OMFG! All my Bookmarks are GONE! :o

Etnier · Post by **Etnier** » June 15th, 2006, 3:53 am

It might be helpful to develop a habit of using "Export Bookmarks…" on a regular basis. I do this for other reasons (can't get the Camitools "Sync" function to work right).

stephan · Post by **stephan** » June 25th, 2006, 1:51 am

using the latest nightly build of camino, i turned the machine on today (intel dual core iMac) and ALL bookmarks were gone and I found the bookmarks_corrupted.plist file... this is really annoying. I never had something like this since 1996... neither on my windows or on my previous macs with any other browser. might just switch to safari... i should have a backup though (made with silver keeper).

Uncle Asad · Post by **Uncle Asad** » June 25th, 2006, 3:04 am

Can you 1) check the console.log for messages from Camino from around the timestamp of the bookmarks_corrupted.plist file and 2) note those messages in the bug and attach a copy of the bookmarks_corrupted.plist to the bug?

=nils · Post by **=nils** » June 25th, 2006, 9:46 pm

I just had the same thing happen. Luckily I have a backup from about two weeks back, but still it's really annoying. Worse still, no bookmarks_corrupted.plist file was generated, so if I didn't have that backup I'd be in really deep_. Does anyone know of a way I could set up a cron task to do the 'Export Bookmarks...' task every five days or so and keep it in ~/.CaminoBookmarksBackup/bookmarks2006-06-25.plist or some such? I'm relatively novice at terminal type things, so any tips would be appreciated.

Nils

Uncle Asad · Post by **Uncle Asad** » June 25th, 2006, 10:01 pm

0nils, were there any messages in your Console.log from around the time you either last quit Camino or launched Camino to the empty bookmarks?

Also, is there anyone who's seen this bug on 10.3, or is everyone on 10.4?

=nils · Post by **=nils** » June 25th, 2006, 10:55 pm

The only thing I can find in console.log that relates to camino is the following:

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2006-06-25 20:07:31.259 Camino[1530] *** WARNING: Method runModalForWindow:relativeToWindow: in class NSApplication is obsolete and will be removed in release GM ***

And that does seem to be around the time the bookmarks disappeared (though maybe I'm getting my times mixed up)... though I don't know what it all means.
I'm using 10.4.6 and a fairly recent nightly build by wrc_fan. I would stick to point builds, except I need the search-field-resizing-whatsit to go with Inquisitor. I'm hoping the only reason I lost bookmarks is because it's a nightly build... that would be even more disturbing if it happened with regular builds.

On a separate but related note, would adding this to /var/cron/tabs/*user_name* work?

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0   0   *   *   0   cp ~/Library/Application\ Support/Camino/bookmarks.plist ~/.CaminoBookmarksBackup/bookmarks.`date +%Y%m%d`.plist

This is just out of curiosity, mind, because I don't really know about these command-prompt things so well and it might be nice to have a more recent backup of my bookmarks.

Nils

stephan · Post by **stephan** » June 26th, 2006, 2:04 pm

the bookmarks went missing on June 24. here is the console.log refering to Camino. i hope its of any help uncle asad...

Mac OS X Version 10.4.6 (Build 8I1119)

2006-06-23 19:49:58.231 Camino[248] *** -[NSBundle load]: Error loading code /Library/InputManagers/MagicMenuEnabler/MagicMenuEnabler.bundle/Contents/MacOS/MagicMenuEnabler for bundle /Library/InputManagers/MagicMenuEnabler/MagicMenuEnabler.bundle, error code 2 (link edit error code 0, error number 0 ())

2006-06-23 19:49:58.234 Camino[248] *** -[NSBundle load]: Error loading code /Library/InputManagers/FontSight/FontSight.bundle/Contents/MacOS/FontSight for bundle /Library/InputManagers/FontSight/FontSight.bundle, error code 2 (link edit error code 0, error number 0 ())

2006-06-23 23:57:59.290 Camino[248] NSImageCell's object value must be an NSImage.

2006-06-24 00:07:20.326 Camino[248] CFLog (21): dyld returns 2 when trying to load /Users/stephan/Library/Contextual Menu Items/GraphicConverterCMI.plugin/Contents/MacOS/GraphicConverterCMI

2006-06-24 00:07:20.327 Camino[248] CFLog (22): Cannot find function pointer GraphicConverterCMIFactory for factory E3F3BEA1-3194-11D9-87A7-000A95874F98 in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0xfa58a60 </Users> (bundle, not loaded)

2006-06-24 00:07:20.329 Camino[248] CFLog (21): dyld returns 2 when trying to load /Users/stephan/Library/Contextual Menu Items/Path Finder CM.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Path Finder CM

2006-06-24 00:07:20.330 Camino[248] CFLog (22): Cannot find function pointer AbstractCMPluginFactory for factory 4D69CF21-A381-11D6-9544-003065DA3F94 in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0xe5d2630 </Users> (bundle, not loaded)

2006-06-24 00:07:20.336 Camino[248] CFLog (21): Cannot recognize type of executable for CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0xfa55430 </Library> (not loaded)

2006-06-24 00:07:20.337 Camino[248] CFLog (22): Cannot find function pointer MyCMPluginFactory for factory 02E3F072-9CCB-11D5-A0B2-00306575F8A2 in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0xfa55430 </Library> (not loaded)

2006-06-24 00:10:39.251 Camino[248] NSImageCell's object value must be an NSImage.

