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The BookmarksBar folder is duplicating itself; even when I delete one, it respawns. There is nothing in the folder.
Can someone explain this and tell me how to make it stop? Thank you.
MacBook Pro Retina
There aren't any known Mac viruses at this time. Something to try. Try downloading this program which was written by Thomas R, a long time poster. The program will search for malware/adware. The program will do the work for you which makes it easy. It may be necessary to run more than one scan. After running the scans, restart the computer.
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There aren't any known Mac viruses at this time. Something to try. Try downloading this program which was written by Thomas R, a long time poster. The program will search for malware/adware. The program will do the work for you which makes it easy. It may be necessary to run more than one scan. After running the scans, restart the computer.
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac 10.10 and later
Might be a corrupt .plist.
Do a backup, preferably 2 backups on 2 separate drives.
Quit the application.
Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library. Then go to Safari/Bookmarks.plist. Move the .plist to your desktop.
Restart the computer, open the application, and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.
If the application is the same, return the .plist to where you got it from, overwriting the newer one.
Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.
You are welcome. Does it do the same thing in the Safe Mode?
If it works normally in the Safe Mode, try running this program when booted normally and then copy and paste the output in a reply. The program was created by Etresoft, a frequent contributor. Please use copy and paste as screen shots can be hard to read. Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy to Clipboard” and then paste into a reply. This will show what is running on your computer. No personal information is shown. If the log won’t post, try posting it in Pastebin and provide a link in a reply. After pasting the report in a PasteBin page, go to the top of the page, and copy the address in the URL bar. Paste that in a new reply. Pastebin
Etrecheck – System Information
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Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately, it didn't help.
My apologies, but I forgot to tell what I've tried to fix the problem. Here are the things I did:
It's more of an annoyance and a puzzle than a real problem. My MacBook Pro Mid-2015 still works as usual. I just want to make sure it's not a virus or some underlying, but serious flaw.
I don't see anything in the report that normally causes problems. As a test, go to System Preferences/Users & Groups and remove all your login items. Restart the computer, do not open any programs except Safari and see if the same thing happens.
Okay, I did as you suggested. The problem still persists though the folders are not replicating as fast as before.
Thank you for your assistance. This is an interesting bug, I hope it doesn't turn into something more insidious.
Merry Christmas.
I ran the program, here are the results.
Yes, it does the same thing in Safe Mode.
You are welcome. Merry Christmas to you.
I hope you had a good holiday.
I was wondering, could a virus be causing this glitch?
Safari 13.0.4 in Catalina - BookmarksBar is self-duplicating
