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iCloud tabs not syncing
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Easiest way with iOS is to open one or more tabs in Safari and then go back to the Home Screen. The go to your other devices and check the cloud tabs. The ones you just opened should show up. They won’t “save” till you exit Safari.
Right now, zero of my iCloud tabs are synced up between iPhone 12 on iOS 14.4 beta 2 and macOS 11.2 beta 2
Edit: I quit safari on my iPhone and opened it again, they synced up.
Edit: I quit safari on my iPhone and opened it again, they synced up.
As it stands, my iPhone is showing tabs that were open maybe 24hours ago on my iPad so it’s certainly not syncing real time, my iPad on the other hand is showing no tabs at all from my iPhone. I’m in Europe by the way, I’ve a feeling this has something to do with iCloud rather than the operating system so maybe fixes are rolling out in the US first?
After some investigating, it seems that I have to switch out of Safari to another app or turn off the device’s screen to have it sync in the other.
I open a new Safari tab on my iPad, it doesn’t show on the list on my iPhone. I switch apps on iPad and immediately it syncs. Same from iPhone to iPad.
This should happen automatically.
So it’s half solved.
I open a new Safari tab on my iPad, it doesn’t show on the list on my iPhone. I switch apps on iPad and immediately it syncs. Same from iPhone to iPad.
This should happen automatically.
So it’s half solved.
It’s worked like that for as long as I can remember; you need to not be in Safari on your iPad for the tabs to show on your iPhone for example.
I’m in the UK and it’s been working since Wednesday night for me.
iPad on 14.2, iPhone on 14.3.
Still not working for me. I have two Macs, an iPhone, and an iPad - all running the latest software. I did a clean install on every device just several weeks ago. This AM, tabs were showing up in tab view, but they either were outdated or wouldn't update when I browsed to another page on a separate device. Some devices simply did not show up at all. When I toggled Safari off then back on again in iCloud settings, all tabs disappeared from view in Safari on those devices.
For those of you who are saying "it works" with no additional information (which isn't very helpful, btw), have you been testing this feature by using safari on one device and then seeing if it updates quickly on the tabs view of another device? Have you tested this out for more than thirty seconds? Have you tested this on more than one other device? Have you flipped the Safari setting off then back on again in your iCloud settings and tested it again? If the issue is truly fixed, then the tabs view should continue working perfectly in all these different contexts.
I run a system that is about as close to stock and out-of-the-box as you can get, and iCloud tabs in Safari are STILL not working, so I'm not about to assume that the problem is on my end and do (yet another) clean install on all my devices.
For those of you who are saying "it works" with no additional information (which isn't very helpful, btw), have you been testing this feature by using safari on one device and then seeing if it updates quickly on the tabs view of another device? Have you tested this out for more than thirty seconds? Have you tested this on more than one other device? Have you flipped the Safari setting off then back on again in your iCloud settings and tested it again? If the issue is truly fixed, then the tabs view should continue working perfectly in all these different contexts.
I run a system that is about as close to stock and out-of-the-box as you can get, and iCloud tabs in Safari are STILL not working, so I'm not about to assume that the problem is on my end and do (yet another) clean install on all my devices.
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So let’s assume someone high up at apple picked up their iPad left the office and thought about their tab they had opened on their Mac in the office earlier and realised safari tabs wasn’t working on their iPad, one phone call later...
you might have to “reset” safari tabs. By that close all tabs on all your devices. Leave it for awhile and then open safari on your Mac and manually close all the close tabs that are still in safari tab history. Then give it a go
you might have to “reset” safari tabs. By that close all tabs on all your devices. Leave it for awhile and then open safari on your Mac and manually close all the close tabs that are still in safari tab history. Then give it a go
Did you follow all the steps in https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...g.2266397/page-32?post=29505947#post-29505947? Because I had a link in there which sent it into moderation and was not visible for sometime afaik.
I did some more digging and it does seem this is not fully fixed, it is better and it doesn't crash, as in it doesn't have an empty list, and you can close tabs remotely, etc... however there are still problems with sync, it is not instant and there seems to be a major delay.
Can others also please confirm if they open a tab on their iOS device it syncs to the MacOS device(s) instantly (well almost?). In my case the sync doesn't happen instantly, it takes minutes, I did a test and it took 2 minutes 25 seconds to update the new list, that is an eternity for sync. It is more or less instant from Mac to iOS though.
Steps to reproduce:
1 - Run both desktop and iOS clients at the same time, and make sure the lists are in sync
2 - Add new tab/page in the iOS client (start stopwatch)
3 - Confirm the new page is in the Mac (stop stopwatch)
4 - Now do the same but from Mac to iOS
Please send your time, as I said in my case it's minutes (~2). Mine are:
iOS -> Mac: 2:25
Mac -> iOS: ~1 second / instant
I have closed all the tabs and all the iterations of Safari on all my devices. How long should I leave things to reset? For now, I guess I'm stuck using Firefox.
Unkno,
I find the sync is slow if you are still viewing the tab.
what I mean is, if u open safari on the Mac and are actively looking at the tab, the sync doesn’t not take place immediately. As you have determined it could be up to 2 minutes.
BUT go to a website and then open a new tab or minimise the browser and the sync happens almost immediately.
the same applies to iOS devices
perhaps this is intended to reduce sync traffic. If you were to open google, search for something and then have the results page appear for you to click one of those links. What would be the point of the first 2 pages (google, search results) sync across and waste data and background processing?
In real term usage if u were looking at a website that required your attention for longer then the sync will happen and it’ll appear on other devices
I find the sync is slow if you are still viewing the tab.
what I mean is, if u open safari on the Mac and are actively looking at the tab, the sync doesn’t not take place immediately. As you have determined it could be up to 2 minutes.
BUT go to a website and then open a new tab or minimise the browser and the sync happens almost immediately.
the same applies to iOS devices
perhaps this is intended to reduce sync traffic. If you were to open google, search for something and then have the results page appear for you to click one of those links. What would be the point of the first 2 pages (google, search results) sync across and waste data and background processing?
In real term usage if u were looking at a website that required your attention for longer then the sync will happen and it’ll appear on other devices
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Good find! You are right, if I 'minimise' Safari on the phone, its almost instant. It must update the list when Safari goes to background. I am not sure if its a bug or feature but compared to how broken it was before, this is acceptable
not working for me either
Btw I'm pretty sure it's because of iOS14.
I had iOS12 installed to dec 2020 on my 7 and everything worked but after upgrade my iP7 to ver 14 (because I wanted to pair it with my new apple watch), my icloud tabs stopped working.
Btw I'm pretty sure it's because of iOS14.
I had iOS12 installed to dec 2020 on my 7 and everything worked but after upgrade my iP7 to ver 14 (because I wanted to pair it with my new apple watch), my icloud tabs stopped working.