Sorry, I had to dash out ...

I didn't bother with the settings as I was going from Windows and Firefox to Mac and Safari. My Compaq died.
I have anything I need (photos etc.) saved to a portable hard drive ... yes. Bookmarks are no biggie for me these days. I know where to find most things I would need. I've procrastinated long enough. I need to upgrade this MacBook anyway but hadn't found the time to do it all.

In the meantime I was thinking I'd found a simple cure to the Google profiling and ads, but I see there's more needed before I get that.

Thanks for all the extra info.. It's appreciated.

P.S. Nice Kiwi, Kiwi!