Safari Pinned Tabs on Mac Disappear after Merging Windows

Hi there Todd Berliner,

We're happy to provide some guidance. To start, you'll want to be sure your Mac is updated to the latest version of macOS Ventura, which is macOS Ventura 13.0.1. To learn how to update your Mac, have a look at this link: Update macOS on Mac - Apple Support

If your pinned tabs still disappear after merging windows in Safari, let's try testing this behavior in another user account. Learn how to set one up here: Change Users & Groups settings on Mac - Apple Support

Let us know how it goes!

Cheers.

Hello,

I, too, have had tabs disappear in the past 6 months. It is very frustrating and time consuming,and I cannot find a solution.

By the way - - I notice that just before this happens, my pinned tabs begin to look different (squished together, long horizontal tabs, and they won't open or close properly. Sure enough - - they're gone the next day.

My Solution: I created a Bookmark Folder and named it "Pinned Tabs". Then I went to the websites that I wanted, pinned them, and and added them to the Pinned Tabs folder.

As an extra precaution, I created a database on Numbers and copied the web addresses.

Both of these ideas seem "backwards", but ithe next time my tabs disappear, I will be able to get them back a little more easily.

I hope this is helpful!

Hello,

I, too, have had tabs disappear in the past 6 months. It is very frustrating and time consuming,and I cannot find a solution.

By the way - - I notice that just before this happens, my pinned tabs begin to look different (squished together, long horizontal tabs, and they won't open or close properly. Sure enough - - they're gone the next day.

My Solution: I created a Bookmark Folder and named it "Pinned Tabs". Then I went to the websites that I wanted, pinned them, and and added them to the Pinned Tabs folder.

As an extra precaution, I created a database on Numbers and copied the web addresses.

Both of these ideas seem "backwards", but ithe next time my tabs disappear, I will be able to get them back a little more easily.

I hope this is helpful!

Hi, Todd!

I tried this and it is my easiest ”solution” so far:

Click on the Safari icon in the dock.

Go to Options and “checkmark”  Open at Login.

This worked a little better. Now when I open my window, the tabs are not pinned; HOWEVER, they are all there and appear as regular tabs. 

Then, all I have to do is “pin” them. 

Still inconvenient, but better than before.

I also notice that if I don’t “quit” Safari, the tabs generally stayed pinned.

I hope this works for you!

Todd, this may be more info that you want, but I discovered one more thing:

I notice that when  I have my cursor in a new start page tab, my originally pinned tabs appear under favorites.

If you set up a Pinned Tabs Folder under Bookmarks, try this:

Click on Safari (to the right of the apple at the top of your screen)

Go to Settings,

General

"Favorites shows:"

Now you can have any favorite folder shown on you start page.  I set this to open my Pinned Tabs.

So my start page looks like this.

All I have to do is open and repin any missing tabs.

Hi Todd,

Based on the excellent troubleshooting you have already done, we think it might be helpful for you to speak with an AppleCare technical advisor to continue investigating this issue. Click the link below, choose the phone number for your region from the list, and call when it is convenient.

Contact Apple for support and service - Apple Support

Take care.

Hi Todd Berliner,

If the Advisor you spoke with experienced the same issue, we'd recommend following up and continuing to allow them to investigate this issue a bit more.

Contact Apple Support and reference your previous case number if you have it under the "Enter Case ID" link.

Take care!

Just to add to the voices so folks know it's not an isolated issue; I recently upgraded to Ventura 13.0.1 and have been repeatedly losing my pinned tabs ever since. Never had the issue happen once before installing Ventura. I've done the reboot thing a few times to no positive outcome, and I'm far too busy to waste my time calling into Apple Support. Just letting the world know this is happening. Here's what's happening to me - because it sounds a little different. I'm not attempting to Merge Windows when my pinned tabs disappear. Instead, what's happening is that my pinned tabs are mysteriously just turning into regular tabs instead of pinned tabs (I've noticed it a few times). Once the pinned tabs turn into regular tabs, every time I either restart Safari or just start absent-mindedly closing tabs because I have a bunch open - I lose the pinned tabs I want to keep because instead they've on-their-own become just ordinary tabs that you would normally lose any time you close your browser. So there, the world knows, I'll just live with the inconvenience for now but hopefully Apple will release an update and the problem will disappear.

Exactly the same problem here! Pinned tabs always gone. Once ALL my 100 tabs were gone from days of research with no way of getting them back, reopen closed windows didn't exist after merging tabs.

This is obviously not an individual problem but a bug. For me it started with Ventura, never had that before.

Yes, bwiley, I have noticed this as well - - they turn into regular tabs. I just had an automatic update and sure enough - - the tabs disappeared. I am just glad to know that I am not losing my mind (I am a senior citizen). I thought it was just me!

Thanks! I, too, hope that Apple fixes it!

Just happened to me again. Enough to make me use a different browser.