Duplicates in addresses book when converting to iCloud

I had a mobile me account with a me.com address. My primary Apple account (which is my email I primarily use/not the me.com account) with all my purchases has been active long before I had the .me account. When I moved everything to iCloud my address book became a mess of duplicates. How do I fix?

Dear Sir.
I use only Mac software, apart from Blackberry Desktop software, which gave no problems.  Recently I purchase Microsoft Office 2011, only Excel, Word and Powerpoint, however Outlook was installed but not activated.  Very soon I noticed duplicates in my Address book and subsequently on my Iphone.  This also appeared on my Blackberry when I next synced it.  I want to follow your procedure to clear all duplicates, however since I never activated Outlook (One has to pay extra to Microsoft), I cannot turn off SyncServicesAgent.  (I cannot stop it in the Activity Monitor, it simply starts up again after a few seconds).  I do not ever plan to use Outlook, it caused same problems before and I was forever deleting duplicates, hence me using Mac programmes such as Mail only, with no problems any more.  How do I get rid of Outlook?  I also noticed my Microsoft User Data, especiall 2011 Identities, is over 50gig large!!  Why is it so and can you tell me if I can delete this?  Please help if you can, you sound like the only person who actually studied this problem and found a solution.  What is wrong with all the Microsoft Engineers out there????

Similar Messages

  • Duplicates in Address Book on iMac since iCloud

    As soon as I enabled iCloud, on my iMac Address Book, I now have duplicates of every contact. This only happened on my iMac. My iPad and iPhone don't have duplicates in their Address Book. Why would this happen? In the "notes" field of my contacts, I noticed that with the duplicate contacts, there are more notes in one entry than others (for example: Jane Doe's "notes" field show three lines of text that I entered, but the duplicate of Jane Doe only shows two of the lines of text in the "notes" field, leading me to believe one contact is newer than the other, but which is which, and how do I delete all the OLDER versions, and not accidentally erase the more recent versions?)
    My god, Apple, you really messed this up! Does everyone remember when "It Just Works"?
    HELP!

    Could you please help me clarify which sequence I should be using to retrieve my backup Address Book data from? I, too, lost my contacts during a sync and am trying to retrieve them.
    Is the recovery sequence in Time Machine Backups this:
    1. Date-> Mac HD->Library-> Application Support->Address Book
    or is it this?
    2. Date-> Mac HD->Users->my name->Library->Application Support->Address Book
    After copying the backup Address Book folder to the Desktop and opening the Mac HD icon, do I go to the folder Library->Application Suppport or the folder Users->my name->Library->Application Support to trash the Address Book and reinstall the backup copy? I have been trying both w/o any luck recovering my contacts thus far.
    Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

  • Duplicate the Address book ?

    How do I copy / duplicate my Address book that is on iCloud so I have a non cloud copy on my Mini or is there a method to sync both?
    Cheers

    If you are using Outlook 2011, make sure you have the latest service pack and update.
    Make sure your Mac Book and all devices have the latest update.
    If the Calendar on the Mac Book is correct go to step 3
    Assuming Mac Book Calendar is correct, remove accounts from iPhone, iPad.
    Reconnect account to iPhone, iPad account.
    All calendars should now be in sync.
    There are times when the Mail, Calendar, Contact application has been corrupted (Outlook 2011, Mac Mail, Entourage, etc).  This will cause all kinda of issues on your devices.  You have to repair the mail client first.  In the case of Outlook you can delete the profile and recreate it.  In Mac Mail you can rebuild (from Tools on the menu bar)

  • Can't remove duplicates in Address Book

    Have lots of duplicates in Address Book since moving to iCloud. Went to Card>Look for Duplicate. It found a few and so merged them but there are still lots of identical cards that are not recognized as duplicates. Is there a simple, easy way to remove them? Otherwise, I may have to spend hours doing it manually.

    If you click on File, and choose New Group, does the same thing happen?
    What keyboard and mouse are you using?
    Ernie
    Message was edited by: Ernie Stamper

  • How do I move/copy contacts from Entourage to iCloud Address Book without creating duplicates? Address Book on Mac, iCloud, iPhone and iPad is now empty

    How do I move/copy contacts from Entourage to iCloud Address Book without creating duplicates? Address Book on Mac, iCloud, iPhone and iPad is now empty

    Thank you for letting me know!
    Going to give it a go. Had a back up of all my clients files stupidly not my software as I have the originals disks. Just realised that amongst the software is ibiz and have lost al my accounting and billing files for the last 7 years want to cry so losing my contacts now will really tip me over the edge!
    Fingerscrossed this works!

