Lost all my contacts in Mac address book. Tried syncing my iPhone/iPad contacts to Mac is not working. Please help
Lost all my contacts in Mac address book. Tried syncing my iPhone/iPad contacts to Mac via iTunes and is not working. Please help
Welcome to the Apple Community.
Unless you have the contacts backed up somewhere, you won't be able to restore them.
You and your son should have your own iCloud accounts then you can keep your own contacts and calendars etc and avoid deleting each others.
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Why i lost all my contacts number yesterday? can you please help me ?
yesterday i were at work around afternoon i went to inside factory when i was calling my brother i found all my contacts number gone ? the 300 contacts they shown only 163 what should i do? Please help me i got a lot of clients and boss and workers?
OOOOH - so have I!!!
I did mine last night - me and my husband only have 1 email account byt 2 iphones. When I tried to sync my mobile to download music it transferred his profile for messages, contacts, photos and Apps to my phone (copied because hes' still got them) and all mine are lost! I have some really important numbers in there for my ongoing cancer treatment and I'm devastated!
Can anyone help? I've emailed Apple Support but no reply yet! -
I see there is another ios update. I have an iPhone 4S. The last time I updated the ios I lost all my contacts, as I had not been using the iCloud as a backup. I am now apprehensive about the latest update. How can I determine if contacts are backed up?
You should never lose contacts under any circumstances.
Although contacts are included with the iPhone's backup, contacts are designed to be synced with a supported address book app on your computer where such important data should be available with or without an iPhone or any cell phone. Not a good idea to depend on a cell phone for such important data which can be lost or stolen or damaged beyond repair.
In addition, there are a number of free email accounts that support syncing contacts over the air including an iCloud account, Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail.
If you are not syncing contacts over the air with an iCloud account and not backing up your iPhone wirelessly with your iCloud account, your iPhone's backup is being updated by iTunes on your computer which is updated as the first step during the iTunes sync process.
With Windoze, contacts can be synced with Outlook 2003, 2007, or 2010 along with syncing calendar events, notes, and reminders, or with the address book app used by Outlook Express and by Windows Mail called Windows Contacts for syncing contacts only. With a Mac, contacts can be synced with the Address Book app. This is selected under the Info tab for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes.
If the supported address book app on your computer is not used and has no contacts available, before the first sync for this data enter one contact in the supported address book app on your computer. This will provide a merge prompt with the first sync for this data, which you want to select. -
I installed windows 7 on my macbook pro. all is working but lan adaptor and sound od laptop is not working. please help me or send the link where i can download the these drivers.I have lost my resource cd .
If you are running Lion or Mountain Lion, the drivers are downloaded from within Bootcamp Assistant. If you are running Snow Leopard the drivers are on your Snow Leopard install disk.
Read the Bootcamp Install Guide for your version of OSx. http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
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my itunes will not open at all. it occasionally will open but when i plug my iphone into it the program freezes and crashes. please help as soon as possible
i think i might have a solution... i have windows vista and after i installed to latest itunes update everytime i tried to open it it would freeze. I tried everything, including uninstalling itunes and all of its components and reinstalled it numerous times. So i went to the itunes folder in my folders, not on itunes, and i deleted my itunes library and playlists. After that it worked just fine, all of my music was deleted but luckily i had my files saved elsewhere.
I hope this helped! I know its frustrating and APPLE/ITUNES NEED TO FIX THE PROBLEM!!!! -
My iPad mini is not syncing with my MAC. I'm trying to sync my photos using iTunes but it's not working. Help???
Hello, flippytippi.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
I would need a little more information regarding what exactly you are experiencing when attempting to sync photos to better assist you. However, here is a troubleshooting article that I would recommend going through.
iTunes: Unable to sync photos
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3697
Cheers,
Jason H. -
All my old tv shows are not working please help my computer sed I have to Atheris 5 computers to play all my old tv shows I Pade for with eney Itunas cards.
What do y mean by not work?
What happens when y try to play them on yur iPod?
What happens when yo try to play them in iTunes on yur computer?
If you get a message what is the exact wording of the message?
You can redownload most iTunes purchases by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
Some countries do not allow redownloads some kinds of media -
Updated my iphone 3gs, lost my music and apps, they are backed up on my computer but i cannot move them over to my phone, tried to sync but not working, please help
well first make sure that when you click on the name of your iphone on the left hand side of itunes that you go to the app and music tab and check mark the sync apps and sync music. then try clicking apply in the bottom right hand corner. then if not try doing it again after going to prefrences in the top menu and going to devices tab and click reset sync history if that doesnt work with music try and drop and drag to the name of your iphone, lastly if that doesnt work you can try restoring from a backup from before you updated. it will keep the new software but put everything that was on your phone when you created the backup back onto your phone.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1351 for syncing music -
Just updated my phone to get an app and assumed my address book contacts would be backed up but it hasn't. Is there any way of retrieving the information and aving it for the future?
If it is the address book, plug your phone into itunes an click on your device in the left and then go to the other tab and make sure your address book is checked to sync
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Address Book Server sync to iPhone
Once you've setup Address Book Server and you've connected to it via the Address Book client, what's the best way to get those contacts onto the iPhone? The iPhone doesn't have a CardDAV account option so that leaves syncing via iTunes, unless I'm missing something.
Hi Demonstrous,
Intersting! You gave me a flash on inspiration, so I went and grabbed the Iphone Config Util (latest version). I setup (just) a CalDav account, uploaded it, and pointed Safari at it. It updated, and sure enough there was my new account setup.
But, ... this is where are story differs.
Where does it say PUSH in your iPhone config, which would make you think its working.
