I updated Safari and now I can't 'keyword search' my bookmarks like I used to

[LaydeeBug]

is it gone, or has it just moved somewhere else??

Does anyone know?

[onehandle]

1. Click on the bookmarks icon (upper left toolbar)

A gray column will appear on the left.

You will see 'Bookmarks' 'Reading List' 'Shared Links at the top.

Make sure Bookmarks is highlighted when clicked on and you see your list of bookmarks.


Now this is where you have lost the search.


Hover the cursor over the column of bookmarks. Pull scroll down a bit and the search field will come down and appear.

This is more of iOS-like interactivity popping up in OS X.

[LaydeeBug]

2. nothing happens when I hover over the column of bookmarks, so no pull scroll down can happen

if that makes any sense.

[onehandle]

3. What system are you running?

If it's 10.8 or 10.9, and you have a trackpad, touch two fingers and pull down.

On a Magic Mouse or other mouse with a scroll wheel/ball, just roll up or down with one finger.

[LaydeeBug]

4. I am only on 10.7.5. nt

[winstars]

5. I am running 10.7.5 also... I believe its called Lion...

When I click on the bookmarks icon on the left side of the tool bar, it then shows all my bookmarks.

On the upper RIGHT side of that screen is the search thingy, at least on my MacBookPro late 2011...

[LaydeeBug]

6. that used to be there for me too…now it's gone. I think I should uninstall this version

Because this *SUCKS*

[winstars]

7. So what were you running before 10.7.5???

[LaydeeBug]

8. I have no idea…but last week, my Safari page worked MUCH better than this supposed "update". nt

[winstars]

9. Wait, did you update Safari to version 6.1 from 5. something via software update???

[LaydeeBug]

10. I don't know what version I *had*, but yes, I updated to 6.1 nt

[LaydeeBug]

11. YYYEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!! This is how to fix it (at last)

Literally, this:

If the search bar doesn't show, try clicking on the 'Favorites Bar' icon & dragging it up slightly.

When you do this, search appears.

Partial sanity restored.