Safari Bookmark Sorter – App (Free)

Posted in Apple/Mac, Apps, Freebies on February 22, 2010

SafariSort DMG Screenshot

SafariSort has a new official homepage!

http://www.safarisort.com

I have launched a permanent homepage for SafariSort. SafariSort.com is now the official site for everything SafariSort.

Thank you for your interest. Now go get it!

  • Paul Harwood

    Thanks Sully. Works great. This is the one feature I really missed after dropping Saft.

  • Carol

    This is great. Found it in the Apple forum. Thank you for posting this for others to use.
    Nice when someone develops something and shares it with others.
    Kudos to you.

  • Tarek

    Thank you very much for an excellent App.
    All the best,
    Tarek

  • Peter

    Found this app via Google search and it works perfectly. Thank you!

  • woomera

    thanks alot, works like a charm.
    one question though, is it possible to edit this and make it so the folders apear first then raw links and each sorted as well?
    like in every other browser.
    thank you

  • woomera

    thanks for the great app.
    is it possible to edit this so the folder’s appear before the links though like other browsers?

    • http://www.sullysrants.com Sully

      Unfortunately there is no way to differentiate with the script. It’s really a limitation of Safari. One day Apple will get up to date with this… Hopefully

      I have a few links that I don’t have in folders in my Bookmarks also; after I run the script I just drag them where I want them in the Bookmark window. That also applies to the Bookmark Bar.

      Glad the script helped :)

  • Toppix VK

    Good post & Thank you. It’s helpful for me.

  • ScottAlbi

    Really nice, Sully!

  • drowse

    Thank you.

  • http://www.sullysrants.com Sully

    Hi Everyone… I am now hosting the file on MacUpdate. Thanks for all the great comments. Glad it is helping!

  • Bink

    Wow; this is all I ever asked for! I don’t need any other features; all I want is for my bookmarks to be in alphabetical order so I can find what I’m looking for to use it. Thanks a lot, Sully, for creating this and making it available. I, too, am grateful for the work!

  • Spencer Luxford

    Hi Sully!

    I was using bookdog, but it was far more than I needed, I just wanted an app that sorts my bookmarks, nothing more. Then out of pure luck, I found this app and it does exactly what I needed and nothing else! It’s a real relief. Thanks Sully, keep up the great work!

  • Spencer Luxford

    Just one thing Sully, if and when Apple do make this an automatic thing in Safari, how do I uninstall all traces of SafariSort and the backup’s it makes?
    Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I am not exactly technical! ;)

    I’ll ask just one other question if I may, why does it keep backup’s and how would I use them if I needed??

    Thanks once again!

    • http://www.sullysrants.com Sully

      Spencer,

      I was really bummed when Apple didn’t include sorting with version 5. To answer your question, simply follow the below:

      Remove SafairSort

      1. Delete the “/Applications/SafariSort” folder.
      2. Delete the backup copy. “~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks copy.plist”

      That’s it… All gone!

      As to your second question: Backups are always a good idea! Primarily, if you do not like how SafariSort rearranged your bookmarks you can simply delete the newly created Bookmarks.plist file and rename the backup copy to Bookmarks.plist and you are back to where you started. Also, should anything happen while the application is sorting your bookmarks (say a power outage for example) you will have the backup copy to restore from.

      Thanks for using my app. I am glad you like it. :-)

  • Dayal

    Works perfectly, thank you for writing the script. I am a core Apple user, but also wished they would add this feature to their browser.

    Thank you!!!

  • http://mcphoto.org McPhoto

    Sully,

    Thanks for this very helpful app. But, I cannot find the backed files!

    Thanks again

    • http://www.sullysrants.com Sully

      @McPhoto,

      The backup file is located in your “~/Library/Safari/” folder. The backup will be named “Bookmarks copy.plist” “”Bookmarks.plist.bak”".

  • Spencer Luxford

    Hi Sully,

    The only file that looks like a backup in my /Library?Safari/ folder is called “Bookmarks.plist.bak” not “Bookmarks copy.plist”, is that what it is?

