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iOS 15.5 just deleted all of my Safari tabs

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Start date May 20, 2022
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macrumors 6502a

May 20, 2022

All 250 tabs. Gone. Thanks Apple. I was actually hoping this update would fix the awful Safari tab history issues where it will frequently remove all of a tab's history while browsing for no apparent reason. Guess I don't have that issue anymore, I don't have any tabs!!! Jesus f***ing Christ, Apple!!!!!!

macrumors 68040

May 21, 2022

just simply reopen from the bookmarks. or do I miss something?

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That’s awful! Here also happened the same. Upgrade done for IOS 15.5 and all tabs in safari main tab view have gone away, 100 of them. All the other tabs in tab groups have been kept! What bug is this Apple?! Never happened before within the updates between iOS 12 to now! How can we recover this tabs? Also the issue that every day now it deletes the tabs opened from last day. What’s happening? And also the bug that it doesn’t load the preview left in the tab groups… we need to reload each tab again to see what the tab is. Whatever was done have completely messed up Safari. Top annoying. It’s a disaster!

Slartibart said: just simply reopen from the bookmarks. or do I miss something? Click to expand...

dasthunder said: That’s nothing to do with bookmarks! If I open a tab that should stay there until I decide I want to close it. Not Safari close it like he wants! Click to expand...

macrumors 6502

May 22, 2022

macrumors G3

Why are you using tabs as bookmarks? Ever since browsers have had tabs I've always seen them as volatile.

zorinlynx said: Why are you using tabs as bookmarks? Ever since browsers have had tabs I've always seen them as volatile. Click to expand...

macrumors 68000

May 23, 2022

I did an IPSW upgrade to iPadOS 15.5 and have about 40 tabs open before the upgrade [iPadOS 15.4] but after the upgrade they were still there and nothing was lost... I also did an IPSW upgrade from iOS 15.3 RC to iOS 15.5 RC but I don't have any opened Safari tabs at the time so I don't know if the same would have happened... iPad 9 and iPhone 7 Plus

If your web history still remains intact you might be able to find some of those pages in the history, although its a long and tedious process.

May 25, 2022

Disappearing Safari Tabs on iPhone or iPad? How to Find Them

dasthunder said: Or do you say that I need to bookmark this webpage if I want to reopen again?? Click to expand...

dasthunder said: It’s crazy if someone do that! Click to expand...

macrumors G4

!!! said: All 250 tabs. Gone. Thanks Apple. I was actually hoping this update would fix the awful Safari tab history issues where it will frequently remove all of a tab's history while browsing for no apparent reason. Guess I don't have that issue anymore, I don't have any tabs!!! Jesus f***ing Christ, Apple!!!!!! Click to expand...

May 30, 2022

Realityck said: Got enough memory for 250 tabs? Click to expand...

macrumors member

Jun 1, 2022

I’ve lost all tabs that are not in a tab group for the second time in the last couple of weeks. Pretty annoying. (The tabs in tab groups stayed. But the Safari iCloud sync seems to be quite buggy anyways.)

Jun 14, 2022

Same here, all tabs gone! Horrible bug, happened two times. I discovered after being out of battery it happens. My partner had the same thing. Hope it will be fixed soon. Normally I leave all interesting tabs open until the max of 500. Have been doing this for years. Has never been an issue with memory.

I had up to 500 tabs open as well before—no performance problem.

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The1Biz said: I've never understood why people do this. If it's that important, just bookmark it and come back later. If it crashes and has to restart, you're probably going to lose everything you had open anyway. Leaving tabs open is like tempting fate to screw you. Click to expand...

silllli said: I do it out of convenience and it worked for the last 10 years. Technically there is no difference between a list of tabs and a list of bookmarks. Neither should be lost. Click to expand...

The1Biz said: I see it very differently. I've just learned over the years with iOS system and Safari random restarts and occasional crashes that bad stuff happens and you can't depend on tabs open. Bookmarks are at least a stable record. You can also backup via your computer or iCloud them for safety if it's really important. Honestly if you made it 10 years without anything bad happening, you're very lucky. I remember there was one iOS version at the tail end of the 3G lifecycle (the second released iPhone) where the phone would randomly shut down for no reason. Once you go through that, you don't leave things to chance. Click to expand...

