Comments on: Why do bookmark folders appear on my iPad, but not my iPhone?

By: Robert Schropp

Robert Schropp — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:49:55 +0000

Hello FIDELIS,

I encountered the reverse situation. My iPhone was syncing my bookmarks from my iMac correctly. It was my iPad that wasn’t syncing my bookmarks correctly. I followed your instructions on the iPad and my bookmarks and folders displayed as they do on my other devices. Who would have thought? Thanks much for your assistance!

By: Schlubumir van den Hoodenkraft

Schlubumir van den Hoodenkraft — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:49:00 +0000

Thanks, Fidelis. Here is what I did. Opened Safari, like you said, but the status bar did not react, cause it seemed that everything was synced already (except for the folders of course).
Push was already set, so i tried adding a page to the reading list which interestingly did dont sync to the phone. Then i switched off the icloud sync for bookmarks, erased all bookmarks by doing so and switched sync back on. In safari the statusbar thing started spinning, like you said it would when bookmarks are beeing pushed to the phone. Everything was synced!

Except for the folders

My biggest fear is i am plain too stupid and forgot one tiny adjustment

By: FIDELIS

FIDELIS — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:35:00 +0000

Hello, try the following:

– in your iPhone, open safari
– open bookmarks menu and find the reading list(Read later list in your post)
– once reading list is accessed, you should be able to see activity in the status bar indicator. The status bar indicator should start spinning
– opening reading list should trigger iCloud to sync and bookmarks should be updated
– try to stay in this page until the status bar indicator stops turning

You could also try changing the settings in your iPhone to push:

– in your iphone follow next steps:
– settings
– mail
– contacts
– calendars
– fetch new data
– tap to enable push

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3392156?start=15&tstart=0

By: Tina

Tina — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:23:00 +0000

Thank you for the thorough update!

By: Schlubumir van den Hoodenkraft

Schlubumir van den Hoodenkraft — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:55:00 +0000

Edit: Unfortunately nothing worked so far (besides maybe the itunes sync which I havent tried yet) so I will get more precise on the problem:
Ipad bookmark bar:
page1,
page2,
FolderA (pageA1, pageA2…),
folderB (page B1, pageB2),
…
Iphone boookmarks ( not bookmark bar):
Folder: Read later list (I dont know the correct translation)
Folder:History
Folder:Bookmark bar:Page1
Page2
Iphone Bookmark page I1
….

So basically page1 and page1 got synced, but all the folders are missing. Maybe there is an adjustement necessary in the icloud- or safari settings I am missing here.
Maybe this additional info can help solve this problem.
Best
Schlubumir

By: Schlubumir van den Hoodenkraft

Schlubumir van den Hoodenkraft — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:34:00 +0000

Thanks for your help, but since I have the ipad I dont use the computer much anymore. I will try if nothing else works.

By: Schlubumir van den Hoodenkraft

Schlubumir van den Hoodenkraft — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:30:00 +0000

Ii tried turning it off an on agein but unfortunately this wont work. I will check the other options you gave me and report back! Thank you very much!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:29:00 +0000

try syncing bookmarks via iTunes.

By: FIDELIS

FIDELIS — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:19:00 +0000

Hello, Have you tried turning off sync for bookmarks in iCloud preferences and then turn it back on?

iCloud help:
http://help.apple.com/icloud/

Troubleshooting iCloud Bookmarks:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4001

Check the post before last in the next thread:
http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/iphone-hardware-accessories/253847-icloud-bookmark-sync-problems.html