Safari bookmarks no longer syncing

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Safari bookmarks no longer syncing

I've added a few sites to my Safari reading list and bookmarks from my Macbook. They have synced to my iMac but not the iPad or iPhone. Any ideas why the iOS devices stopped syncing and how to fix it?

Posted on Sep 4, 2015 8:08 AM

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Answer 1

chuck_3rd

Community Specialist

Sep 5, 2015 9:09 AM in response to 4thSpace

Howdy 4thSpace,

Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities.

If your Safari bookmarks and reading list are not syncing to your iOS devices, then you might not have Safari iCloud syncing enabled in your iCloud Settings.

Get help using iCloud Bookmarks and Reading List - Apple Support

Take care.

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Answer 2

4thSpace Author

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Sep 5, 2015 9:14 AM in response to chuck_3rd

It is enabled on all iOS devices. Syncing use to work fine for them but stopped for whatever reason. Although yesterday, all of my bookmarks finally came over. Today I added a new bookmark on my Macbook. But still nothing on the iOS devices. The bookmark is there on the iMac.

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Answer 3

chuck_3rd

Community Specialist

Sep 5, 2015 9:17 AM in response to 4thSpace

Hi 4thSpace,

Thanks for providing additional information. I still suggest that you go through the troubleshooting in the previous reply to help resolve this issue of your iCloud Bookmarks not syncing.

Get help using iCloud Bookmarks and Reading List - Apple Support

Have a good one.

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Answer 4

xser

Level 1

87 points

Jan 3, 2016 10:40 AM in response to 4thSpace

After 4 weeks of this, I fixed this by doing the following:

- Back up iPhone (to Macbook)

- Restore iPhone and set up as new (i.e., do not restore from backup)

- (Log in to iCloud when prompted during setup)

- (Once using phone): Do an iCloud backup. (Settings > iCloud > Backup > Back Up Now)

- Go to Settings > iCloud and turn off Safari (Choose "Delete..." when prompted)

- (Wait until delete is complete)

- (Wait until backup is complete)

- Turn off iPhone

- Turn on iPhone

- Go to Settings > iCloud and turn on Safari (Choose "Merge" when prompted)

My bookmarks showed up in seconds (I have about 100 bookmarks and I am on wifi with about 15mbps speeds.)

What's Weird: I've tried this multiple times over 4 weeks (and the folks at the Genius Bar tried all of this as well) and this is the first time it worked.

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