Can I retrieve deleted contacts from Address book

Can I retrieve deleted contacts from address book on my mac or contact list on my iphone?

Yes if you have been backing up using Time Machine it should be pretty simple. If you haven't been backing up then they're gone.

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HT2486 how to delet contacts from address book

Hi All,
Does anyone know how to delete contacts from address book, other than your IPhone deletion? I cannot delete them from the computer. Also, I noticed after syncing, not all my contacts are on my phone. Any advise or help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Liza

What Edit menu looks like in my Address Book (OS 10.6.8)
Is your Address Book "locked"? Are you logged in as the Admin user?

How to recover the deleted contacts from address book on mac book and iphone. Please!

i accidentally deleted all the contacts from my address book while my phone was still connected to my mac book.i dont have icloud or any other back ups. there are only few contacts left. i also restored my iphone by accitentally.
does anyone know if i can get them back by any chance? Please! Thnx!!!!!

If you deleted them and you don't have them backed up. You lost them, you can get them back by entering them again.

How do I delete contacts from address book in Snow Leopard OSX 10.6

I thought I had deleted some contacts from my Address Book but when I then typed in a similar name, all the old addresses came up as options. Can anyone help on this please?   I feel stupid having to ask something that is so simple. Many thanks.

I think I may have found my own solution thank you.    I deleted a contact in the Address Book by using Edit and deleting all the contents from the card.
I also went to the WINDOW MENU and found 'Previous Recipients".   This brought up a whole list of people who had received or sent emails and I deleted the ones I didn't need and now when I start to type in an address in my email I only get the relevant options - not ones from way back.
This might just help somebody else.

Desktop Manager wants to delete contacts from Address Book

I have been using Desktop Manager for Mac's since it became available. When I go to sync my Storm it adds the contacts to my address book that are new to the phone, but it wants to delete 129 Contacts from my address book. For the life of my I can't seem to figure out why or how to agree to add the new contacts, but NOT delete any from my address book.
Any suggestions?
Yes, I have done the wipe, the backing up, the ticking of delete all info from device, but having to go through all of these things EVERY time I go to sync defeats the purpose.
Darius Y. Ramsey
REALTOR®
Howard Hanna Real Estate Services

@STATMAN
I followed all of the steps. Searched my hard drive for anything related to Missing Sync and DM. I deleted all files. Trashed, emptied trash, reset sync services, repaired permissions. Restarted, re-downloaded, installed and still the same thing. It doesn't allow me to sync while "replace all contacts on device" is ticked. Desktop Manager will not allow me to"clear data" from the phone.
After my last sync... I have 322 entries of the same contact on my phone. Looks like I have to do yet another wipe.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Darius Y. Ramsey
REALTOR®
Howard Hanna Real Estate Services

How to delete contact from address book?

How do you delete a single contact in the address book?
Thank you!

highlight the single contact that you want to delete and then press the delete key on your keyboard. Press "yes" to confirm deletion.

Can not post all contacts from address book group

I created a contact list with 132 entries for a social club that I belong to in Address Book. When I create a message and add the group in the BCC field it will only post 99 contacts.
I tried dragging and dropping the group and typing the group name in the Bcc field and I always end up with just 99. I checked all the addresses and they all seem legit. It took me quite a long time to add all these fields and now I am so discouraged. Any ideas at all please.

Glad it working. I couldn't remember if Lion had a limit but usually it's your ISP that limits sending to a group. In the past it used to be 50 contacts but now most let you send up to 200 in a group.
It's best to put yourself in the To line and add group to BCC for privacy. If you don't have a To recipient some ISPs put the BCC in To.

How can I get my contacts from Address book on my computer to iCloud?

I recently updated my IOS on my iPhone and my iPad and, of course, lost all my contacts. I've followed the directions for enabling iCloud; however, my contacts are not being sent to iCloud. I checked my Settings on my phone, Info in iTunes, and Accounts in Contacts. Anyone know how I might resolve this?

Hi ArtWench,
If you are having issues getting your contacts into iCloud, you may find the following article helpful:
iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Contacts
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3998
Regards,
- Brenden

HT2486 deleting a contact from address book

How do you delete a contact from address book on an imac?

