app and installed it, please run the report and save it. This report will help us get a good idea what has been installed on your system and help us be able to diagnose what may be wrong.
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Your EtreCheck report shows nothing wrong. Your bookmarks are gone and simply need to be rebuilt. Operating with a backup would have solved the problem in seconds! This time you were lucky it was only bookmarks, next time you may lose data that is irreplaceable like photos, music collections, etc.
Before you do ANYTHING start using Time Machine!!! It only requires and external HD, many experienced users on these forums like the OWC Mercury Elite Pro at www.macsales.com. Why, HIGH quality, reasonable prices, and great support.
Attached is the report. I have also started using Time Machine.
Did you try to recover from your TM backup?:
~Library/Safari/bookmarks.plist
No, hadn't set up Time Machine, thanks for suggesting.
Bookmarks-Favorites reset on their own