iCloud tabs not syncing/working

I've just turned Safari on and off in settings/ Apple ID on my MacBook and the tabs are back.

Try force-quitting Safari and/or rebooting your iPhone. Even when iCloud Tabs are working, the syncing does occasionally break, requiring a restart.

Likewise...latest OS on all devices.

Reboot and wait a couple minutes

quit safari and reboot. Should be working after a couple of minutes

I told you to quit Safari, reboot and wait. Spamming command q will probably make things worst. Wait 10-20 minutes (thats what i did). For some of us was instantaneous, not for me

I followed the steps in this article. They are the same steps Apple went over with me when I called and spoke with senior advisor.

https://www.iphonetricks.org/fix-safari-icloud-tabs-not-syncing/

If all of your devices are not using the latest versions of their software (iOS, macOS) you may still have issues.

cng1990 wrote:

iCloud Tabs has stopped working on all of my devices

iCloud Tabs isn't working on any of my devices. I can't see them from my MacBook Pro (macOS Catalina), nor from my iPhone X (running 14.2). I have quadruple checked and iCloud is on and Safari is checked and everything is correct on each device. It was working fine up until I noticed the issued several days ago. I haven't changed any settings or behaviors or changed any features, but for whatever reason it isn't working anymore. And if it does, my computer shows iPhone tabs from the day before and not current tabs and my phone doesn't show my computer tabs at all anymore. Although it's small, it's a feature of iCloud that I use quite often and it's a nuisance to have it not working properly.

I followed all suggestions on forums and articles to turn off iCloud, turn off Safari, etc. on each device and turn it back on but still nothing. I've restarted and rebooted a plethora of times and it's still the same issue. Does anyone have any insights on what could be causing this issue and how to fix it?

If you've performed the steps as you described above, then the next step - Get Support.

Like everyone else, exact same problem. Since Big Sur none of the tabs from my other devices will show up in iCloud any longer. They work between the Phone and iPads but nothing shows up on my MacBook Pro, I have to resort to Air Dropping each tab one by one to my MacBook and vice versa. This is a huge inconvenience and drain on productivity. I can't believe Apple has not addressed this bug yet.

For me it is now works well enough (after a few days resetting + iCloud-restoring my iPhone 12) that I have gone back to using Safari:

• Tabs are syncing between my MacBook and iPhone, albeit in a delayed fashion.
• The syncing of browser history and bookmarks are snappy.

I think iCloud tabs is completely broken in iOS 14 - and I'm shocked (but not at all surprised) that Apple has been completely quiet about it.

My Intel Mac (High Sierra) happily syncs iCloud tabs with my iPad Air 1 (iOS 12.5) but on my iOS 14.4 devices it's completely broken.

Incidentally, I found a great little free app called CloudlyTabs which gives quick menu bar access to tabs on all your devices synching via iCloud. Needless to say, my iOS 14 phone does not appear in the list.

For those who haven’t make sure you report it to Apple - https://www.apple.com/feedback/

Yep, same here. After restarting the browser on my imac with Catalina it suddenly started working again.

Have you read the previous posts.

It would appear Apple have fixed it at the server end.

No need to do anything.

It is now working fine.