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Organize Bookmarks with Apple's Safari for Windows

Keeping your bookmarks organized is a critical task for any web browser, so let's see how the new Safari for Windows handles bookmarks.

First click on the "open-book" icon located on the bookmarks toolbar.

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This will open up Safari's bookmark organizer.  You will see there are several bookmarks already included from the default install.  On the left section is the categories or 'Collections' headers.  Clicking on each collection will display the book marked pages on the right side with the site name and URL.

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You can really do a lot in this bookmark manager.  If you right click an entry in either section you will be able to choose from many different options such as Open, Delete, Edit, etc…

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To create a new Collection simply click the '+' button.  This will start a new field for you to custom name.  You can also drag and drop folders into other categories or change the order.

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Also, notice that your Internet Explorer and Mozilla (including FireFox) bookmarks will automatically be imported during the installation.

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Mysticgeek is the resident IT expert at How-To Geek and a huge rock music fan. When he's not writing about Microsoft Office, he's probably writing at his personal blog. This article was written on 06/11/07 and tagged with: Apple

Comments (5)

  1. Steven

    No sort option
    Can't move folders before or after another. It keeps adding them to the nearest folder.

  2. Alex

    Any idea on how to do recover Safari for Windows bookmarks? My Safari install crashes every time I try to start it up (ever since the latest update), and before reinstalling the app I'd like to recover my bookmarks.

    Alex

  3. Amir

    How do i recover the original safari bookmarks such as sports, news, kids, etc.?

  4. yvonne walaconis

    I would like to create a "back-up" document that shows both the Address and bookmark name. When I "export" my bookmarks and choose to add the file to my desktop, only the name of the bookmark will appear. I've tried to copy and paste into word and only the fist line bookmark will copy. Also, by doing it this way, I don't get ALL the bookmarks broken down by folder.
    Thanks,Yvonne

  5. YourArticleSucks

    I agree with the first poster Steven. Sorting bookmarks in Safari is a royal PAIN. You can't sort by name, date or any other common methods of sorting. And you also can't move bookmark folders around because they get put into the folders next to it. Did you even try sorting your bookmarks before writing this post?


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