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Every time i open safari bookmarks sorts alphabetically !!! But i want my order !!! Why is that happens ? how i can stop it

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Every time i open safari bookmarks sorts alphabetically !!! But i want my order !!! Why is that happens ? how i can stop it

Every time i open safari bookmarks sorts alphabetically !!! But i want my order !!! Why is that happens ? how i can stop it

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Hi,

If this is an issue with Safari, The apple support is at https://discussions.apple.com/welcome

If you imported bookmarks from safari, you may drag bookmarks in the menu to get your personal bookmark order.

Best wishes,

Andmagdo

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Are you possibly using the iCloud Bookmarks extension ?

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Lets Go again cause i ask it wrong!!!! OMG !

Every time i open firefox !!! bookmarks sorts alphabetically !!! But i want my order !!! Why is that happens ? how i can stop it 

Sorry

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Hello   archelaos.chatzinikolaou ,

When you open the Library   (Ctrl + Shift + B) <big>→</big> "Views"  (upper left side) <big>→</big> "Sort";   there you make your choice.

In case you've already tried that, but it didn't work :   please let us know.

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Did that ! but nothing happened ! Now i delete all bookmarks and restore them ! I want to see now....

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archelaos.chatzinikolaou said

Did that ! but nothing happened ! Now i delete all bookmarks and restore them ! I want to see now....

I should have mentioned that "Views"  (like the name suggests) is for viewing only and doesn't sort your bookmarks permanently.

Maybe this will interest you :

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Sorting_and_rearranging_bookmarks_-_Firefox

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Where do you notice this sorting ?


If you use Sync then best is to disconnect Sync temporarily during troubleshooting.

You can check for problems with the places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder.

  • use "Verify Integrity" button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page

If errors are reported with "Verify Integrity", close and restart Firefox and retry.

If "Verify Integrity" cannot repair places.sqlite, rename/remove all places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder. Firefox will rebuild places.sqlite and restore the bookmarks from a recent JSON backup in the bookmarkbackups folder.

  • keep a backup copy of places.sqlite in case a new places.sqlite database has to be created

See also:

You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.