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iCloud tabs not syncing
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yup same here. its showing tabs I had open like 8 hours ago and have been closed since then.
Do you think so? Never heard someone complaining with iOS 13 or versions before 14.2.
Joined just to add how annoying this problem is. Noticed about 1-2 weeks ago between my 2013 MacBook Air and iPhone XS both on most up to date software. Both devices were showing tabs from much earlier in the day but now both devices won't show any tabs at all. Has anyone else had this problem?
same. I'm desperately hoping it's a sign they are fixing the issue. They are clearing all the backend lag and refreshing. Fingers crossed.
I just tested again this morning, here is my latest after I brought up 1 tab on Safari on each, and my main MacBook Pro has 4 tabs up:
MacBook Pro #1: shows other 3 devices correctly!
MacBook Pro #2: shows nothing on other devices!
iPhone: shows other 3 devices correctly!
iPad: shows other 3 devices correctly!
Then on MacBook Pro #2 I opened a new page on the same tab, it still shows up nowhere about 3 minutes later. Yet I then opened a new tab on MacBook Pro #1, and my iPhone and iPad show it correctly immediately. So at the moment, 3 devices re working fine, one MacBook Pro is not working at all.
One last test - I tried restarting the one MacBook Pro that is not working. I opened up Safari, and went to a new page. That laptop still shows nothing for anyone else, and the one page shown for it is from 20 minutes ago on the other 3 devices.
So it's getting closer to working, but seems to be at a different state of correctness per device.
EDIT: Now about 10 minutes later I thought to turn off iCloud sync on the offending MacBook Pro, close it, reopen it, and turn on iCloud syncing. Now, none of the 4 devices show anything from any of the other devices! Everything else (bookmarks, reading lists, history, passwords) looks fine. What a mess.
MacBook Pro #1: shows other 3 devices correctly!
MacBook Pro #2: shows nothing on other devices!
iPhone: shows other 3 devices correctly!
iPad: shows other 3 devices correctly!
Then on MacBook Pro #2 I opened a new page on the same tab, it still shows up nowhere about 3 minutes later. Yet I then opened a new tab on MacBook Pro #1, and my iPhone and iPad show it correctly immediately. So at the moment, 3 devices re working fine, one MacBook Pro is not working at all.
One last test - I tried restarting the one MacBook Pro that is not working. I opened up Safari, and went to a new page. That laptop still shows nothing for anyone else, and the one page shown for it is from 20 minutes ago on the other 3 devices.
So it's getting closer to working, but seems to be at a different state of correctness per device.
EDIT: Now about 10 minutes later I thought to turn off iCloud sync on the offending MacBook Pro, close it, reopen it, and turn on iCloud syncing. Now, none of the 4 devices show anything from any of the other devices! Everything else (bookmarks, reading lists, history, passwords) looks fine. What a mess.
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I'm also having this annoying issue for a while now. MBP either shows nothing or displays tabs that have been closed a few days ago. 
Same goes for my iPhone.
But apart from all this my Frequently Visited sites is also screwed up on both MBP and iPhone. MPB (still on Catalina) shows only one site as Frequently Visited but it's not true. My iPhone on the other hand shows sites that I seldom visit.
This is not the Apple experience and I hope they get their sh•t together because it's been like this since the early betas of iOS 14 if not earlier.
Same goes for my iPhone.But apart from all this my Frequently Visited sites is also screwed up on both MBP and iPhone. MPB (still on Catalina) shows only one site as Frequently Visited but it's not true. My iPhone on the other hand shows sites that I seldom visit.
This is not the Apple experience and I hope they get their sh•t together because it's been like this since the early betas of iOS 14 if not earlier.
As of this morning iCloud Tabs has completely disappeared from Safari on my devices - I haven't made any changes or tried any more troubleshooting lately either (fingers crossed this means Apple is aware of the issue and working on it).
Perhaps their default option to deny is emanating out of the apprehension of lawsuits for problems they admit.
Noticed that my tabs were not syncing, and I tried deleting them all on all devices, now no tabs will show up at all, on any device. Guess there is some kind of bug going on.
I just went through the same thing. Now iCloud tabs just don't show up on my devices. This is so annoying. I was having issues with icloud tabs as soon as I updated a MacBook Pro to Big Sur
My other (work) macbook pro is still on Catalina (10.15.7) and stopped showing icloud tabs. My iPad is on iPadOS 14.2 and iPhone 12 Pro is on iOS 14.2
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Unfortunately still not working for me. I also had 0 tabs in between devices, I guess they just tried to start from a 'clean slate'. I think this confirms they are working on the issue and it should hopefully be solved soon, tbh it might also be that they updated the protocol on the devices and it's causing problems -- which means we might have to wait for a software update rollout.
As another data point, I'm seeing the same behavior. Earlier this afternoon, November 19, I was seeing nothing on my iPhone, and a whole slew of days-old tabs on macOS.
As of this post, I see no iCloud tabs on either device, including when intentionally leaving tabs open to see if they're syncing.
Progress, hopefully.
As of this post, I see no iCloud tabs on either device, including when intentionally leaving tabs open to see if they're syncing.
Progress, hopefully.
