So Safari 11 broke iCloud tab syncing

Mine work. Try going Safari/View/Customize Toolbar and add the iCloud tabs.

Try Settings/Your Name/iCloud and slide off syncing. Wait a few minutes and then resync. This will start the sync from the beginning.

Try going to System Preferences/iCloud and stop syncing by unchecking the box. Wait a couple of minutes, then recheck syncing.

Last resort - have you tried signing out of iCloud and then sign back in?

Hi mates,

Just a quick update, I tried contacting Apple Support out of desperation. And was fortunate to speak to a product specialist who offered to help with the iCloud tab syncing issue.

I was guided to set up a test account to test if iCloud tabs was working. Quick answer to that is "NO" the test account could see the tabs on the administrator account running MacOS_El Capitan 10.11.6 but none of the tabs from my 3 other devices running iOS 11.0.3 could be seen on the test account in Safari.

The information and query has been sent to Apple Tech team to work on. Let's hope we get a reply on this matter and hopefully turn out to be just a bug that can be fixed in the next patch.

Hope this helps.

A BIG SHOUT OUT to Ben from Apple who assisted me through this concern. Thanks Mate!

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likewise @ Scott Rose,

Have tried resyncing / signing out from all 4 devices (MBP 2009_El Capitan, iPhone 6, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6s) for the past few hours with no resolution to the problem.

Anyone has better attempts? came across the system requirements for iCloud, wonder if that matters.

System requirements for iCloud - Apple Support

I suspect that's the case why my machines are not syncing (MBP 2009_El Capitan, iPhone 6, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6s)

System requirements for iCloud - Apple Support

Anyone able to confirm that iOS 11 does not sync will El Capitan on the MacOS?

Me the same. Both iPad and iPhone running 10.3.3 can see each other's opening tabs, but not Mac running High Sierra. Mac Safari 11 can still see opening tabs on iOS devices but not the other way around.

I've the same issue.

iPad running iOS 10.3.3, iPhone running iOS 11.0, MacBook Pro running macOS High Sierra and 2 old iphone 4's running iOS 7.

iOS 11 and macOS can see iCloud tabs for all devices.

iOS 10.3.3 CANNOT see iCloud tabs for iOS 11 or macOS but can see the iOS 7 devices.

Signed out, powered down and signed back in again several times with no positive result. There's a bug there that needs to be addressed.

I'm not sure the culprit is Safari 11 *only* but either way, I have the same symptoms as you.

iPad Pro - iOS 10.3.3

MacBook Pro - Sierra, Safari 11

iPhone 6S Plus - iOS 11.1 (Beta)

iPad - iOS 11 (Beta, don't know what version, just not 11.1 because I didn't update it yet)

iPad Pro is my work device and I can't update it to iOS 11 yet. It can not see *any* other Safari tabs. All other devices can see the iPad Pro tabs. The MacBook Pro is my work laptop and also can't be updated to High Sierra, although it has been updated to Safari 11.

I do have a personal MacBook Pro at home with Sierra and hopefully not Safari 11. I don't use this laptop very often. I know I did some updates that last time I turned it on 3 weeks ago now, just hopeful one of them wasn't Safari 11 so I can at least confirm tab syncing still works between that device and my iPad Pro. Currently, no devices see its tabs but I need to rule out the issue being that I haven't done anything in Safari in at least 3 weeks on it and tabs older than a certain number of days aren't synced anyway.

I think it has to do with the OS you are using.

I have iPhone - updated to the latest iOS 11 and its Tabs disappeared from my Mac with El Capitan and iPad with iOS 9.

After updating the Mac to the High Sierra the tabs on the Mac and the Phone are in sync. The iPad with its OS fell out of the pack since it only supports iOS 9.

I have submitted a bug report to Apple through the submit feedback link. I'm certain the issue is using Safari 11 and/or iOS 11. Devices below either of those 2 versions can't see the tabs of devices running those versions. The higher versions can see the lower version tabs, but the lower versions can't see the higher versions.

I am experiencing the exact same issue.

I can see the all the tabs from all my devices on my MacBook Pro (Sierra & Safari v11).

But I cannot see the open tabs from my MacBook Pro on my other two devices: Mac Pro (El Captain) and iPhone (iOS 10).

I agree with Scot Rose it seems like Safari 11 broke iCloud Safari tabs syncing.

Exactly. There is no reciprocity with ios10 from ios11. When i signed out & signed in (applecare tech) into icloud to see if that would resolve it,

BEWARE:

All my icloud settings went to default/photo library.

I didnt realize it & lost all my personal settings including all my 852 photos on photostream on my ios10 device, & only 12 remained in my ios 11 device.

Fortunately, my iphone is still ios 10 & all photos in photostream remain. I WILL NEVER SIGN OUT ON ICLOUD!

perhaps when they repair icloud syncing they will return?

I think the newest devices cannot conform to the older models. My new ipad will not ALLOW the old ipad to sync to it.

I have all syncing ONLY on ios11 new iPad.

signing out of icloud changes the settings to default & deleted my photostream IN MY OLD IPAD.

i lost all my ohotos, but the6 are still in my ohine gecause i didnt sign out of icloud thete.

DO NOT SIGN OUT OF GOOGLE.

this is an icloud update problem.

we will have to wait for apple to correct it.

I have the same issue. I have an iPhone SE and iPad Air II on iOS10. I also have a iPhone 6s on iOS11. My two macs are on Sierra and High Sierra respectively. The problem is that the iOS10 devices only see each others iCloud safari tabs, but not those of the iOS11 iPhone and the macs. There's no problem the other way around.

I'm not planning on upgrading to iOS 11 on my iPhone SE because that's my daily driver, and iOS 11 slows the phone down (not dramatically, but it does).

I made some feedback and filed a bug. Hopefully Apple will fix this soon.