Text Shortcuts on Mac not syncing with iOS Devices

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Text Shortcuts on Mac not syncing with iOS Devices

It appears that my iOS devices are syncing text shortcuts, because when I add/remove one from one device, it's replicated on the other devices.

However, text shortcut changes made on my Mac ( Macbook Air, latest Mavericks version ) are not replicated to the iOS devices, and vice-versa. It's like my iPad and iPhone have decided to share with each other , and ignore my Mac.

I tried deleting the com~apple~Textinput folder, but that did not have any effect. I also tried turning iCloud off and on on my Mac, and that did not help, either.

Ideas on how to fix this?

MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3), 8GB RAM 256MB SSD Hard Drive

Posted on Aug 9, 2014 10:03 PM

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AxeBox360 Author

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Aug 10, 2014 4:12 PM in response to AxeBox360

I figured it out, I turned off Document syncing on all devices, then deleted the ~Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~TextInput folder instead of the subfolders that I deleted the first time, Then I turned document syncing back on (warning , all text shortcuts are gone! ) on my Mac, and then on my iOS devices.

It took a few minutes for my devices to catchup, but they all went to zero text shortcuts, and I was able to create a new text shortcut on each device and have it replicate to the other devices.

While this fixed my problem, it's a good idea to back up your text shortcuts to another program( evernote? ) in case you need to do what I just did to fix a syncing issue.

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DavidXGA

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Nov 17, 2015 8:33 PM in response to AxeBox360

I had this problem, and all I had to do was turn iCloud Drive off and then on again. Didn't need to delete anything, and my text shortcuts immediately synced.

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leventv

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Nov 20, 2015 12:58 AM in response to DavidXGA

Your suggestion solved my exact problem. Thank you.

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