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  1. CJ Dorschel

    Time Machine No Longer Recovers Individual Contacts, E-Mails, etc

    I've used Time Machine since its introduction as well as .Mac/iCloud. Recently I upgraded my Mac Pro to Catalina as I held off updating any Mac's to the latest OS X release for various reasons. I attempted to restore a deleted contact as I normally could via Time Machine (open Contacts, then...
  2. MaxBurn

    vCard; How to add to address book and change group?

    1. How do I add a vCard to contacts? Fixed after reboot 2. How do I change contacts to different groups; iPhone, iCloud, Fruux etc? Adding; I have a vard.vcf file in Google Voice someone texted me, I can tap it and view it etc which is fine but I want to add it to my address book. Long...
    • MaxBurn
    • Thread
    • carddav contacts contacts app ios14 vcard
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iOS 14
  3. S

    iPhone 7/Plus (1) how to remove duplicate contacts from iPhone *and* iCloud (2) How to download contacts from icloud ?

    Dear Friends Good day ! I'm using couple of iPhones, iPad etc. All linked to the same iCloud account and all using legit iOS Over the years, using google, iCloud etc to migrate contacts from older phones to new ones has landed me in a situation where many of my contacts have duplicates and...
    • Subu
    • Thread
    • contacts duplicate contacts duplicate data icloud ipad iphone iphone 7 128g
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iPhone
  4. U

    All Devices Deleted iCloud.com contacts keep reappearing on the website

    No iOS or Mac device has Contacts sync enabled with iCloud account. Yet any contact deleted on the icloud.com website keeps on reappearing immediately on icloud. This happens even after a lapse of 4 hours and repeated deletions undertaken either after restoring contacts on the icloud website or...
    • uandme72
    • Thread
    • contacts deletion icloud reappear
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iOS 13
  5. pedzsan

    iPhone Force syncing contacts to iCloud

    I'm going to guess the problem is on my iPhone but I'm not sure. It appears that some changes to my contacts have never been pushed up to iCloud. I discovered on my Mac, a particular contact wasn't up to date. I just now edited the contact on the iPhone. Curiously I first added a note and it...
    • pedzsan
    • Thread
    • contacts icloud sync
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iOS 13
  6. skyninja

    Carrier Is it possible to unlock apple id in my situation?

    Ok, so the problem is with my mothers iphone. Iphone is broken, and all most important contacs is in it. Tried to log in to her icloud, but it says its locked for security reasons. So now im trying to unlock it using one of two options. Option 1: send details to email, but her email is icloud...
  7. Simone222

    Contacts deleted themselves but showing in search

    i have an iPhone 8 Plus and recently out of nowhere a lot of my contacts randomly deleted themselves- however if I swipe and search in the spotlight bar for a name, it shows ! And also shows their messages. I am able to call people using this technique but not by searching for them in contacts...
    • Simone222
    • Thread
    • contacts disappearing help iphone messages
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iOS 12
  8. seitsme

    Addressbook .abbu to Contacts importing issues

    Hi all, I had an old ABBU backup with all my contacts from a PPC running leopard which i sold a while ago. Today, i tried to import the ABBU file in the new CONTACTS app in my High Sierra, and it imports well BUT When i import the file in contacts i loose long fields that also have soft...
    • seitsme
    • Thread
    • addressbook contacts export highsierra fails old imoviehd import leopard problems synching
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS High Sierra (10.13)
  9. tombarnes

    iPad Contacts: Phone Number format NIGHTMARE

    I've scoured the forums for an answer on this! My devices, MacBook Pro, iPhone and personal iPad have been all in harmony and working just fine for years. I've just started using iMessage and other iCloud functions on my separate work iPad. However, my work iPad formats all my phone numbers in...
    • tombarnes
    • Thread
    • contacts format icloud international ios ios 12 numbers phone number phone number change sync
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: iOS Apps and Apple Arcade
  10. K