Highlight a card and go to the File menu > Edit > Delete Card

Deleting Contact in Address Book

Hi there I have searched and can't find the correct answer...
To two Questions:
1. Deleteing Contact in Address Book
I have created a new contact in Address Book (Lion) and can't delete it.
The user is connected to Lion Server to a HomePoint
I have checked permissions as far as can see has access
The Delete in Address Book is unhighlighted
Anyone have any Ideas
2. What where how do you set up a shared Contacts Address Book on Lion
I want one Address Book, that each user can access, update, add, delete to and be seen accross multiple Macs (Lion) and iPhopnes/Ipads
Where is the Address Book created to do this
What Do you do
Apples notes seam to say how easy it is to do, although how do you do it
Thanks
Tim

IF YOU CAN BACK UP YOUR ADDRESS BOOK FIRST
IF YOU CAN BACK UP YOUR ADDRESS BOOK FIRST
I have figured out the answer to nos 1
You need to delete Address Book from user/library/applicationsupport.
(All Contacts will go)
(In Lion to access this as is maybe hidden
hold the option key down on the Go menu (you will see Library)
Drag it to the slide bar then you know where it is)
Delete the file in Address Book/Application Support
restart Address Book and it works better
Still need help with Question 2

HT4890 Is it possible to retrieve deleted contacts from a former backup?

I am trying to retrieve deleted contacts, but I do not see them in my iCloud account. Is there any way to retrieve them? Thanks!

Welcome to the Apple communities.
iCloud data is not part of your iCloud backup, therefore restoring your phone will not help recover your deleted contacts.
If your iCloud contacts are synced with your computer, then you can recover any deleted contacts from the backup you keep of your computer. Unfortunately if you do not sync your iCloud contacts to a computer or you do not keep a backup of the computer you will be unable to recover them.

Export contacts from Address Book to File Maker Pro

How can I do this?
The contacts from Address book are vcf format, File maker doesn't seem to read this. What should I do?
Thanks a lot

Try Address Book Exporter.
http://www.gwenhiver.net/address-book-exporter.html

Importing contacts from Address Book to Hotmail

I need to import my contacts from Address Book into my hotmail account, can anyone help?

Try Address Book Exporter.
http://www.gwenhiver.net/address-book-exporter.html

Lost contacts from address book with update

lost contacts from address book with update to OSX 9.3 How do I get them out of cloud back into address book?

When you log into iCloud with your browser, do you see your contacts online?
If yes, go to System Preferences > iCloud > toggle sync contacts on/off.
You might need to run the combo installer.
OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 (Update (Combo)
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1746
MORE INFO ON WHY RUNNING COMBO FIXES ISSUES
Apple updates available from the Software Update application are incremental updates. Delta updates are also incremental updates and are available from Apple Downloads (software updates are generally smaller than delta updates). The Combo updates contain all incremental updates and will update files that could have become corrupted.
Combo updaters will install on the same version as they're applying--no need to roll back or do a clean install. So if you think you've got a borked 10.8.4 install from a regular update, just run the 10.8.4 Combo Updater on that system.
"Delta" updaters can only take you from one version to the next. For example: 10.9.1 to 10.9.2. If somehow the 10.9.2 is missing something it should have, and that something isn't changed between 10.9.1 and 10.9.2 it will still be stale after the delta update.

Sync between MacBookPro and iPhone 3G does not sync properly. Calendars duplicate events but worse is that only contacts from Address book from letter T onwards sync. Any contacts on iPhone which are not on Mac are lost during sync.

Sync between MacBookPro and iPhone 3G does not sync properly. Calendars duplicate events but worse is that only contacts from Address book from letter T onwards sync. Any contacts on iPhone which are not on Mac are lost during sync.
Solutions?

No, I never really found an easy solution. I believe it is an issue with some corruption in the iTunes database on the specific device. In my case, both my iPad and iPhone now show duplicate stream songs if viewed through iTunes on my Mac, but they show different songs. A couple years ago I had a similar issue on my iPhone, and Apple support suggested I back up the phone, completely reset it, and then restore it from the backup. It did work, so I imagine it would probably work for my current issues with the iPhone and iPad. But resetting and restoring an iPad or iPhone always makes me a little nervous that something will get lost. When I did reset/restore the iPhone, I do have to say, the restore process was 100% perfect and I did not lose any data at all even though Apple support said I might. If you try to go that route, I would suggest backing the device up both to a computer through iTunes, and to the iCloud so that you have a double backup.
None of this really resolves the issue with how the iTunes databases are becoming corrupted on the apple devices though, so it is very likely to happen again until they fix it. I have been unable to determine if there were any specific actions or conditions which caused the corruption to happen in the first place.
Might be worth another call to Apple support, or dropping in the local Apple store if you have one near by.

Can I retrieve deleted contacts from Address book

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