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Why won’t Contacts app synchronize across my devices?
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Why won’t Contacts app synchronize across my devices?
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Jun 15, 2009
I use an iPad Pro 11” iOS15.3, a iPhone11Pro w iOS15.3, and an iMac w Monterey. Can anyone tell me why signing in and out of my Apple account on all my devices, then signing back into will not sync my contact lists. Why do I find some contacts disappearing on me, or on one device and not the other?
This is happening within the last couple of months For me.
This is happening within the last couple of months For me.
Jun 15, 2009
To sync our contacts on all our devices, does it include shutting down all devices as well? Why isn’t signing in and out of my Apple account on each device enough?
How are you contacts syncing, it sounds like your contacts are not stored in iCloud and maybe syncing with another email provider or being stored locally.
Check Settings > Contacts and see if more then one account is listed, if so that’s your problem.
Check Settings > Contacts and see if more then one account is listed, if so that’s your problem.
Last edited: Yesterday at 9:41 AM
Jun 15, 2009
They are all 3 Apple devices using only one Apple account. I’m not talking about backups. This is one Apple account. On each device I had to sign out of the iCloud then sign back in, finally turn off the devices . Is that what everyone does now to syncronize all their device contacts List? Otherwise, syncing did not happen completely. I had missing contacts on two of my devices.
That’s not what I’m asking, email accounts can also sync contacts between devices. Do you have email accounts that are not iCloud emails?
Under settings > contacts - what is it showing in the account list? This is not in the iCloud settings.
Sync will happen automatically, no need to turn off the device or sign in and out.
Under settings > contacts - what is it showing in the account list? This is not in the iCloud settings.
Sync will happen automatically, no need to turn off the device or sign in and out.
Jun 15, 2009
I use two google email addresses, 1 comcast email address, 1 yahoo email address. My Apple account name is a google email address.
there is also the email address Apple gave me, but i never use it for email.
there is also the email address Apple gave me, but i never use it for email.
BrianBaughn
macrumors G3
On your Mac in the Contacts application (with View>Show Groups active), what do you see in the Group list on the left?
And…on your iPad and iPhone in the Contacts app, what do you see when you go to (touch) Groups?
And…on your iPad and iPhone in the Contacts app, what do you see when you go to (touch) Groups?
Jun 15, 2009
3 devices, each device has the same accounts input except one which I want to trash. Each device sees the same accounts, right?
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Jun 15, 2009
Going to my iMac/Contacts App/Groups I manually drug all contacts from email accounts into the ALL iCloud Account. But in the future, how doing I force my device I am adding a contact to store in the All iCloud Group? Since I want my Apple Account in the iCloud to store my contacts for syncing to my devices, where do I say add to the ALL iCloud Group? Or do I have to periodically drag manually everything into the All iCloud?
In the Contact app settings on each device you need to make sure the default is set to iCloud.
Once you have moved all your contacts to iCloud, remove those additional accounts from the Contact apps.
Once you have moved all your contacts to iCloud, remove those additional accounts from the Contact apps.
Last edited: Yesterday at 1:46 PM
Jun 15, 2009
How do I make iCloud default? Delete the others? Uncheck the others? I tried selecting them to delete, they won’t. How do I delete them from contact groups in macOS Monterey?
Last edited: Yesterday at 2:21 PM
Contacts in the menu bar > Preferences
You’re then see all the options.
You’re then see all the options.
Jun 15, 2009
There are no prefs for iOS Contacts just unchecked all except iCloud. Hope that works. Thank you for your help.
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