I’m trying to get Drafts Web Capture to work on my Mac. When I click on https://capture.getdrafts.com, I get presented an opportunity to authenticate with Mac. I do so, then I get an error message of “Authentication Error This action could not be completed. Please close the window and try again.”
I’ve rebooted, I’ve closed and re-opened Safari, I’ve turned off VPN, I’ve removed content blockers and popup blockers from Safari, and still no luck. I tried DuckDuckGo. No luck.
Drafts capture DOES work in Edge.
Any suggestions on how to get it working in Safari? Thanks!
Are you doing this on a work/school device that might have security policies applied? That’s the most common issue, when some security policies block access to iCloud.
Otherwise, the next thing to try is to enable developer mode in Safari, and open the inspector to see what, if any, errors are occurring. My guess is that the CloudKit javascript libraries are being prevented from being loaded.
I’ve been having the same issue on my personal and work computers. The only thing that changed on my end was setting up Advanced Data Protection through iCloud, so I’m wondering if that contributes to this issue?
I am having the same issue, and have Advanced Data Protection turned on.
Started happening to me as well with ADP enabled. I’m guessing there is a conflict due to the ADP Protection.
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Error using Drafts Web Capture extension in Mac OS 26
After updating to Mac OS 26 (Tahoe), I run the extension from the Arc browser (which is based on Chrome). The extension seems to run correctly, as the browser window refreshes to say “Draft created,” with a link to the new draft.
I can mouse over the “Link” and see that there is a URL in the form:
drafts://open?uuid=DBC22A57-46F3-43E5-B3A5-XXXXXXX
However, clicking that link does not take me back to Drafts as it used to; and when I navigate to Drafts itself, there is a popup error message:
“Draft not found for UUID or title”
Searching for the new draft via title, UUID, or content brings no results - there’s no evidence to show that Drafts Web Capture has actually created a new note in Drafts.
Web Capture works directly with iCloud. Is your Mac syncing? It’s usually pretty quick, but can take a minute before sync has downloaded any drafts created directly in the cloud, and the link will not work until sync happens.
Drafts is listed under System Settings on my Mac as syncing to iCloud. Other apps seem to be syncing fine. I’ve just noticed that the new notes I’ve created using Drafts Web Capture on the Mac are showing up in Drafts on my phone - iOS (18.6.2), but I still don’t see them in Draft on the Mac itself.
Update: Upon investigation, I found that “Enable iCloud” was turned off in Drafts itself (even though it was set to “On” in System Settings). I don’t recall ever turning it on, let alone off!
In any case Web Capture is now working fine - phew! - but it does seem slower (on the Mac) than it was before. Thanks as ever for the prompt support, it is appreciated.