How do you sync the Safari Reading List? I have iCloud turned on, but I don’t see a setting for syncing my Reading List stories between copies of the Safari browser running on my iPad, Windows 7 PC, and Mac OS X Lion.
Apple’s Safari Reading List, which lets you save stories for later perusal, is basically an area for temporary bookmarks. While it does not have its own switch to turn on or off in the iCloud settings, you can keep your Reading List in sync across devices by turning on the iCloud option to sync Bookmarks.
You get to this on the iPad (or other iOS 5 device like an iPhone or iPod Touch) by tapping the Settings icon on the Home screen and tapping the iCloud icon. On the iCloud settings screen, make sure you are logged into your iCloud account and tap the button next to Bookmarks to On before closing the screen.
On the Windows PC, (which needs to have the iCloud Control Panel for Windows installed ahead of time), go to the Start menu and choose Control Panel. On the Control Panel screen, click on Network and Internet and click on the iCloud Control Panel. Log into your iCloud account with the same user name and password used on the iPad and put a check in the box next to Bookmarks to sync them between devices. (If the box indicates that iCloud is set to sync with Internet Explorer bookmarks instead of Safari, click the Options button and choose Safari instead.) Click the Close button then finished.
On the Mac, go to the Apple menu and choose System Preferences, or just click the System Preferences icon in the Mac’s Dock.
On the System Preferences screen under Internet and Wireless, click the iCloud
icon. Again, make sure you are logged in with the same iCloud user name and password that you used on the iPad and Windows computer and then put a check in the box next to Bookmarks. Close the iCloud preferences
box when you are done.
Once you have properly set up all your participating computers and iOS devices, the stories you add to your Safari Reading List should sync up within a few seconds; try closing and reopening the Reading List if you do not see the new additions. If you are having other issues with iCloud, Apple has a general iCloud support page that may help with the troubleshooting.