Need to recover safari tabs

mhmisenh Said:

"Need to recover safari tabs: [...] What else can I do to get these tabs back? That really shouldn’t have cleared my history across all my devices or removed my tabs with no warning. It really seems like my tabs should have been included in the backup."

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Troubleshooting iPhone Tabs:

A. Not Yet an App-Only Feature:

Unfortunately, tabs cannot be brought back. This is because leaving tabs open is not a feature for the iPhone yet.

B. Recommend this to Apple:

Do your Part: These are user-to-user forums. Apple rarely reads these forums on their own time as it is. So, provide Apple with feedback on this.  Apple wont get back to you directly, but the more they hear of this, the more they will know what their customer prefer, and what to include in models to come.

To Provide Feedback:

1. Go Here: Feedback - iPhone - Apple
2. Select: "Feature Request" for the "Feedback Type"
3. Comment: on why you want this to be an option, and how it can help others
4. Proceed form there as necessary

mhmisenh Said:

"Need to recover safari tabs"

History from iCloud:

A. "Thankfully the ipad tabs were still there." So all is restored?

History from Restoration:

B. "Just prior to posting this I restored from my most recent backup (B), but it didn’t restore anything in safari. Seems like it should have."

IT would restore those items in the History. They wouldn't have opened as tabs. Moreover, they would only be in the History, if those tabs existed in the backup. So, was this backup made while these tabs were open? If not, then they will not come up on the iPhone after is restoration.

History from Browser-Syncing:

C. "is there a way to sync Firefox to iOS safari that I missed?"

Use This Link: Import Bookmarks, History, and Passwords in Safari on Mac - Apple Support

mhmisenh Said:

"Need to recover safari tabs: [...]Pretty poor design on apple’s part. They probably thought it was brilliant.”

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Provide Feedback to Apple:

Apple wont get back to you directly, but the more feedback they receive on this the more they can know how things are easily used, and how it suits their users expectations.

1. Go Here: Feedback - macOS - Apple
2. Select: "Feature Request" for the "Feedback Type"
3. Select: "User Interface" for the "Feedback Area"
4. Comment: on how and why this does not meet you satisfactions, so that Apple can be made aware of this
5. Proceed from there as necessary

mhmisenh Said:

"I leave tabs open all the time. I’m pretty sure they even transferred to my new iPhone when I transferred everything over. But one small mistake did cause then to vanish with no warning. I’ll give feedback to Apple if I can’t find a solution, but I’m hoping to still find a way to recover the tabs."

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Recovering Safari History:

Three Thoughts...

A. iCloud-Sharing Safari History:

Is this iPhone synced with iCloud? If so, and Safari is enabled n the iCloud settings, then open Safari on another device signed into the same iCould account. See if these tab's sites are seen in the History of Safari on the other device.

B. Have a Backup with These?:

You could restore your iPhone from a backup of your iPhone that contains these tabs.

C. Sync with Another Browser:

See this video from Mozilla: Sync bookmarks, logins and browsing history on Firefox for iOS - Mozilla

So, try setting this up seeing If it then works.

I had iCloud set to back up safari, I asked the person at the Apple store repeatedly if that backs up my tabs to be restored. He said it does. I restored and no tabs came back. I wiped my phone and tried again, still nothing. 😤