In this article, we'll explain how to back up your Safari bookmarks for safekeeping or move them to a new Mac, without having to use the Bookmarks Manager to sort the imported bookmarks and manually move them where you want them.
How to Backup and Restore Your Safari Bookmarks to a New Mac, Without Opening Them
Safari stores bookmarks as a plist (property list) file called Bookmarks.plist. It's located under Home Directory/Library/Safari. Bookmarks are stored on a per-user basis, with each user having their own bookmarks file. If you have multiple accounts on your Mac and want to back up or move all of the bookmarks files, open the above directory location for each user.
To back up your Safari bookmarks, copy the Bookmarks.plist file to a new location. There are two ways to do this.
Open a Finder window and navigate to Home Directory/Library/Safari.
