Address Book & iPad

Since upgrading to Lion, I have been having problems with my address book.
There are loads of duplicate cards (some of which contain no, or very little information - e.g the name only)
Secondly, and this is worse, on my iPad, I receive emails that purport to come from someone from my Address Book other than the person that sent it. This is a nuisance.
It doesn't appear to be happening on my iPhone.
Any ideas, anyone?

It is the address book that has messed up.
I limited the problem on the iMac by going into System Prefs/ MobileMe / Sync / Advanced / Advanced /Reset Sync Data to copy the iMac's version of address book (relatively glitch free) to MM
Then restored the iPad
Quite a few duplicates and mess ups though - something to do with the links?

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Hi,
I've just gotten a brand new iPad 4 with the latest iOS sw.
I've restored the backup and configurated it with iCloud but the address book is full of names, empty inside.
If I try to use those names via other programs (ie FaceTime) all the info inside works perfectly while if I go back to the address book is empty.
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I would recommend taking a look at the troubleshooting steps found at the website below.
Application Troubleshooting Assistant
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I updated my mac with os x Lion so that I could accomplish moving my address book from the mac to my new IPad 3G. I also set up an icloud account for this purpose, but I *still* cannot figure out how to move my address book from one computer to the other. When I'm on my mac and try to use bluetooth to export the address book, I'm able to find my ipad but I soon get a message that it does not support the necessary services. I have no idea what's going on and would appreciate any advice. tks in advance, Sarah

blacksheepfibers wrote:
I updated my mac with os x Lion so that I could accomplish moving my address book from the mac to my new IPad 3G. I also set up an icloud account for this purpose, but I *still* cannot figure out how to move my address book from one computer to the other. When I'm on my mac and try to use bluetooth to export the address book, I'm able to find my ipad but I soon get a message that it does not support the necessary services. I have no idea what's going on and would appreciate any advice. tks in advance, Sarah
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You upgraded to Lion so you could use iCoud.
On the computer. go to Apple menu > System prefs > iCloud.
Sign into your iCloud account.
Tick everything.
This enalbes the se items syncing to iCloud.
On the iPad, Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
Create a new iCloud account.
Sign in with the same AppleID as your computer.
Settings > iCloud and turn everything on.
BAM!
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I live in Australia where there are good privacy laws protecting citizens. I do not want to be forced to use iCloud when the data sits in the USA with weaker privacy laws and also able to be seen by the US Government under the Patriot Act. Further I suspect Apple will interrogate my contacts and calendar for commercial purposes and I do not want that either.
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Whoever made this decision at Apple has to be someone who knows little about the world. I can actually see EU regulators getting very annoyed by this.
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Thank you for letting me know!
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