Mac – Safari Bookmarks not syncing via iCloud issue

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I am frustrated by this issue that just appeared recently.

No matter what I do, any modification (rearranging, deletion) to the bookmarks are soon reverted.

the bookmarks are now totally out of sync with my iOS devices.

OS X version 10.11.3 (15D21)
Safari Version 9.0.3 (11601.4.4)

Pls see my youtube vid for demo of the issue:
https://youtu.be/ktxo1VVEwBI

Best Answer

You need to reset your Safari Bookmark. See this:

How can I reset the Safari bookmarks in iCloud?

Simplified steps:

  1. Turn off iCloud Safari sync on all devices
  2. Backup current bookmarks on Mac
  3. Delete bookmarks on all devices
  4. Turn on Safari syncing on Mac
  5. Restore bookmark backup file to ~/Library/Safari folder
  6. Turn on bookmark syncing on all iOS devices

The original author of these suggestions noted the following: "Once I turned syncing back on each device remained blank for quite some time. I’m not sure why but I was able to prod the system along by adding a fake bookmark on another device. This seemed to kick everything into gear and I was able to delete that fake bookmark on different device – which eventually deleted it across all devices."