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iCloud tabs not syncing
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Oddly, I've been able to fix the "realtime" syncing with Safari cloud tabs. I was having to quit Safari and reopen it to get them to sync, but what seems to have worked is to NOT use the "Personal (default)" profile. I've created a second profile, which you can bring over your bookmarks to when you create a new one, your tab group favorites will sync with bookmarks but side bar tab groups will start fresh. I also hated that it adds a label to the top menu bar that displays the name of your new profile to let you know you are not in the default one, and you can't get rid of it, but I fixed that by changing the name of the profile to a single space from the spacebar.
I've not gone back to the default profile, assuming it still is problematic, but with this new profile I've not had any of the previous issues with tabs! not sync, or zombie tabs or missing. Only issue I still have (but it's across any profile) is that iCloud tabs no long stay in the tab order from the device to the cloud view. Use to like that order of the tabs would sync.
The issue remains -- the .db files Safari uses update, but the browser does not refresh them automatically for you to view. You have to close and re-open Safari for the refreshed iCloud tabs list to appear. This is clearly a (rather simple?) software issue in Safari 18.x. You can re-install Sonoma (with Safari 17.x) and this feature works as intended again.
Yep, almost the same time I saw an iCloud open tab displayed on my phone. So far they’ve never shown up unless I restarted the device or force quit Safari; I had done neither for several days. However the “open” tab that was shown (from my iPad) had been closed a day or two before on the iPad. I actually had no open tabs on the iPad. This was a one time thing and I haven’t seen it again since Thursday. But something may be going on behind the scenes.
Still not working for me on my mac. I still have to force quit safari and re open it for the tabs to show up.
Just curious, does everyone who created a safari profile still have no issues after all of the updates?
I have overall created 5 Safari profiles and am again having this issue. There is no true 'fix' for this. Whatever anyone does, eventually it'll happen again.
no problem with a dedicated safari profile so far. without an added profile it still doesn't work
I have just noticed within the last couple days that open tabs, on my ipad, are appearing on my phone. There are also a couple of previously closed tabs showing as well, but this is the first time in ios 18 that iCloud Tabs are kinda working. I’ve never created another profile so that has nothing to do with it. I’ve not yet seen this work the other way around - open tabs on my phone appearing on my ipad.