Please help - I've lost access to Safari's history

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SheerGold

macrumors regular

Original poster

• May 17, 2006

• #1

When I go to "history" in the menu for Safari only todays history is there. All the history for previous days has vanished.

I have not cleared the history.

Anyone know how I can get it all back.

 

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_Matt

macrumors 6502

• May 17, 2006

• #2

Safari > Private Browsing - is there a check next to it?

If so, then I think your computer automatically deleted your browser history. Uncheck Private Browsing if you want your history to be saved. Otherwise, the history was deleted somehow, probably by slip of the finger.

There might be a way to access the history through your system library, but I'm not sure. Perhaps someone else can help. Hope this helped you. 🙁

 

jsw

Moderator emeritus

• May 17, 2006

• #3

Unless you've done a backup lately, that information is, unfortunately, gone. BTW, private browsing won't delete prior history, it just won't add to it while in that mode.

 

WildCowboy

Administrator/Editor

Staff member

• May 17, 2006

• #4

Have you done a lot of browsing today? I believe that Safari's default History setting is 1000 pages.

 

Unorthodox

macrumors 65816

• May 17, 2006

• #5

Have you run any maintenance programs lately?
Programs like OnyX can delete your temporary caches. Like your Safari history.