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iPad iOS 17.7.7 update Lost Safari Favorites Bar

Updated iPad Gen 6 to iOS 17.7.7 today, and now my Safari Favorites Menu Bar is missing.

Process to rectify as follows:

Checked Settings > Safari > Show Favourites Bar = On
Turned above off and full cold reboot
Turned above on and full cold reboot
iCloud settings turned off Safari sync'ing and reset
Full cold reboot
iCloud settings turned on Safari sync'ing
Full cold reboot
Reset Settings
Full device restore from backup prior to update
Full device reset to factory settings

None of the above worked to bring back the Safari Favorites Menu Bar within Safari.

iPad, iPadOS 17

Posted on May 12, 2025 10:14 PM

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Jacozilla

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Posted on May 12, 2025 11:26 PM

Same as above, plus Safari start page can’t be edited. It defaults to every option checked (Favorites, Frequently visited, Shared with you, Privacy report, etc.)

I like to have clean start page, with favorites bar enabled and just iCloud tabs option.

But as OP stated above, the show favorites bar is bugged / broken with 17.7.7 -AND- the start page can’t be edited. It just constantly reverts any edit settings made when closing/restarting browser. It only saves edit options for the duration of browser session.

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May 15, 2025 12:11 AM in response to FineWine

Same problem here

May 19, 2025 07:33 PM in response to FineWine

Fixed. IOS 17.7.8 restores the Favorites Bar.

Jknops

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May 17, 2025 03:16 AM in response to FineWine

Same Safari bug for the Favorites Bar. Reminds me of the hildhood song we sang: “ Johnny ate an an apple with a big worm inside . . .” Johnny eventually dies which would be a fitting end to IOS 17.7.7

b1uevoid

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May 18, 2025 03:14 AM in response to FineWine

Thanks for the link. Hopefully we'll eventually get a fix. I also have issues with Disney+ and Amazon Prime since the update. I now have to sign into the apps every time I open them. It's really annoying.

FineWine Author

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May 18, 2025 12:16 PM in response to FineWine

Yep, me too experiencing continual app log-outs.

Also, the Apple weather widget keeps asking for Location permissions, even though 'Aways' is set, it changes to 'While Using' again and then 'Allow widgets from Weather to use your location' permission keeps popping up.

This is the BUGGIEST update I have ever experienced in my 20 years of Apple products.

May 18, 2025 03:14 PM in response to Losttheplot222

For Apple? I doubt it; but it's the beginning of the end for these 6th-gen iPads for sure. iPadOS 18 already dropped support for them. Apple seems to like about a 5-year lifecycle on things give or take, and these are around 6. So it wouldn't surprise me if they're a small enough portion of the pool that they don't consider it importent to do rigorous testing.

FineWine Author

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May 19, 2025 08:15 PM in response to Technologyisourfriend

Yippee 🥳

As dronarron just posted, the Favourites Bar is now back within Safari

Also, it appears the Location settings are now sticking

Also, Log-ins are also now sticking

So it appears all bugs I was experiencing has been fixed with this minor update to iOS 17.7.8 for 6th Gen iPad

FineWine Author

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May 16, 2025 07:26 PM in response to FineWine

This has popped up in MacRumors: Apple Stops Signing iPadOS 17.7.7 After Reports of App Login Issues

No mention of our problems/Bug, but it appears that this 17.7.7 release has a variety of Bugs.

May 18, 2025 03:16 PM in response to FineWine

So far I haven't encountered too much of that, but I keep getting prompted to allow Safari to paste from the clipboard when pasting something into Discord. The "Allow" is getting forgotten.

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