The Safari Sidebar
The easiest way to manage your bookmarks is through the Safari sidebar (sometimes referred to as the bookmarks editor). To access the Safari sidebar, click Bookmarks > Show Bookmarks. In older versions of Safari, the menu item might say Show All Bookmarks. An alternative method to reveal the Safari sidebar is to use the Sidebar button in the Safari toolbar. With the Safari Sidebar open, you can add, edit, and delete bookmarks, as well as add or delete folders or subfolders. There are two main places to save bookmarks and bookmark folders: the Favorites bar and the Bookmarks menu.
The Favorites Bar
The Favorites bar is located near the top of the Safari window. It might not be visible depending on how you have Safari set up, but it’s easy to enable: Simply select the View > Show Favorites Bar. The Favorites bar is a great place to keep your favorite websites handy, either as individual links or in folders. The number of individual links you can store horizontally across the toolbar is limited to your screen width, of course, but it allows you to see and access them without clicking a drop-down menu. If you put links rather than folders in the Bookmarks bar, you can access the first nine of them using keyboard shortcuts rather than the mouse.
The Bookmarks Menu
The Bookmarks menu provides drop-down access to bookmarks and/or folders of bookmarks, depending on how you decide to organize it. It also provides a second way to access the Favorites bar, as well as bookmark-related commands. If you turn off the Favorites bar, perhaps to gain more screen real estate, you can still access it from the Bookmarks menu.
Add a Folder to the Favorites Bar or Bookmarks Menu
Adding a folder to the Favorites bar or the Bookmarks menu is easy; the trickier part is deciding how to set up your folders. Some categories, such as News, Sports, Weather, Tech, Work, Travel, and Shopping, are universal, or at least pretty obvious. Others, such as Crafts, Gardening, Woodworking, or Pets, are more personal.
Naming Your Bookmarks
To add a folder:
Adding Subfolders to Folders
If you tend to collect a lot of bookmarks, consider adding subfolders to some of the folder categories. For example, you might have a top-level folder called Home that includes subfolders called Cooking, Decorating, and Gardening. To add a subfolder:
Organize Folders in the Favorites Bar
Rearranging the folders in the Favorites bar is easy. You can do this two ways: directly in the Favorites bar itself or in the Safari sidebar:
Select the folder you want to move, and drag it to its target location in the Favorites bar. The other folders will move out of the way to accommodate it.Select Bookmarks > Show Bookmarks. In the Safari sidebar, click Favorites. To move a folder, click and hold the folder’s icon, then drag it to the desired location. You can move a folder to a different position at the same level in the hierarchy, or drag it into another folder.
Organizing, Deleting, and Renaming Folders
To rearrange your bookmark folders, open the Bookmarks sidebar and simply drag the folders to the desired positions. To delete a folder from your Bookmarks menu or Favorites bar, right-click on the folder, and select Remove from the pop-up menu. To rename a folder, right-click it and select Rename (older versions of Safari used Edit Name instead) from the pop-up menu. The folder’s name will be highlighted, ready for you to edit. Type in a new name, and press Return or Enter.
