Safari bookmarks - Windows
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Just click on the File menu (top) when Safari is running. Click the export selection and give it a path where you want it saved. (Best to save it on your desktop.) The file will be saved as "Safari Bookmarks.html". Copy the file to a flash drive and then copy it to your Windows desktop. The html file can then be imported to Internet Explorer or Firefox for Windows.
Thanks for you reply but I am a developer. I need to parse this file and import bookmarks into my program, not into a browsers.
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Since it's an html file, you should be able to open it and parse the information you need. That's the only way to export bookmarks from Safari. (html)
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I just tried Safari on Windows - and it put out a html file. Alt-F -> export bookmarks just as chscag said.
With 3 posts - putting a zipfile with a plist is a little shady.
With 3 posts - putting a zipfile with a plist is a little shady.
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That does look like a binary plist. I don't know what to tell you but here is the (partial cut and paste) html file I get when I say export bookmarks from Safari on windows.
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<!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>
<HTML>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<Title>Bookmarks</Title>
<H1>Bookmarks</H1>
<DT><H3 FOLDED>Bookmarks Bar</H3>
<DL><p>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.apple.com/">Apple</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.yahoo.com/">Yahoo!</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://maps.google.com/">Google Maps</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/">YouTube</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.wikipedia.org/">Wikipedia</A>
<DT><H3 FOLDED>News</H3>
<DL><p>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/">CNN</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/">The New York Times</A>
<DT><A HREF="feed://news.google.com/?output=rss">Google News</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.news.com/">CNET News.com</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://espn.go.com/">ESPN</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/">Los Angeles Times</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/">BBC News</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.npr.org/">NPR</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.usatoday.com/">USA Today</A>
</DL><p>
<DT><H3 FOLDED>Popular</H3>
<DL><p>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.ebay.com/">eBay</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/">Amazon</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/">Flickr</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.expedia.com/">Expedia Travel</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.orbitz.com/">Orbitz</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.facebook.com/">Facebook</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.monster.com/">Monster Jobs</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.careerbuilder.com/">CareerBuilder</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://disney.go.com/">Disney</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.craigslist.org/">craigslist</A>
</DL><p>
</DL><p>
<DT><H3 FOLDED>Bookmarks Menu</H3>
<DL><p>
</DL><p>If I export bookmarks using Safari browser, I will get a HTML file. It is true. But I need to work only with 'Bookmarks.plist' file without browser.
I need to get 'Bookmarks.plist' by using my program, parse this file and import bookmarks into my program to view.
If it is not corresponding forum, please tell me where I can get info about this 'Bookmarks.plist' file format?
I need to get 'Bookmarks.plist' by using my program, parse this file and import bookmarks into my program to view.
If it is not corresponding forum, please tell me where I can get info about this 'Bookmarks.plist' file format?
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Plist files can be xml or binary format. I would assume from what you've shown that the Windows plist for Safari bookmarks is in fact a binary one.
If you're working on a Mac, you can try converting the binary version to an xml one using plutil. Call that from your app and you should have what you need. Once you have the xml version, you should be able to easily parse it. If you're using Python, it has a plist library (see here) but it looks to only work with xml ones.
More reading on plists.
If you're working on a Mac, you can try converting the binary version to an xml one using plutil. Call that from your app and you should have what you need. Once you have the xml version, you should be able to easily parse it. If you're using Python, it has a plist library (see here) but it looks to only work with xml ones.
More reading on plists.
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