Slartibart said: Well, technically there is quite a difference between 100 bookmarked websites or having these websites opened in individual tabs in your browser. 🤓 Regarding a difference between saved tab groups versus bookmarks - that does seem functionally similar, doesn’t it? Click to expand...

I've been to the Genius bar enough times with iOS issues over the years, and it was always recommended to reboot your phone once a week. In practice I never do that, maybe a few times a year outside of updates when its forced, and uptime is generally very good. I know enough now though, if it's mission critical, you need to back it up because a crash is always a possibility. Tabs historically have never been a stable way to keep data.

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10 Long Press Tips to Reveal Hidden Functions in Safari on iPhone and iPad

On iPhone and iPad , a long press (also known as a press-and-hold) gesture will often initiate a different action in an app that isn't immediately obvious, such as revealing an icon's contextual menu. On recent iPhones, a long press will sometimes also offer haptic feedback in the form of a vibration, which Apple calls Haptic Touch .

Apple has made extensive use of the long press gesture and ‌Haptic Touch‌ in its apps, which means if you don't tend to long press screen elements, you could be unaware of some convenient shortcuts to everyday actions, or you could even be missing out on app functionality altogether.

play Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. This is particularly true for Safari, Apple's native mobile browser, which has several handy features that can be accessed with a long press. In this article, we've put together 10 of our favorite long press tips for Safari on iPhones and iPads running iOS 13.

Note that the default minimum period that a finger must press on the screen for the long gesture to be recognized is half a second. If you're having trouble performing a long press, open the Settings app, go to Accessibility -> Haptic Touch , and try selecting a Fast or Slow touch duration. There's also a handy interactive demo area for you to test each setting.

1. Bookmark Multiple Tabs in One Go

Make sure you have a few tabs open in Safari that you want to reference at a later time. Now, select one of those tabs, and in the main browsing window, long press the Bookmark icon (it looks like an open book).

2. Bulk Copy Links in a Bookmarks Folder

Following on from the last tip, if you long press on a bookmarks folder in Safari, you'll see a Copy Contents option pop up in the contextual menu.

3. Fast Scroll Web Pages

A scroll bar appears on the right-hand side of the Safari window whenever you swipe to navigate a web page.

4. Close All Open Tabs

If the number of active tabs has gotten out of hand in your browser session, long press the Tabs icon in the bottom-right corner (top-right on ‌iPad‌) of the web page view to reveal the Close All Tabs option.

In iOS 13, you‌ can actually get Safari to close tabs on your behalf, based on when you last viewed them. Launch the Settings app and select Safari -> Close Tabs , and you'll find options to make the browser automatically close tabs that have not been viewed After One Day , After One Week , or After One Month .

5. Re-open Recently Closed Tabs

If you've accidentally closed a browser tab in Safari and want to open it back up, open up the Tabs view and long press on the " + " icon to get a look at all of the tabs that you've recently closed.

6. Open All Bookmarks in a Folder in New Tabs

This option appears in the same contextual menu described in tip 2. Long press a bookmarks folder and you'll see an option to Open in New Tabs .

7. Preview a Favorite Site or Hyperlink

If you want to take a peek at what a specific web page hyperlink has to offer before actually visiting the site, long press the link to get a preview of it. Note that you can also perform this action on the Favorites or Frequently Visited sites that appear in the start page of a new tab.

You can revert this functionality on the same long press screen at any time by selecting Tap to show preview .

8. Merge All Safari Windows

This one is exclusively for ‌iPad‌ users running iPadOS. If you have multiple browser windows open in the background, you can tidy things up by merging all of them, including their tabs, into the active browser window.

9. Download a Linked File

Now that now Safari has a Downloads Manager, you can download files directly from hyperlinks. Simply tap and hold a linked file, then select Download Linked File from the contextual menu. You can tap the Downloads Manager icon in the top-right corner of the address bar to check on its progress.

10. Access the Tab Control Panel

Another one that's just for Safari on ‌iPad‌. Next time you have multiple tabs open, tap and hold one of those tabs to access the new tab control panel.