Safari bookmarks doubled up

Hi
Ive found my bookmarks doubled up in safari initially i thought it might be MM sync but Ive switched that off and they are still doubled up. any thoughts on a fix?

I'd be surprised if turning off Mobile Me sync would delete any bookmarks.
Since you're posting in the Time Machine forum, and if you have a TM backup from before they "doubled up," all you have to do is restore the file:
<your home folder>/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist
If not, you'll probably have to delete the duplicates manually.

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Quit Safari completely and restart the iPad. Go to the home screen first by tapping the home button. Double tap the home button and the task bar will appear with all of your recent/open apps displayed at the bottom. Tap and hold down on any app icon until it begins to wiggle. Tap the minus sign in the upper left corner of the Safari icon. Tap the home button or anywhere above the task bar. Restart the iPad.
Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.
If that didn't work - try this. Reboot the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons.

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I already researched in the iCloud help in icloud.com and I believe you can store your Safari bookmarks on iCloud. But since I now have hundreds of bookmarks, this is critical to me. I'd just like to double check how the bookmarks are retrieved in case I loose my data or my MAC.
The Help item "Documents / Overview" says "iCloud also keeps your Safari bookmarks, Reading List, and iCloud Tabs list up to date on your iOS 6 devices and your Mac with OS X v10.8 or later."
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Hi Antonio,
The bookmarks citation above references the automatic "push" of new bookmarks in Safari to all your devices. So, iCloud, in essence, keeps them all in sync. It does not provide a recoverable backup for them, however. Here the link to the iCloud support page which has all of the information about what iCloud will and won't do:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4859
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I'm afraid it's likely that they're gone for good. To double check, go to http://bookmarks.mac.com and login to see if your bookmarks have synched to there.
If they are present there, check your sync settings in the System Preferences -> .Mac area to see if you can synch them back to the computer.
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Hello there anisette,
It sounds like you are trying to sync your iCloud Bookmarks, but they aren't syncing correctly between your devices, and some are duplicated as well. That's not fun, but I have an article here that should help you get this resolved. I would start with using this section of the following article to help you resolve the duplicate Bookmarks:
iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Bookmarks and Reading List
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4001
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In Firefox on a PC, click the bookmarks menu button, then select Show All Bookmarks (Ctrl+Shift+B).
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"/Users/yourname/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist"
Hate that! Wish it was a plain vanilla html file. If that file got messed up or lost or over-written, there is still a chance that much of what you need is here:
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don't know if I don't understand the structure of Macs well enough but I can not find the plist to remove.
Quit Safari.
Click a clear space on your Desktop. You'll see Finder top left corner of the screen.
From that menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type this in exactly as you see it here:   ~/Library/Safari
That will open a Finder window for you.
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Relaunch Safari.
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BTW... when you are searching the Finder there are two libraries. One is root the other is user.
The    ~ (Tilde) character represents user:   ~/Library
No tilde: /Library     is root

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trelek2 wrote:
That doesn't help.
why? Have you tried it? what happens?
Where should I look?
I need those bookmarks...
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/Users/username/Library/Keychains
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