Safari Tab groups are gone after new mac initialization !!!

I have bought a new mac and when I have done basic os initialization Safari gets synced and all my Tab groups on my old Mac are gone but on my iPad are still there. Any T&T to get my Tabs back on comps as they are important to me!


Thanks

Mac mini, macOS 10.13

Posted on Feb 23, 2023 4:19 AM

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Feb 24, 2023 12:27 PM in response to Mexadon

Greetings Mexadon,


We'd like to assist you with restoring your iCloud Tabs to your Mac. The following steps may help resolve this issue:


"On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple menu  > System Settings. In macOS Monterey or earlier, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences. 
  2. Click Apple ID, then click iCloud. 
  3. Click to turn on Safari.


If you can't set up or use iCloud Tabs

iCloud Tabs works between devices running iOS 13 or iPadOS 13 or later and macOS Mojave 10.14.4 or later, or between devices running iOS 12 or earlier and macOS Mojave 10.14.3 or earlier. 

  • If your iCloud Tabs aren't updating, make sure that you're running the latest iOS or iPadOS on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch and the latest macOS on your Mac.
  • Check that you signed in to iCloud with the same Apple ID on all of your devices, and that your Apple ID has two-factor authentication turned on."


More details here: Set up and use iCloud Tabs


Cheers.



Feb 24, 2023 2:41 PM in response to Mexadon

Hey Mexadon,


Did you also check your iPad settings to be sure Safari is turned on in the iCloud settings there?


Keep tabs and Tab Groups updated across your devices

Go to Settings  > [your name] > iCloud > Show All, then make sure Safari is turned on.

Note: To also see tabs open on your Mac, you must have Safari turned on in iCloud settings on your Mac, be signed in with the same Apple ID, and use two-factor authentication.


The above steps and more can be found here: View your Safari tabs from another Apple device on iPad - Apple Support


Let us know what you find.


Take care!



Feb 24, 2023 12:54 PM in response to bailier

HI @bailier thank you for attempt to help but this does not work. My Safari Cloud is in sync


here is screenshot from iPad



What you can see on screenshot are standard "Tabs Groups" that get vanished on macOS Safari on my old Mac when Safari on new mac get in sync with new one and these aren't "Cloud tabs" Cloud tabs shows as expected but I need to get back my Tabs Groups as each contain many pages to specific topic.


Stan

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