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My iPhone can't sync the contacts to Mac


jamievenna

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Hello!

Recently I have trouble with my new iMac and iPhone. I can successfully sync the music files from my iPhone to Mac. The question is that my contacts that are still on the iPhone - How do I get these into my Address Book on the iMac? Do you have any ideas??

Help pls!!:(

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have you tried importing the contacts form the phone to google contacts then syncing then exporting them from there to a file on the computer then importing that into the address book

or you can also go through the info page in itunes for your phone and sync contacts from the phone to the computer that way by checking the box that says sync contact to then select address book

There is a step by step instruction on How to transfer iPhone contacts to my iMac.

 

Hope it can do you a favor.

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Welcome to the forum. Niether suggestion is likely to be necessary given that Mac is purportedly new and therefore has OS X 10.7 which allows synchronisation via iCloud. (Of course this ASS-U-MEs both devices have Internet access which is fair to do.) Of course if the iCloud option isn't used (which would be a bit mad given the other services it offers such as Find My iPhone) or available (no Internet or no OS X 10.7) then your suggestions would be appropriate. The first, incidentally, reminded me of comedic post 15 here whilst the second has the pitfall of duplication if iCloud is actually used.

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have you tried importing the contacts form the phone to google contacts then syncing then exporting them from there to a file on the computer then importing that into the address book

or you can also go through the info page in itunes for your phone and sync contacts from the phone to the computer that way by checking the box that says sync contact to then select address book

 

Brilliant!

 

Or the OP could connect the phone to the computer, click its icon in iTunes and make sure the option to sync contacts and calendars is active.

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looks like apple got big problems

 

I usually have a browser page open to iCloud - one which regularly updates - and was logged out and required to log in again. So, no great shakes.

 

this could be your problem!!

 

No... the opening post was ten days before the hiccup.

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Was that article written by a twelve year old with Apple envy? Certainly looks like it.

 

The Register often looks like it's written by "journalists" that even "The Sun" wouldn't employ.

 

The issue seems to have generated this thread too.

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Was that article written by a twelve year old with Apple envy? Certainly looks like it.

 

no, the register is a very informative impartial web site that promote both apple and android, i suspect that its actually that have apple envy :hihi:

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