HT5372 Bookmarks vanish from bookmarks bar. Why?

In my icloud account several folders on my bookmarks bar suddenly vanished. First only on my mac, now on all my devices. Why could that be? How do i get them back? Some were work related.

HI,
You can restore your Bookmarks if you use the Backup software included with a MobileMe account.
Look in your Applications folder for the Backup application.
In the future, using Safari, from the Menu Bar, click File/Export Booksmarks and save that file to an external source like your iDisk so that you have that list of Bookmarks to Import back to Safari from.
Carolyn

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