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iOS 16 Lets You Easily Fix Duplicate Contacts
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"This feature did previously exist on the Mac, but it was not available on iOS devices"
Yes, the feature existed. Did it actually WORK? Uh, well...
So honestly it's of ZERO interest if the iOS version is as lame as the Mac version. The basic problem seems to be within iCloud, and until that is fixed...
Yes, the feature existed. Did it actually WORK? Uh, well...
So honestly it's of ZERO interest if the iOS version is as lame as the Mac version. The basic problem seems to be within iCloud, and until that is fixed...
It's a bug in iCloud that hits different people in different ways depending on how they use their devices. The fact that you haven't been hit means you are lucky (ie don't use your devices in a way that triggers it) nothing else.
Well that's the mystery of Apple, isn't it?
You have some teams, like Srouji, that only hit A-class people and turn out perfection year after year.
And you have other teams that are afraid to hire anyone better than D-class, and boy does it show, year after year.
HomeKit, Books.app, Calendar, Contacts --- all populated by lifers from the Golgafrinchan Ark B, and utterly uninterested in changing this.
There will be. You go to the albums tab and scroll to the bottom and it’ll say duplicates if you have duplicate photos and it’ll offer to merge them and keep the info and better quality version of the pic.
There will be a photos version. You go to the albums tab and scroll to the bottom and it’ll say duplicates if you have duplicate photos and it’ll offer to merge them and keep the info and better quality version of the pic.
Slightly unsure about this one - Apple often lock features from older devices whilst still supporting them, so...
- why wouldn't they support older iPhones whilst disabling the NLS on them?
- since they're clearly okay with M1/later A-series chip-exclusive features, why wouldn't they support the NLS on newer iPads?
Think you’ll be delighted to find its already a thing in iOS 16 too (but it’s almost certainly a little glitchy in beta1)
I guess it could also simply be wanting to support less iPhones at a time and wanting to sell more new iPhones.
Ok that's great but the huge question is this:
What happens if each of those contacts has their own iMessage conversation? How do they get merged together??
What happens if each of those contacts has their own iMessage conversation? How do they get merged together??
This will be handy. Nonetheless, it is about time they implemented this ... sheez. Something as basic as this should have been a version 1 feature.
What happens if the duplicate is across two contact lists? Say, iCloud and gmail? Can I deduplicate both?
What happens if the duplicate is across two contact lists? Say, iCloud and gmail? Can I deduplicate both?
Duplicates? My struggle is keeping the contact. Am I the only one who adds a business contact only to have said contact disappear after a while? Doctors, mechanics, etc. if the Business name field and persons name field are both filled in, it’s doomed to disappear. I’ve resorted to putting everything together in on field instead of using the designated fields like it’s designed and intended to be.
If I add it to the source contact list it stays. If I add it directly in Contacts it doesn’t always stay. This has been an issue for quite a while.
When duplicates are deleted or modified, will the solution sync back to contacts on the Mac?
