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Title: Exporting Safari Bookmarks
Post by: amk285nyu on April 23, 2003, 04:48:00 AM

Hey everyone, I'm new.
Alright. Glad we got the introductions taken care of.

I've been using Safari for a couple months, but now I'm testing out the other Mac browers: Camino, iCab, OmniWeb, and also the PC compatible Opera and Mozilla (I used to be on IE).

My problem: I can't export my bookmarks, and I've built a great deal of them in Safari since I've been on it. I found the bookmark file, in the library subdirectory of my user folder, but it's a .plist extension, and all the other browsers can only import .html files.

How do I export my bookmarks? Or how do I convert the file to .html, or configure my other browsers to read this file type? I'm really upset with Safari at the moment, because this seems like a Gatesian tactic to keep me on their browser by making switching cumbersome and complicated.        

Thanks for the help.

Title: Exporting Safari Bookmarks
Post by: Spartacus on April 23, 2003, 05:28:00 AM

I believe that usually the browser you're switching to needs an importing function and not the other way around.

[Edit] Welcome to TS!  
 
 [ 04-23-2003, 06:29 AM: Message edited by: Spartacus ]

Title: Exporting Safari Bookmarks
Post by: amk285nyu on April 23, 2003, 03:04:00 PM

Sorry for not being more specific. I in fact tried to import the bookmarks, with every other Mac Browser (IE, Mozilla, iCab, Camino, OmniWeb, Opera), and none of them can import a .plist file.

This is the problem. Does anyone know how I can manage this kind of file? Is there any way to convert it to .html so I can import it using another browser?

There have to be some Safari users on here who have run into this problem.

Title: Exporting Safari Bookmarks
Post by: Gary S on April 23, 2003, 04:52:00 PM

Andrew,

It just may be a tactic. I don't know if it's possible to change it to an html.

Kps might know. Maybe he'll be around.

Title: Exporting Safari Bookmarks
Post by: kelly on April 23, 2003, 09:02:00 PM

Hello Andrew. Welcome to the Forum.  

Found this.

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Computers/...Q_20574750.html

Surprised Airbusdriver hasn't mentioned URL Manager Pro.

Title: Exporting Safari Bookmarks
Post by: amk285nyu on April 23, 2003, 11:54:00 PM

quote:

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Originally posted by kelly:
Hello Andrew. Welcome to the Forum.    

Surprised Airbusdriver hasn't mentioned URL Manager Pro.    

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URL Manager did it. THANKK YOU!!! I used to use this program back when I was on a PC, but I didn't know it had a Mac version.

Great.

Title: Exporting Safari Bookmarks
Post by: kps on April 24, 2003, 02:02:00 AM

Apple .plists are XML documents...you can read them in any text editor (TextEdit, BBEdit, etc) or, if you have the Developer Tools installed with "Property List Editor".

It's pretty cool that URL Manager Pro parsed the XML doc.

Title: Exporting Safari Bookmarks
Post by: pendragon on April 24, 2003, 12:01:00 PM

Andrew, Your wish is granted.  

A Safari bookmark exporter (Safari Bookmark Exporter 1.0) is now available as freeware. And, it is even getting good reviews (at least on VersionTracker).

See http://homepage.mac.com/simx/main_page.html

Again, a most hearty welcome to TS!

Harv