icloud for windows failing to sync chrome bookmarks

I had the same issue and finally I solved this after I installed 6.1.2.13 version of icloud on my laptop(Win 10 home).

Here is the link where I downloaded the program.

http://blukateubai.blogspot.kr/2017/02/download-icloud-control-panel-61213.html

Mine did not work with 6.2.2.39 version of icloud. The laptop got the bookmarks from iphone but iphone didn`t. That was why I decided to download lower version.

It stopped working for me too when I updated iCloud. I didn't need to uninstall iCloud and revert to an earlier version on my WIndows 10 machine.

This is what worked for me.

1. Logout from iCloud (it forces removal of the iCloud extensions from Chrome and Firefox and all the synced data and bookmarks, which is fine).

2. Reboot.

3. Login to iCloud, and select sync bookmarks with Chrome (re-installs the Chrome iCloud extension).

4. It starts syncing.

Note, I did not enable sync with Firefox this time in iCloud. Not sure if that made a difference.

Good luck!

Thank you! Rolling back to 6.2.2 works.

Thanks, Thrasher91604. I thought I'd tried every combination of do-overs with this problem but the reboot before logging back in seems to have been the key here. In every other variant I tried I think I had Chrome running before I logged back in to iCloud and it never worked. This method seems to have solved it.

(Of course this being an "Apple software on Windows" issue, I expect it'll reoccur as soon as the wind blows in the wrong direction. Still, it's working for now and I know what to try if it breaks!)

Reinstall the actual iCloud software might help, I've uninstalled both addon and the actual one and install them again, and it's starting to work.

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Thanks,
Supergrover.

I just installed the latest iCloud 7.1 for Windows on my parents PC. And I encounter the exact same issues. Safari bookmarks/reading list do get synched between 2 iPhone 5C's and 1 iPad 2 perfectly. But... on the PC (Windows 7) it does not work in Chrome. Yes, the Chrome extension is installed, but it does not work

God... how bugged IS this software?! Yes... I am frustrated, because next to this bug, I experience an even more severe flaw in this system: Wasting Disk Space

On iOS iCloud works really well... but on Windows.... it's plagued with severe obvious bugs that apparently do not get much attention/love from Apple.

I also had to revert back to a previous iCloud for Windows version for the sync to work the last few weeks.

However, today I installed and tested the latest iCloud for Windows (7.1.0.34) and it seems to be working just fine with the sync procedure 🙂

I had the same problem after upgrading to iCloud for Windows 7.0 (released September 25, 2017). Downgrading back to iCloud for Windows 6.2.2 worked perfectly and required no other changes (obviously at the risk of not having the latest security patches)

iCloud for Windows 6.2.2

Released July 19, 2017

Same issue here. I tried to use Firefox as an alternative, and that's broken too (albeit in a slightly different way; iCloud for Windows doesn't seem to detect that the Firefox add-on is installed, so never saves the setting to sync bookmarks).

That this software simply breaks and doesn't get fixed tells me we're edge cases for Apple. I'm stuck using PCs for work, so I suspect, for me, this road ends with giving up on my iPhone (and Apple) altogether.

I have this same problem - used to work for years and now is broken. I have tried removing and re-installing both the iCloud for Windows app and the iCloud bookmarks add-in for Chrome multiple times and it still doesn't sync.

Glad to hear it worked for you too. The reboot part is something I always do when I uninstall. In general, it can solve a lot of issues involving uninstalling and re-installation of anything on a Windows machine.

Hi, After following all the other tips I tried yours on my windows pc and also turned off safari and deleted the bookmarks on my ipad but when I turned safari back on when the bookmarks appeared again they were the same old ones from when it stopped syncing in November and not the current ones on my pc. Any other ideas please? I don't know why icloud or safari haven't sorted this out as its clearly a problem for many people.

Oh my goodness, can’t believe this combo worked for me as well. I had tried so many different ways with no luck.

thanks so much for posting your findings. I have been frustrated with this bug for months.

Welp, it's magically working again, without me updating anything.