I checked on the server, ... 1st clue, under Push Notification, only TWO connections (one for mail, one for Calendar), ... technically there should be a THIRD for the iPhone using CalDav push. Not there.
I check under: Settings -> Push Notifications. (I see Prowl), but no mention of Calendar. Not there.
I check on: Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendar, and under my calendar there is nothing to show that its now Push. Not there.
With my iPhone on, at the springboard, .. I log into a test account Web Calendar, ... setup a new appointment and INVITE my iPhone CalDav account. Its setup.
1 - No PUSH notification, that its received a new event.
2 - No PUSH notification on the badge for Calendar, to show a new event.
Click on iCal, and ofcourse it POLLS my server, and shows the event.
But this thing is NOT smart.
It doesn't know that despite it being setup as MY CalDav account, and showing a new event which is inviting me to attend....
1 - It doesn't know that ME is ME. i.e. when I click on my (invited) name, it gives me options to create a new contact, add to existing contact, or share contact. It doesn't get that this is MEEEEEEE !
2 - It doesn't allow me to accept the event (based partly on #1 above). It should know there's an invite for ME, and should allow me to accept or decline the invitation.
So, .. all this leads me to believe that its not push, its still POLL, and that it needs a serious upgrade to the iPhone app to become "user aware".
Still think yours is Push..?
Cheers!
Steve -
ITunes not allowing sub group of Address Book to sync with new iPad
When i try to sync part of my address book from iTunes, it only allows my to sync all vs a particular sub group I have created. I had imported these contacts specifically for my wife's new Ipad and we prefer not to have the whole Address Book. Please advise
Oh flip what did i do.
So i followed the instructions from that link. I re did my address book. That did not seem to work. So i reset my sync folder by copying and pasting the recomended path into the moniter. now when i go to itunes and try and sync my contacts absolutly nothing goes onto my phone.
I am so frustrated and now a little worried.
Sound familiar at all??? -
I lost all Lenovo programs like idea touch 3.0 and e.t.c.How can i get them back.Please help me.
Hello!Can you help me Please, I have my Lenovo B520 idea centre i made upgrade till windows 8 and back to windows 7 but i lost all Lenovo programs like idea touch 3.0,Lenovo SplitScreen , Lenovo VeriTouch,Lenovo Eye Distance System,Lenovo Dynamic Brightness System and more . How can i get them back. Please help me.
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Welcome To Lenovo Community
I presume that you have got preinstalled windows 7 System, Which you upgraded to Windows 8 now you have downgraded to windows 7. I have few questions & suggestion
How you downgraded to windows 7 using Recovery System or using windows OEM Disk
I am presuming that you have used the OEM disk, I would suggest you to use the OKR feature to restore to factory default by press F11 button during Post i.e.. When Lenovo Logo is displayed and follow onscreen instructions
Have you created a set of recovery media? If yes you can use these to recovery your system
Note: Before using above steps please ensure you have backed up your data
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hi there
i have just bought a new laptop and have installed itunes onto it but i am worried that if i plug my iphone into it, that i will loose all my apps, contacts and photos!!
please help!!I will try and be helpful unlike the the first two posters!!
When you say installed iTunes I am guessing that its just the program and not your old library? in which case when you connect your iphone you will get a message warning you that you will be replacing the data on the iphone with the library on the new laptop i.e. an empty itunes.
If this is the case what you need to do is on your old laptop,
1: open itunes and go into preference/settings and go to advanced and make sure that consolidate and keep organised are checked.
2: Then go to file and click consolidate library.
3: close itunes and then go to start and open "My Music" folder.
4: Drag the iTunes folder out of My music and put it on an external drive or network the 2 laptops.
5: on the new laptop open "My Music" folder and drag out to the desk top the itunes folder
6: from the external drive or network drang and drop the old iTunes library into the "My Music" folder on the new laptop.
now close it and restart iTunes and your old library should be visable and when you connect your iphone it will identify its the correct library to sync with. -
Contact form not working :( Please Help...
Hey guys,
I am really in trouble with flash forms and need help please. Ive been trying to get a contact form working for a few weeks but have had no luck.
Below is the code I am putting in to the flash form and php file.
(this is the code I have put for the send Button)
on (release) {
if (name eq "" or subject eq "" or message eq "" or email eq "") {
stop();
} else {
loadVariablesNum("form.php", 0, "POST");
gotoAndStop(2);
(this is the code I have put for the clear Button)
on (release) {
name = "";
subject="";
message="";
email="";
(And this is the php file i created in dreamweaver and saved it as form.php)
$to = "[email protected]";
$msg = "$name\n\n";
$msg .= "$message\n\n";
mail($to, $subject, $msg, "Message From: Online client\nReply-To: $email\n");
?>
I have uploaded the swf file and php file on the server but my form is still not working by sending the information to my email.
This is the link where i got the code from http://www.flashvault.net/tutorial.asp?ID=103
It would be really greatful if someone could help me please
I look forward to your opinions and ideas.
Thanksyou should really check a tutorial using loadvars.
and there's no hope for that php file.:
try:
$to = "youremailaddress @ yourserver.com"; // change this to your email address
$email=$_POST["email"];
$msg = $_POST["name"]."\n\n";
$msg .= $_POST["message"]."\n\n";
mail($to, $subject, $msg, "Message From: Online client\nReply-To: $email\n");
?> -
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Hey guys
I recently did a clean sweep of my computer using MacKeeper, to clean my caches, junk and duplicate files, now my programs like iCal, IChat, Mail, Address Book are not opening up when I click on them, is there a remedy for this without re-installing snow leopard?Some "clean sweep." Try running the 10.6.4 combo updater and see if that helps. Repair permissions before and after.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1048
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