6 iCloud duplicate contacts groups

I’ve disconnected from iCloud, it has never worked for me. Now iCloud had duplicated itself numerous times in addition to duplicating groups within each iCloud group:
Howcan I fix this easily and remove the duplicate iCloud groups? I tried using the duplicate removal tool but only got “The operation has failed” dialog.
I guess from now on it is iTunes syncing over USB. This started when I tried unsuccessfully to log into iClod from an external disk plugged into my Mac. It just seems like iCloud is nothing but a headache.

In addition, I tried to move this message to a better page but all I got was this error:
The usability of this website has really taken a dive in the last few years.

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I have hundreds of duplicate contact groups in my icloud contacts and on my macbook pro. I cannot find help with this. I am using Mavericks.

I found a solutiuon that worked for me from a different thread posted below. The only thing I did differently was I moved the whole directory /AddressBook to my desktop. When I launched Contacts after that, I saw that OS X created a new AddressBook directory. I then went to iCloud and switched Contacts back on and boom I had all my updated contacts from iCloud WITHOUT duplicate groups!
Back up all data.
Quit Contacts or Address Book if it’s running. If you use iCloud, uncheck the box marked Contacts in the iCloud preference pane.
Triple-click the text on the line below to select it, then copy it to the Clipboard (command-C):
~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/Metadata
In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder
from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens (command-V), and press return.
A Finder window will open with a folder selected. Move the selected folder to the Desktop, leaving the window open for now.
Relaunch the application and test. If there’s no improvement, quit and put back the item you moved, overwriting the newer one that may have been created in its place. Otherwise, delete the item.

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Lance.

To get rid of the duplicate contacts caused by syncing with both MobileMe and your computer:
1. Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > MobileMe account > Contacts > "OFF"
2. You will be asked what you want to do with previously synced contacts - select "Delete from my iPhone".
3. Connect your phone to iTunes, go to device page, info tab and disable sync contacts.
4. Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > MobileMe acct > Contacts > "ON"
5. You will then get message: "There are existing contacts synced with your Mac. Would you like to merge them with your MobileMe account?" Choose "Do not merge."
6. You will then be asked: "What would you like to do with the existing contacts on your iPhone?" Choose "Delete."
7. In a couple of minutes your phone will sync back your contacts from MobliMe, without the duplicate copy from your computer.
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Hi,
I'm having a bit of a nightmare with iCloud and my contacts. For some weeks now, iCloud duplicates (and triplicates) my contacts for no reason. I use the same ID on a MBP, iPad and an iPhone so I can access the same data on all of them.
It has worked seamleassly (or what Apple thinks that is for a cloud service...) since the service was launched, but it started doind this back in July and it's a nightmare. I have tried stopping contact sync on my iOS devices, fixed all the contacts and then synced with iCloud so all the changes would spread across the devices. It worked, but a few days later it duplicated most of my contacts again. And now it's tripled! I have freaking 1.136 contacts after deleting a few!!!
None of the devices sync contacs over iTunes, just iCloud, and when I access icloud.com duplicated contacts are there.
Any clue? To be honest it really ****** me off. Is it that difficult to create webservices that work???
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Santi

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G@urav.

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Stephan O.

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Cheers Gav

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