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iOS 15.4 Safari Bookmark/Favorities position sync issue

idark77

idark77

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I have a problem with Safari Bookmarks/Favorities in iOS 15.4.
If I add a new page to bookmark (or inside a Bookmark folder), this new page is synced through my devices but the position is always on top of the others. If I move it, the new position doesn’t sync…
Please can you confirm it?
 
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Yeah, I've been fighting this issue over the past few days, but on my Mac. After updating to macOS 12.3/Safari 15.4, the first bookmark I added in Safari on my Mac went to the top of the list and synced to my iPhone/iPad that way. If I changed the position on my Mac, the position never synced to my iPhone/iPad. I then changed the position on my iPad, and that synced to my iPhone.

All is good now, right? Nope... When I re-opened Safari on the Mac, the bookmark would be at the top of the list again. Then checking my iPhone/iPad, it was back to the top of the list there as well. After doing some troubleshooting, I found that my bookmarks would get reverted just after quitting and re-opening Safari (positions would be forgotten, added bookmarks would be lost, deleted bookmarks would be back). It seemed as if it was only retaining the changes in memory and not getting saved to the disk or iCloud. (And/or pushing the old/corrupt version back to iCloud?)

My bookmarks are syncing fine between my iPhone and iPad though (both on iOS/iPadOS 15.4), just not to/from my Mac reliably.

I thought I had it fixed this morning by disabling Safari syncing, deleting my Bookmarks.plist file, and re-enabling Safari syncing (based on this thread). All was good for awhile, but it seems to be acting up now that I try it again. (Added a bookmark on my Mac. It added to the bottom of the list this time, but isn't syncing to my iPhone/iPad. Restarted Safari and the bookmark isn't there anymore. Added a bookmark on my iPhone, and that synced to my iPad but not to my Mac.)

Just out of curiosity, do you have a Mac too? Could Safari on the Mac actually be the culprit? Not sure if we're having the exact same issue, but Safari on the Mac seems to be the problem child for me.
 
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Yes, I have a Mac and the issue is across all devices. I haven't really dug deep into this bug as I am dealing with multiple music bugs/issues since 15.4. This issue has been really small in comparison. Just a minor nuisance.
 
Ive also had this issue for the last few days. Its really been annoying. I thought I was the only the one. Ive tried signing out of iCloud on all devices but it didn't help.
 
I have this issue across all my devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac).
 
I’ve noticed since 15.3 that syncing Mail, texts, Notes, etc. often requires me to force close the app on the other devices and reopen them before it syncs. It is still pretty slow at syncing in 15.4 too. I haven’t noticed the bookmark issue, but I haven’t added any new ones lately. But the old bookmark issue of not remembering where I was in the bookmarks is really aggravating.
 
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I just came here to post this issue, and found it here …

For me it‘s not just the synch issue - I don’t want bookmarks added to the top! It totally messes with my workflow, and my mind.
 
I am seeing the same issue among all my devices where iCloud sync is enabled for Safari. Bookmarks, Reading List, and History are not syncing between any device. If I disable iCloud sync for Safari and enable it again, the issue is temporarily fixed but then breaks again.
 
With 15.4.1 at least bookmarks are now back to being added at the bottom :)

The synch issue remains to be seen … Any positive reports?
 
Same issue. I been on with Apple all week running test. Issue is found and engineering is working on it. Apple said it partially the server and my iPhone. They went in my iPhone and IMac to down load logs after the replicated issue. They are calling me back Sunday to get repaired
 
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This bug is driving me insane as I have multiple devices and every time when I make a change of orders (folders first then individual bookmarks) it somehow goes back to the other way which is out of sync. I stayed up to update all the devices to 15.4.1 and 12.3.1 but the problem is still there!
 
15.4.1 and 12.3.1, the problem is not solved…

ragtopvette94 said:
Same issue. I been on with Apple all week running test. Issue is found and engineering is working on it. Apple said it partially the server and my iPhone. They went in my iPhone and IMac to down load logs after the replicated issue. They are calling me back Sunday to get repaired
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Ughhh me to it's driving me crazy :( only the bookmarks I create on iOS seem to be at the top and since Mac OS 12.3.1 i'm only seeing them move to the top on iOS :(
 
Safari is a mess in 15.4. Tab groups are bustest (they crash or go back one page when clicking links as if you never clicked it), giant google search favicon, recently visited are busted for nearly everyone, now this. Apple seems content with this garbage though so that’s nice.
 
Good to know I am not the only one. It drove me crazy at first but now I have accepted my defeat and just let it stay at the top
 
I'm having this problem across IOS, iPadOS and MacOS. After trying repeatedly to repair bookmarks lists, they keep corrupting. I've turned off other devices from syncing and its not a problem syncing between devices but another in a long history of iCloud problems.

Going back to the days of iDisk, it's been unreliable.
 
- since ios15.4(.1?), bookmark order of sync is broken
- since ~ios 14 or 15.something, to me it seems like Apple must have changed the realtime sync behaviour, once battery is low. Depending on the devicetype, once battery is lower than 20 or 10%, realtimesync seems to be completely disabled. But recovers silently later on, after charging.
- since around ios 10.x, the Chrome/ Windows iCloud sync seems to break in regular intervalls, I suspect at the time when either Chrome or iCloud gets a version update (which usually installs silently). A time consuming reinstall and reboot procedure of icloud for Windows plus lots of waiting is required to tempfix it until the next update happens.
- sometimes the server side icloud bookmark sync service seems to be the issue, not sending sync notifications to some devices for several hours.
- bookmark sync delays in general seem to have noticably increased in the last 2 years.
- the merge process after the „do you want to merge the bookmarks“ question when manually trying fixing a sync-broken device has unfortunately gotten worse: about a year ago, that merge just led to several duplicate bookmarks. As of now, I usually loose a couple of recent bookmarks in that manual process, which is worse.

bookmark sync unfortunately is one of those really rotten dark corners of iOS. Which is sad, because a long long time ago, it really worked flawlessly.
I wish Apple would address that and properly fix that.
 
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