    GMail contacts stopped syncing with Mac Contacts

    A few days ago my GMail contacts stopped syncing with Mac OS Contacts app. All my contact groups disappeared. Now there is an error message appearing on the Mac Contacts app, see attached picture. Syncing has stopped. I have not changed my Gmail password, nor updated my Mac OS. I normally...
  11. E

    Mac to iPhone contacts syncing mess

    Goal: to have only *certain* Contact Groups sync to my iPhone from my Mac. 2ndary goal: to have all my Mac contacts sync'd to iCloud My current setup: I've got all my Contacts on my Mac, and they're all syncing to iCloud. It *seems* like the only way to do this is to "move" all of the contacts...
  12. J

    What's the best software and hardware for printing address labels?

    I'm currently using a Dymo 450 printer, but their software isn't so great. I'd ideally love to print directly to my Dymo using macOS Contacts, but am wondering if that's the best way to print address labels. Does anyone have any experience on the best hardware and particularly, software, for...
    • jclin10
    • Thread
    • address book contacts
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  13. T

    Undo Delete Card (Contacts) not working ?!?

    While editing a contact (syncs via iCloud) on my MBP (High Sierra) I somehow deleted it. I quickly went to the Edit menu and selected 'Undo Delete Card', but it doesn't appear to be doing anything. Checking my other devices -- iPhone and iPad -- sure enough, the contact has been purged from...
  14. Z

    contacts from a different user

    This is a bizarre situation... in my yahoo email account, i see contacts that belong to a secondary user email i used to have along with my account. How can this have occurred and what can i do to delete the other user's contacts so they are not mixed up with mine?
    • zoran
    • Thread
    • contacts yahoo
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  15. C

    iPhone X contact names missing

    Hi, something strange happened. I have all my contacs with their names and numbers stored, but when they call me, i only see their number without names. That worked perfect, untill today. Someone had a same issue?
    • chavlina
    • Thread
    • contacts iphone x missing
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: iPhone
  16. A

    Contacts between Apple devices not syncing

    All, I own a iPhoneX, a 9.7 Ipad Pro, Ipad Mini 3 and a 2016 MBP. My contacts on the Iphone (used the most) and the Ipad Pro are properly synced with about 88 contacts. The Mini and MBP have about 35 contacts. All devices are on the same Apple account. Any ideas why I can't sync between all 4...
  17. jparker402

    Trying Not To Delete Things Accidentally

    I have a MacBook Air, an iPhone 5C and an iPhone 8. My MacBook Air and the iPhone 5C were synched and both connected to iCloud so that some data (not sure what all) would be saved on both. Purchased a new iPhone 8, and now have it synched with the MacBook Air, so that it saves stuff, too. I...
  18. writevli

    Is it possible to post macOS Contacts / Address Book .png photos?

    With so many OS options (iOS, macOS Mojave day/night), the interface of Contacts changes. Being a graphic designer and photographer, I like keeping consistency. Ideally I would like to post a png portrait of my friends and their background would change based on the UI. However, I've tried on...
  19. T

    Contacts show up when searching but not in list

    Tried searching around but couldn't find any answers to my issue. I'm running iOS 11.4.1 on an iPhone 8+ and I've been experiencing an odd issue lately where some contacts do not show up in my contacts list when scrolling through but DO show up when I search for the contact using the search...
    • terragotchi
    • Thread
    • contacts ios11.1.4 iphone8plus
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: iOS 11
  20. H

    Mail App Contacts On 2018 iPad Pro Grayed out

    Hi, my 89-year-old Dad just bought himself a 2018 iPad Pro. I wanted to get it totally set up for him during the time I had (live about 100 miles away), and ran into an annoying snag. He has an imap email account that's been successfully set up on the iPad. All the messages are there, folders...
    • Heyitsrick
    • Thread
    • contacts email grayed-out mail app
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iPad
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