    Why is my one different? lol :)

    Thanks for all your help!

    • http://www.sullysrants.com Sully

      @Spencer,

      YES – Sorry about that! The backup file will be named “Bookmarks.plist.bak”.

      I was looking at an older version of my code when I misstated the name. Sorry about that.

      Sully

  • colin

    Good on ya mate!

  • http://tnky.ca Richard

    When I run the App in Snow Leopard it wants to install Rosetta. I don’t really want to do that.

    Can you change/update your app to drop Rosetta?

  • http://tnky.ca Richard

    Oops. Beg pardon, it’s Mr. Howards script that “needs” Rosetta!

    Not much you can do about that!

    Has somebody made a Safari 5 extension for sorting yet? Time to go Googling….

    • http://www.sullysrants.com Sully

      @Richard,

      I looked for an extension also. Nothing yet… I looked into writing one but time is a little short at the moment. Let me know if you find one.

  • http://tnky.ca Richard

    yeah, no joy in my search either.

    Do you know if the source for the terminal app is online someplace?

    Hmmmm Maybe I should check the Automator info.

  • James Howard

    When I wrote this program years ago, I published the source to it alongside it. You can still find it here: http://homepage.mac.com/jameshoward/.Public/Sortosaurus.m.

  • http://www.sullysrants.com Sully

    UPDATE * UPDATE * UPDATE

    Hi Everyone! Version 1.2 is now available. Shout out to James Howard, Richard Cooke and Mike Covill for their support in this update. Version 1.2 no longer requires Rosetta support for installation.

    Existing users of SafariSort do not need to upgrade. This update only benefits new users.

    Happy Sorting

  • Christopher

    the download link isn’t working. is this still available?

    • http://www.sullysrants.com Sully

      Yes, it is still available. I don’t see any issues with the download…

  • bob

    how about making an extension of it for safari 5.0!

    • http://www.sullysrants.com Sully

      @Bob,

      I am looking into creating an extension. Time is a little short at the moment. :)

  • Arlene S

    This is so wonderful…relieved of much stress. I tried everything. On my p.c. all I had to do was right click and sort would appear. It has taken me months to find you and finally be able to sort my many favorites.

    You should patent and sell to Apple. This is the kind of app that Apple should have included
    thanks again.
    A.

  • http://www.sullysrants.com Sully

    SafariSort has a new official homepage!

    http://www.safarisort.com

    I have launched a permanent homepage for SafariSort. SafariSort.com is now the official site for everything SafariSort.

    Thank you for your interest. Now go get it!

  • Steve

    Sully,

    I just wanted to echo all the positive comments. Safarisort words like a charm on Lion. I had been spending hours sorting hundreds of bookmarks and Safarisort fixed everything in a fraction of a second.

    Thanks

  • Setem

    thank you to make such a convenient app which saved me from bookmarks duplication

  • Rambhat

    Its Amazingly Beautiful App you’ve developed. Thanks a lot for a wonderful app – this should have been built-in Safari actually. There is one important thing you should modify. That is: “Book Mark Bar” should not be automatically modified. The reason: You can easily access about a dozen of sites from the bar, rest are accessible, but not useful since its cumbersome to navigate there. So, one who really makes use of the bar would painstakingly keep the top 10 or so URLs handy there. When the Safarisort sorts by alphabetic order it simply moves them all out, so the Bookmark bar effectively becomes useless. Could you please try to update so that we can manually do alphabetic sorting?

    • http://www.sullysrants.com Sully

      Hi Rambhat,

      I’m glad you like the app. Unfortunately Apple does not differentiate the Bookmark Bar code in the bookmarking file in a way that I can easily segregate.

      What I do and suggest is simply add a number in front of the item you want in your bookmark bar in the order you want them displayed.

      Example: 1. Google 2. Apple 3. Yahoo Etc…

      An additional bonus is that you can the Command key + the Number to launch the Bookmark from the Bookmark Bar.

      Hope that helps!