Mac favorites not syncing, different my my iPhone.

I can't figure out why my Mac desktop is no longer syncing my favorites, it is like they disappeared. My iPhone still has them as I would expect tough.

iMac 27", macOS 10.13

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 8:09 AM

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dominic23

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Mar 21, 2019 8:27 AM in response to Btma

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