Bookmarks changed after macOS Sequoia update

yes. a safari update was included in the sequoia upgrade as a seperate update. but it was only installed if you agreed to it. likely unknowingly.

a lot was changed, mostly with the safari sidebar. there is an easy menu to fix it for Tahoe. but if you cannot (or don't want to) upgrade to Tahoe, you still have a couple options.

the first option, you can lay a new sequoia install over the old one without completely erasing and reinstalling sequoia. afterwards, you will have sequoia with safari 18.6.

and the other option, you may want to look at 6x6's reply in this discussion. if you are comfortable using terminal, their suggestion fixes things for those of us on sequoia with safari 26.0.1.

please note, if you are going to try the terminal commands, you need to grant terminal full disk access. go to System Settings > Privacy & Security > Full Disk Access to do so.

billyg27 wrote:

Jeffrey...thank you for your quick reply.

you're welcome.

I would like to try 6X6 fix. I am an amateur at this. How would I do that safely without messing up my system? What does he mean "Execute the following 2 commands." I opened Terminal...do I click on New Command? Then type in the two commands he posted?

once you open terminal, you just need to copy and paste the commands from 6x6' reply into terminal. do each command one at a time. you could type in the commands if you wish, but terminal can be unforgiving. copy and paste removes a potential typographical error.