Synching Contacts with iCloud has been inconsistent across multiple devices, and I have unsuccessfully tried the usual solutions (i.e., logging out of iCloud and logging back in, turning Contacts synching off and on). So, I thought I would download a clean vCard (with about 2,000 addresses) from iCloud, erase Contacts on all devices and then upload the downloaded vCard and see what happens.
Before doing so, I took the added step of copying the downloaded vCard to another user account on my laptop (one with iCloud NOT set up) and then imported it to make sure all looked OK. Everything looked fine until I quit Contacts or logged out. When I opened Contacts again, all the contacts were GONE. This has happened on two different devices, one running Monterey on Intel and another running Sonoma on an M3 chip. Any idea what might be going on? I'm reluctant to remove the contacts from iCloud until this is resolved.
Before doing so, I took the added step of copying the downloaded vCard to another user account on my laptop (one with iCloud NOT set up) and then imported it to make sure all looked OK. Everything looked fine until I quit Contacts or logged out. When I opened Contacts again, all the contacts were GONE. This has happened on two different devices, one running Monterey on Intel and another running Sonoma on an M3 chip. Any idea what might be going on? I'm reluctant to remove the contacts from iCloud until this is resolved.