2006-06-24 00:36:59.351 Camino[248] LSOpenFromURLSpec() returned -128 for application (null) path /Users/stephan/Desktop/eBayISAPI.dll.

2006-06-24 00:37:18.926 Camino[248] LSOpenFromURLSpec() returned -128 for application (null) path /Users/stephan/Desktop/eBayISAPI-1.dll.

cflawson · Post by **cflawson** » June 26th, 2006, 9:19 pm

None of that has anything to do with your missing bookmarks, unfortunately.

Search your console.log for "failed to write file" (no quotes) and see if that turns anything up.

If not, try searching for "bookmarks".

cl

stephan · Post by **stephan** » June 27th, 2006, 11:45 am

hope this helps you a little!

regards,
stephan

2006-06-25 10:41:55.924 OmniOutliner[273] -[OODocument loadFileWrapperRepresentation:ofType:]: Exception raised while loading document: Das Dokument "bookmarks-corrupted-1.plist" scheint keine g√ºltige OOPlistDocumentType-Datei zu sein. Pr√ºfen Sie den Inhalt. Wenn Sie annehmen, dass die Datei korrekt ist, schicken Sie eine Fehlermeldung.

2006-06-25 10:41:55.935 OmniOutliner[273] Exception raised while loading document: *** -[NSCFString replaceCharactersInRange:withString:]: nil argument

2006-06-25 10:41:55.936 OmniOutliner[273] -[OODocument loadFileWrapperRepresentation:ofType:]: Exception raised while loading document: Das Dokument "bookmarks-corrupted-1.plist" scheint keine g√ºltige OOPlistDocumentType-Datei zu sein. Pr√ºfen Sie den Inhalt. Wenn Sie annehmen, dass die Datei korrekt ist, schicken Sie eine Fehlermeldung.

2006-06-25 10:42:19.754 OmniOutliner[273] Exception raised while loading document: *** -[NSCFString replaceCharactersInRange:withString:]: nil argument

2006-06-25 10:42:19.754 OmniOutliner[273] -[OODocument loadFileWrapperRepresentation:ofType:]: Exception raised while loading document: Das Dokument "bookmarks-corrupted-1.plist" scheint keine g√ºltige OOPlistDocumentType-Datei zu sein. Pr√ºfen Sie den Inhalt. Wenn Sie annehmen, dass die Datei korrekt ist, schicken Sie eine Fehlermeldung.

2006-06-25 10:42:19.760 OmniOutliner[273] Exception raised while loading document: *** -[NSCFString replaceCharactersInRange:withString:]: nil argument

2006-06-25 10:42:19.760 OmniOutliner[273] -[OODocument loadFileWrapperRepresentation:ofType:]: Exception raised while loading document: Das Dokument "bookmarks-corrupted-1.plist"
scheint keine g√ºltige OOPlistDocumentType-Datei zu sein. Pr√ºfen Sie den Inhalt. Wenn Sie annehmen, dass die Datei korrekt ist, schicken Sie eine Fehlermeldung.

2006-06-25 10:01:30.972 Camino[249] Copied corrupted bookmarks file to /Users/stephan/Library/Application Support/Camino/bookmarks-corrupted-1.plist

2006-06-25 00:59:18.691 Camino[256] writePropertyList: Failed to write file /Users/stephan/Library/Application Support/Camino/bookmarks.plist

2006-06-25 01:33:45.956 Camino[256] writePropertyList: Failed to write file /Users/stephan/Library/Application Support/Camino/bookmarks.plist

2006-06-25 01:47:23.806 Camino[256] writePropertyList: Failed to write file /Users/stephan/Library/Application Support/Camino/bookmarks.plist

cflawson · Post by **cflawson** » June 27th, 2006, 6:37 pm

OK, those last three lines are the same thing we've been seeing -- just a general error, no more information.

So far, we're suspecting a Spotlight interaction. That this occurred three times within an hour is interesting, though -- no one else has had it happen more than once, and therefore no one else has been able to reproduce.

Do you have any idea what else might have been going on during the time window from 0050 to about 0150 on 25 June?

cl

eurekang · Post by **eurekang** » June 27th, 2006, 8:24 pm

i try to open ~/Library/Application Support/Camino/bookmarks-corrupted-1.plist and OmniOutliner opens up, but an error message appears and says that it cannot be hopened. so it's not exactly empty, but just can't be opened. this stinks.

Uncle Asad · Post by **Uncle Asad** » June 27th, 2006, 8:55 pm

Possibly related, or possibly completely spurious, but why in the @$@#$@# is OmniOutliner trying to load your bookmarks file (or the corrupted versions thereof)?

NM, I just saw your post. Opt-drag the file onto TextEdit, which will open it as text without attempting to validate it.

If there's nothing personal in that file (the corrupted one), we'd certainly appreciate you attaching it to the bug so the dev team can take a look at it....

cflawson · Post by **cflawson** » June 27th, 2006, 8:57 pm

Maybe it took over the LS association to .plist files?

cl

baen · Post by **baen** » August 9th, 2006, 12:48 am

just lost all mine. back to safari

krmathis · Post by **krmathis** » August 9th, 2006, 12:52 am

baen wrote:just lost all mine. back to safari

You registered here just to tell us that.
Bye!

OMFG! All my Bookmarks are GONE! :o

same with me

found what you asked for!