Hi Angie, The general way to migrate bookmarks (called favorites in Internet Explorer) from one web browser to any other web browser is to use the File menu to export them from the first browser as an html file and then to import that html file into the second browser. Make sure that you rename the extension of your exported favorites file to ".html" instead of ".htm" (for importing to another browser on any other operating system, not just Safari on the Mac), since ".htm" is specific to Internet Explorer and Windows. Copy the file over to your Mac and import this into Safari (or other browser) using the File menu options. Check that these have been imported correctly by using the "Show all bookmarks" command (shortcut Command-Option-B) under the Bookmarks menu of the Safari menu bar.
Another few pointers: in Safari you'll also find a "Bookmarks Bar" under the Bookmarks menu. Bookmarks saved or copied to the first nine locations of the Bookmarks Bar can be referenced with the shortcuts Command-1, Command-2, etc. through Command-9 as a quick way of navigating to these bookmarked locations. This works whether or not the Bookmarks bar is displayed. Generally, I hide both the Address bar/Tool bar (Command-Shift-Backslash to toggle between show and hide) and the Bookmarks bar (Command-Shift-B to toggle between show and hide), so that items in these locations don't show up when I use item chooser menu in Safari, or when you, as a new user, are first navigating around the page and trying to explore its basic layout. There are lots of other ways to navigate, but using item chooser menu (VO-I, and then typing a few letters of the term you want to look for, then selecting the matched item in the list by pressing "return" to navigate to that item) is a great, simple way to find things that are displayed in all applications. I generally keep my bookmarks organized as folders under the "Bookmarks Menu" collection, and keep this selected in the table of collections, although you can create and name folders for other collections in the table. This is one of two tables that appear in the "Show all Bookmarks" page, and you can reach it with VO-Left arrow from the search text field, then interact (VO-Shift-Down arrow) to select your collection. My table of collections has entries like "HIstory", "Bookmarks Bar", "Bookmarks Menu", "Bonjour", and "All RSS Feeds". The second table lists the individual bookmarks in a collection, and you can jump between associated tables with VO-J. So, if this is a brand-new Mac, you won't have any items yet in your "Bookmarks Menu", but you can try selecting your "History" as a collection, and then using VO-J to navigate to the table of bookmarks in your selected collection. Navigate to a bookmarked location with your arrow keys or by typing the first few letters of the bookmark to select a bookmark, then press space bar to go to the bookmarked page. If you want to change your selected collection, use VO-J to jump back to the table of collections and navigate to another collection either with your arrow keys or by typing the first few letters of the new collection name. Then use VO-J again to jump to the table listing bookmarks in your newly selected collection. You create new bookmarks with Command-D, then navigate to the pop-up menu bar and VO-Space to change this to the save location you want. When you go to the "Show all Bookmarks page" again, you'll either be returned to the table of bookmarks for your selected bookmark collection, or can navigate there from the search text field, which you can always get to with Command-F, with VO-RIght arrow. If you're using QuickNav, which is recommended for web navigation and turned on or off by simultaneously pressing the left and right arrow keys, then just press the arrow key instead of using VO-left arrow, etc., and activate links, etc. by simultaneously pressing the up and down arrow keys instead of using VO-Space. If you are using TrackPad commander, which you turn on with VO+clockwise rotation gesture on the trackpad, then just flick left, right, up, or down to navigate instead of using the arrow keys and double tap to activate instead of using VO-Space. Interact by using a two finger flick right. I've given directions with the standard VoiceOver keyboard shortcuts since many new Mac users get a Mac Mini, and won't be able to use TrackPad navigation unless they purchase a separate Magic TrackPad. HTH Cheers, Esther On Feb 9, 2012, at 8:20 AM, Angie Giltinan wrote: > Hi all, > I'm just full of questions today. > being a new switcher, I have loads of IE favorites that I'd like to get in to > safari, Is this possible, and if so, how? > Thanks a bundle > Angie > > - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
