Pinned Safari web sites

[rbpeirce]

These have suddenly disappeared. Does anybody know how to restore them using Time Machine? There is a lot of stuff in ~/Library/Safari but I don't know what does what.

 

[IWT]

I'm really sorry you've suffered this fate.

It's happened to me twice over the years.

I can only tell you that I "solved" it by shutting down the iMac. Leaving it in that state for 15 minutes or so then rebooting the iMac.

I cannot guarantee that will work for you; but no harm in trying.

NB Shutting down first. Not just rebooting.

Ian

 

[rbpeirce]

Thanks. I'll give it a try. I've managed to restore a couple but not all.

 

[rbpeirce]

No joy. The few I already re-pinned showed up but not the rest. I still need to know where that info is stored.

 

[IWT]

Sorry I couldn't help


Ian

 

[rbpeirce]

I posted on the Apple Community Forums. Maybe somebody there will have an idea. I saw one post that referred to a TopSites.plist in ~/Library/Safari, but there isn't a .plist for pinned sites. At least I couldn't find one.

 

[IWT]

FWIW, I found the TopSites.plist exactly as you posted. I did not touch it as I don't know what that implies; but it is there.

Ian

 

[pm-r]

I posted on the Apple Community Forums. Maybe somebody there will have an idea.

A Google search provided some hits for various suggestions but I have no idea if they would work besides I don't even use Safari and I doubt if I would use pinned sites as it seems to have been a problem area for many for several years now.

However, try this guy:

5 Ways to Recover Your Safari Tabs After Restarting Your Mac

Do you keep losing all your tabs on Safari every time you restart your Mac? Here are some quick fixes to help solve that problem.

www.makeuseof.com

Hopefully one of the suggestions works for you.




- Patrick
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[rbpeirce]

A Google search provided some hits for various suggestions but I have no idea if they would work besides I don't even use Safari and I doubt if I would use pinned sites as it seems to have been a problem area for many for several years now.

However, try this guy:

5 Ways to Recover Your Safari Tabs After Restarting Your Mac

Do you keep losing all your tabs on Safari every time you restart your Mac? Here are some quick fixes to help solve that problem.

www.makeuseof.com

Hopefully one of the suggestions works for you.




- Patrick
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Didn't help. He does suggest pinning frequently used sites, which I do, but not how to recover them if lost. Somebody, I think on another forum, suggested creating a Note of all your pins in case they are lost. I've done that. On the plus side, I won't be adding the ones that were there that I no longer use!