  • HT4489 The number of contacts on my Macbook,iPhone and iCloud are all different. So when i tried to import vCards from my address book on to my iCloud a message came up saying "invalid vCards"? Any ideas

    The number of contacts on my Macbook,iPhone and iCloud are all different. So when i tried to import contacts which i thick are called vCards from my address book on to my iCloud through the options menu on icloud a message came up saying "invalid vCards"? Any ideas? Really want to get this sorted if i could
    Cheers

    Welcome to the Apple Community.
    Make sure the contacts you are adding are added to your 'iCloud' group and not an 'On My Mac', 'On My Phone' or other non iCloud group (you can do this by checking in groups), non iCloud contacts will not sync.
    This user tip might help you understand how accounts work with Address Book.    (25)

  • How do i eliminate duplicates in address book/contacts across multiple devices?

    i have old iMac G5,  iPhone4; recently added new iMac, iPad2, & Time Capsule, so i have multiple contacts & address books that i need to consolidate without having 3 duplicates of the same person every time i update? Please help?  Thank You!

    Since upgrading to iPhone 4S and using iCloud, I have eliminated the duplicates in the address book, but not the calendar. Once all devices were setup for iCloud, I had duplicates in address book and contacts on my iPhone. So in settings on the iPhone for iCloud, I turned off calendar and address book. After a few minutes I turned those back on. Then, it synced with iCloud and no duplicates. At least in address book. The calendar continues to display duplicate appointments.
    It's frustrating. Maybe all of us Apple users just don't know how to do this corectly. But it seems like a bug. Otherwise, why not address the confusion in the marketplace and post online training for how to sync all your devices without creating duplicates. Since that solution/training has never surfaced, I say this is a long standing bug in the system and Apple has never figured it out. It remains one of the few complaints I have about Apple. Wish they would get it right.

  • Synching Address Book and iCal to iCloud with Snow Leopard

    My Macbook Pro is not capable of upgrading to Mountain Lion, as it only has a 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo processor. Ever since Apple retired iDisk over the summer, my Macbook has not been able to sync the Address Book or iCal with iCloud's Contacts or Calendar. I am still running OS 10.6.8. Does anyone know of any way to get Snow Leopard to sync with iCloud?
    Thank you!

    I am at work right now and don't have access to my Mac. But I need to as if your Dad is on Windows Active Directory network? I also found these directions for Princeton's 2010 Exchange that might help. Did he set up the Address contacts & iCal Calenders were enabled when setting up the account in Mail?

  • Why does my address book not sync to iCloud?

    Why does my address book not sync to iCloud?

    I believe the duplicate address book accounts stems from the move from MobileMe to iCloud and both accounts still being active.
    This is how I merged the two address books:
    1) To make sure all the contacts are in both:
    a) I selected On My Mac account - clicked on any address - Command A to select all - drag the contacts to the iCloud account - answered OK to merge and resolve duplicates.
    b) same in reverse: select the iCloud account - click on an address - click Command A to select all - drag the contacts to the On My Mac account - answer OK to merge and resolve duplicates.
    In system preferences I found an iCloud icon and also a MobileMe icon. I was logged in under both.
    1)  In the Address Book preferences I selected iCloud and unchecked Enable this account.
    2)  In the Address Book I selected iCloud and clicked on the minus “-” to remove that account – leaving only the local Mac address book.
    3)  I went into system preferences and logged out of MobileMe
    4)  In system preferences I opened iCloud and the “Contacts” was not selected (from above) and I selected it.
    I got a dialog box asking if I wanted to merge the iCloud contact with the local contacts – clicked YES.
    … spinning wheel for a minute … voila – only one address book account – iCloud with syncing to iCloud and my iPhone.

  • I lost my address book when I installed Mountain Lion and have not been able to recover it.  WHen I type in a name in an email the address shows up, so I know it is in there.  How can I restore my address book?

    I don't know how to do this.  I typed the question in the bar above, but apparently need to type it again here.  I lost my entire address book when I installed Mountain Lion and have been unable to recover it.  I know the information is in there as when I type in someone's name in an email the address always shows up right away.  How can I find the information for my contacts and restore my address book? Do I need to go to the Apple Store that is 2 hours away and have an expert help me or can I find out how to do it online for free myself?

