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    are contacts pushed or pulled?

    I have an iPhone 6S, and I have contacts in gmail and iCloud and they both show on my phone. I have a lot and want to clean them up - remove ones I don't call often and ones that have email address only without a number. For the gmail ones, I can either do it from my laptop, in gmail.com, or...
  2. P

    Problem restoring from iCloud Backup

    I need to restore my iPhone 6 from my iCloud backup, which is backed up every night. Before I started the restore process I tried looking for my latest iCloud backup in settings and I can't find it. I don't know what to do if I can't find my prior updates. Anyone have suggestions on where my...
    • pdcali38
    • Thread
    • backup contacts contacts icloud iphone 6
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iPhone
  3. Caroline in Az

    Deleting contacts

    Hi, I am new here and hope someone can help. On iPhone 6 I can not delete some contacts. There is no red, Delete, message. If I edit, delete all the info, the next time I open contacts, it's backkkkkkkk. Anyone have a solution ?
  4. AmazingHenry

    What Do You Use for Calendar/Contacts?

    To all of you who use a PowerPC Mac as your daily driver: What apps do you use for your calendar and contacts and why? I use iCal and Address Book because they can sync to my iPods and Address Book works with Mail. I like the UI and features as well. I thought it would be interesting to see...
  5. GreenApple29

    Contact on iphone but not on mac

    hello all i have been using my iCloud account on iPhone, iPad, mac mini and MacBook pro not sure when this issue started but i am experiencing an issue with one of my contacts My contact has 2 mobil numbers and on email address associated. When he sends me an iMessage on my iPhone it brings his...
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    Contacts won't sync from iPhone to iCloud.

    I have just discovered that for the past month or so, contacts are not syncing from my iPhone SE to my iCloud. All other syncing, included iCloud to iPhone is fine. The problem is just from iPhone to iCloud. I'm running the latest system software. I've tried everything suggested by Apple here...
  7. D

    Carrier Problem with certain contacts phone numbers.

    I recently upgraded to an iphone 7 plus 256gb. All my contacts moved over from my iphone 6 plus. all the contacts are there, but certain contacts are missing phone numbers. My daughter is using an iphone 5 of mine that still has all my old contacts on it, so I go re-enter the missing numbers...
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    Always use iCloud contact picture

    I have two accounts connected for Contacts - iCloud and Google. I have set manual picture for each contact I frequently use, but Google account overwrite it every once in a while (I can't understand when exactly and why). Can I somehow keep Google account linked for Contacts, but eliminate...
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    Contacts not showing in contact list, but contact name appears when number typed in to make a call

    I'm sure this has been asked many times before, but due to the nature of the problem, it's quite difficult to word the issue and therefore find an existing thread on the matter... Basically, on my boss's iPhone 7, when he goes to make a call, he has always gone to his Contact list and either...
    • iloveflakes
    • Thread
    • contact list contacts icloud icloud contacts
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: iPhone
  10. R

    iMessages will not work to one contact

    I'm having the weirdest issue with my 7+. All of a sudden yesterday all messages to one (and only one) contact will not send as iMessage. This also affects group chats with this person in it. His iMessage works for other friends and contacts, but will only send as a text to me. He's a close...
  11. TonyaC

    iPhone auto assigning ringtones I've purchased.

    I purchased a ringtone to assign to family members in my contacts. I've found that when outside calls come in, that are not in my contacts, the same ringtone I purchased was auto assigned by my phone as the default to outside numbers. I only want my contacts that I've assigned to have this...
  12. KyleObr

    HELP !! ... Can't retrieve Files/Contacts/Calendar info.. 10.68 > 10.10.5

    So ... the story goes as follows ... I'm upgrading MacPro's / 1.1 > 5.1 Mac Pro / OS 10.68 > 10.10.5 .. Originally I thought I would transfer info through Firewire via Migration assistant. Silly me .. Didn't realize there were 2 different connections for FW 400/800 and the 5,1 machine didn't...
    • KyleObr
    • Thread
    • contacts file transfer upgrade cpu
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Mac Pro
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    iCloud contact not appearing on Mac?

    I think I have everything set up correctly but maybe I'm missing something? I know I have contacts on my iPhone that are not appearing on my MacBook Pro in either the Messages app or even the Contacts app. I am logged into the same iCloud account on both devices. I have contacts enabled in...
  14. Lion007s

    Contacts not syncing 3.1.1

    All my contacts are not syncing despite resetting syncing and also restoring to factory. Tried turning all my iCloud contacts off and then back on again and tried syncing to the Watch (Series 2 stainless steel) and still no luck. Anyone else having partial contacts sync issue?
    • Lion007s
    • Thread
    • apple watch contacts series 2 watchos 3
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Apple Watch
  15. bobbutler7

    Adding Pictures to Contacts

    I used to be able to add pictures to my contacts by choosing from my images on the desktop. Now it says you can only add them from Photo Booth or iPhoto. WTF? Is there any way to add from pictures I take, or pictures I find on the internet?
  16. HugoBertrand

    Exporting individual contacts

    Hey!! on the contacts app, anybody knows a way to export all contacts but individually at once, so you have one vcf file per contact? Because It' only possible to export all of it in one vcf file but I want individual vcf files. Maybe with automator? How do I do that? Anybody has a clue?
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    How to get my contacts back?

    I upgraded my dad's iPhone 4S to iPhone SE a couple of weeks ago. Now that he has the new iPhone SE, he thought he could delete his contacts on his 4S. So he did, now his contacts in iCloud is empty, and then to his surprise his iPhone SE's contact list has also become empty because he does not...
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    Shared contacts / address book for small teams

    Hi everyone, I've been desperately trying to find a solution for managing contacts in a small office environment. Even after many hours of talking to the Apple Support and searching for solutions online looking, I was not able to get this to work. Even though this seems to be something not too...
    • leors
    • Thread
    • contacts icloud server
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Networking
  19. orange73

    Deleting email and keeping contacts

    Hi guys, I need to delete a work email from my phone, as I left that job. I have 300+ contacts that are synced to that email (not by choice), is there a way for me to un-sync them? When I try to turn off "sync contacts" it warns me that it will delete all the contacts. Thanks!
    • orange73
    • Thread
    • contacts email iphone
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iPhone
  20. james.dylan

    Siri has my son's contact info as default

    Hi, just installed Sierra on the Macbook Pro. When I set it up, I remember it asking "What do you want Siri to call you?" or something like that, and I typed in "James". Now, after a few days, I decided to use Siri to ask about the weather, and it replied "It's 72 degrees, Toby." Toby is my kids...
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