[tbb-bugs] #32055 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Importing bookmarks from Safari doesn't work

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#32055: Importing bookmarks from Safari doesn't work
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 Reporter:  rex4539                   |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
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Comment (by mcs):

 Kathy and I confirmed that importing via this method does not work in Tor
 Browser 8.5.5 or 9.0a8. We tested on a macOS 10.14.6 system which has
 Safari 13.0.2.

 In Tor Browser 8.5.5, the browser console shows the following (even though
 the GUI shows "success"):
 {{{
 Could not read Bookmarks.plist 1 SafariProfileMigrator.js:39
         B_migrate/<
 jar:file:///Users/USER/Desktop/TB/tb.app/Contents/Resources/browser/omni.ja!/components/SafariProfileMigrator.js:39:15
         InterpretGeneratorResume self-hosted:1257:8
         next self-hosted:1212:9
 some bookmarks did not successfully migrate.
 }}}

 A similar error is logged in TB 9.0a8.

 After some searching, we found a corresponding Firefox bug report:
 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1493103

 The root cause is that macOS 10.14 and 10.15 "lock down" access to more
 system files, and that includes Safari's `Bookmarks.plist` file. Possible
 workarounds:
 1. Temporarily enable "Full Disk Access" for Tor Browser. See
 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1493103#c12
 2. Use `File|Export Bookmarks…` in Safari to save the bookmarks as an HTML
 file, and then import the file into Tor Browser.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/32055#comment:1>
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