    The auto-complete in Mail addresses comes from two sources: (1) The "Previous Recipients" list, which can be viewed via Mail > Window > Previous Recipients. (2) Your Address Book (now called "Contacts").
    If you did in fact lose your Address Book - are you sure you don't have "Contacts" in your Applications Folder? - It sounds like you are getting addresses from source (1).  If you did in fact lose your  Address Book (now called "Contacts" !!), you will have to restore it from a backup.
    charlie

  • My iPhone is stolen. How can I get my address book back from the iCloud? I should have synchronized my iPad address book. However, I loss some recent contacts from iPhone.

    My iPhone is stolen. How can I get my address book back from the iCloud? I should have synchronized my iPad address book. However, I loss some recent contacts from iPhone.

    I use my iPad to get the address book backed up by iCloud from my iPhone. However, I cannot see the recent new contacts from my iPad. Is there anyway to check the iCloud server to see if my address book backup from my iPhone is still there?

  • I can no longer select multiple addresses from my Mail address book when forwarding emails

    Since updating to Mavericks I cannot select multiple addresses from my address book when forwarding emails.
    I can select them individually using the + sign in the address bar but cannot select any when I open my Contact list as I have done with previous systems.
    Additionly, the full address appears in the "To" window instead of just the name and without the email address. I have selected "Smart Address" from the Preferences menu, View section.
    Help!

    Why are you using a Hotmail or Live Mail SMTP server to send email with your Gmail account?
    This is likely the cause of the problem. Use Gmail's authenticated SMTP server to send email with your Gmail account.

  • How do I populate the address book when trying to send a photo(s) by email?

    How do I populate the address book when trying to send a photo(s) by email?

    Click the Edit Contacts button, the silhouette, in the email attachments panel to bring up the contact book and enter the addresses there. In the contact book, click the new contact button to start entering the information.

  • HT4489 address book not loading to icloud?  it works fine in .mac  but not .me com?

    address book not loading in icloud. loads fine in .mac account but .me will not load?

    [email protected] and [email protected] are the same accounts.
    Are you saying that you are trying to sync your contacts to iCloud?  Are the two accounts you  mention ".mac" and ".me" actually different in that they are [email protected]  vs.  [email protected]?  If so, your device can only use one account at once - and you should stick to only one account.

  • TROUBLE MOVING CONTACTS FROM ONE GROUP , TO OTHER (APPLE ADDRESS BOOK) WHEN I TRY TO DRAG IT WON'T STAY . WHERE SHOULD I BE , AND HOW DO I DRAG ???? AND RELEASE

    TROUBLE MOVING CONTACTS FROM ONE GROUP , , TO OTHER (APPLE ADDRESS BOOK) WHEN I TRY TO DRAG IT WON'T STAY . WHERE SHOULD I BE , AND HOW DO I DRAG ???? AND RELEASE   AB

    I have many different mailaccounts and different groups of contacts on my ipad and iphone. Sometimes i made the mistake when i create a new account linking it with the standard account. How it is possible to move one account to an other group?

Maybe you are looking for

  • Sort iTunes folder by album

    I have a lot of music in an iTunes folder on a backup drive. I want to be able to sometimes take some of it and replace the existing music on my iPod. iTunes, however, has organized the music on the backup drive by artist. This is fine for most album

  • Flex pitch (Time) needs midi track import function

    Flex pitch (Time) needs midi track import function

  • How to use INSERT in EXEC SQL ...... ENDEXEC ?

    Hi, The following code; DATA: BEGIN OF str_insert,         a(3) TYPE c,         b(3) TYPE c,       END OF str_insert. EXEC SQL.   SET CONNECTION DEFAULT ENDEXEC. str_insert-a = 'a'. str_insert-b = 'b'. EXEC SQL. INSERT INTO ZSAP  VALUES :str_insert E

  • WebService class

    Hello, everybody! I would say that working with arrays returned from the web service (written on C# if it matters) is the most peculiar things in the FMS. For starting FMS documentation states: "Note: The WebService class is not able to retrieve comp

  • How to make every account in the system login automatically?

    How to make every account in the system login automatically when Mac OS X startup? Thanks!