I'm not sure about "whenever you apply an OS X update". I've applied many an update and this is the first times I've seen the extra bookmarks. On 16-Apr-05, at 10:53 PM, John Baltutis wrote: > On 04/16/05, Jim Freeman <jpfreeman at mac.com> wrote: >> >> Now I have a bunch of new favorites in my Safari bookmarks bar: Apple, >> Amazon, .Mac, Yahoo >> >> Where did that come from? > > Standard default set whenever you apply an OS X update. Open > bookmarks->Bookmarks Bar and select + DELETE, and they're gone.