Comments on: Fix: Safari Tabs not Syncing between Devices

By: Jo

Jo — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:45:59 +0000

In reply to newuser. Thanks !

By: newuser

newuser — Sat, 26 Nov 2022 05:05:41 +0000

The following worked for me:
1. On the MacBook click 3 dots next to the tab group.
2. Click “share tab group.”
3. Click “messages.”
3. “Preparing” message will pop up and messaging app will open. No need to actually share.
4. Repeat share tab group steps for each tab group.
In my case after performing these steps my new iPad started to sync. safari tabs.

By: Kushal Azza

Kushal Azza — Sat, 26 Nov 2022 01:53:58 +0000

In reply to newuser. Thanks for sharing the tip.

By: Heals

Heals — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 13:29:08 +0000

In reply to Lily. I feel the same, I just upgraded to iPhone 13 and upgraded my iPad and no longer see Safari tabs for each device. Very frustrating as I am always moving from one to another and loved this feature.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Wed, 18 May 2022 01:35:02 +0000

It just doesn’t work, whatever I do. Reset it multiple times on all devices and did a ton of reboots. I’m using chrome now.

By: Loo

Loo — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 12:49:45 +0000

In reply to Lily. Did you find the answer I have the same issue

By: Lily

Lily — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 14:28:34 +0000

I do not have a Mac. I have iPhone 13 Pro, iPad Air 3, and iPad Mini 5th generation.

Safari tabs for all used to be visible, but no longer. I have followed your instructions for devices to no avail.

It’s very frustrating and I do not know what to do next.

By: FerroMagnetar

FerroMagnetar — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 00:50:59 +0000

I’m on Mojave, Safari 14 and this worked for me:

1. Completely quit Safari (cmd Q)
2. Go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Full Disk Access (Unlock the padlock)
Click the plus sign, find terminal (under Utilities folder in Apps)
3. Delete this file: ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist
4. Launch terminal and type this:
defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu -bool true

By: Kushal Azza

Kushal Azza — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 05:49:40 +0000

In reply to Scott. Hi Scott, if you've done troubleshooting with the guide and everything seems okay at your end, then please contact Apple Support. I don't think you should be facing this problem unless any misconfiguration.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 13:55:32 +0000

Thank-you for your post. I am not “shooting the messenger”. I followed the instructions to turn on the Safari debug menu; quitting Safari, running the terminal command to turn on the Debug menu and yet in Safari I don’t have a debug menu. And I know I typed the command in correctly because I am familiar with the terminal environment (Unix shell). I don’t know what gives with this syncing problem between Apple devices. We shouldn’t have to be using Terminal commands. On my iPhone and Mac, I have the latest iOS and OS and I am using the same iCloud account with plenty of storage, am in my house on the same WiFi network. According to the community this problem has been going on unresolved for at least five years. Any ideas or should I call Apple Support?