Duplicate Contacts at 8000 and growing

After I installed Snow Leopard last week, my MobileMe isynch has gone nuts. I have 100's of the same contacts and my contact count has gone from several hundred to over 8000. This has propagated from MobileMe to my Contacts, iPhone, Entourage, Gmail. The Mac Mini is overwhelmed with continued synching and Time Machine runs.
Help!!!

I wasn't able to solve the problem but I did download a program that extracted information from the iphone backups I have so I was able to get all my contacts transferred into a fromat usable by icloud and windows contacts

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Some general content and computer management information if at all helpful!!
Section 1:
          -About authorizing and de-authorizing:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH1730
          Prevent unprompted syncing of your iPod, iPhone, or iPad:
Mac- http://support.apple.com/kb/PH1764
Windows- http://support.apple.com/kb/PH1677
Section 2:
          -iOS how to transfer or sync content to your computer:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1296?viewlocale=en_US
          Transfer purchases from your iPod, iphone, or iPad to an authorized computer:
Mac- http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2554
Windows- http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2566?viewlocale=en_US
          iOS: Importing personal photos and videos from iOS devices to your computer:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083
           Backing up, updating and restoring:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414?viewlocale=en_US
          Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519

How do I remove duplicate contacts on iPhone and iCloud

I have duplicate contacts in my icloud account.
How do I get rid of them?

You can delete the duplicates on icloud.com, or you can try using one of the apps that say they can identify and merge duplicate contacts. (If you have a Mac, you can do this by opening your contacts and going to Card>Look for Duplicates.)

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Why does Desktop software create duplicate address on my Address Book and on my BB 8220? I'm using MacBook Pro OS X 10.7.4 and BB Desktop 2.3.1 build 5. I have MSFT Office 2011 also. Outlook also has duplicate contacts. Does BB Desktop synchronize contacts to MSFT Outlook or Mac Address Book or both? It may be getting confused between both programs.

Thanks much for your assistance.
Up to this point I have not used iCloud because of the various problems I have read about... But with recent changes in the OS and iOS I need to use iCloud to regain some functionality that I recently lost when I upgraded to OS 10.9. I have purchased the ebook "Take Control of iCloud" and you can be sure that I will read it cover-to-cover.
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I had exactly the same problem .... apple care too wasnt much of a help. However i solved it and also informed them about it.
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In the bottom left you should the gear wheel, click on it.
Click on one of the contact till its highlighted blue, then click cmd and A together - this will highlight all the contacts. Next use delete to delete all your contacts in the icloud (use the delete from the wheel gear)
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I have amny duplicate contact numbers under various names , coz when i syncronised my i phone with facebook this happened , now i want to identify them and delete them kindly help how i can save my time

i was using blackberry earlier and when i syncronized it with facebook and gmail it added many contacts to my phonebook leading to duplication , now i have got all thoes contacts transfered to my i phone and even downloaded appliciation to delete duplicates in i phone though it is paid application but of no use as it has not recognised the duplicate contact numbers in phonebook but it recognise only exact duplicates kindly help me how i can delete duplicate contact numbers with diffrent names

Just go ahead and go to settings>Facebook> Contacts OFF and do the same with Gmail. THe contacts related to those acct will dissapear. Then when you sync again with Gmail be carefull BCS IT SAYS IF YOU WANT TO JUST ADD THE CONTACTS OR MERGE THEM!!!!

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Hi.
I need some advice. I want to consolidate my contacts, remove duplicates, add tags, and then sync them across applications (Addresbook, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.) going forward. I'm finding many challenges and it seems there's not an easy way to do it.
Addressbook
* will not let you go through and review/edit/approve how it resolves duplicates
* manually finding/fixing duplicates is tedious - there's no drag and drop from one contact to the other
Yahoo Mail
* will let you review/edit duplicates
* has a tedious interface and requires importing/exporting files
* when adding a new contact doesn't always let one add a group
* no longer has a "find new contacts" feature that would auto populate new cards - so anyone's address that I rely on auto-fill from recent will not have a card yet
Gmail
* I don't have any contacts there yet.
Palm
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Other than hiring a data entry temp to fix this as a project, can anyone think of something that I could use/do to make this easier?
I would appreciate any and all suggestions.

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Hi,
I have seen other discussions related to this subject but I can't seem to fix it. I have duplicates in my iPhone and MacBook of both iCal events and contacts. I am probably doing something wrong because if I add an event on my MacBook it will appear (fast enough!) in my iPhone, but it will not work the other way. Same thing with contacts. It is a bit of a nightmare and I would like to be able to have things once and automatically synced... if possible, of course, but I assumed this is what iCloud was about.
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Your iPhone can take a screen-capture by holding down the bottom 'HOME' button
for 2-3 seconds, and then depressing the top 'RESET' button momentarily while
continuing to hold down 'HOME'. You will see a simulated white 'flash' on the iPhone
screen, and the screen capture will appear as a photo in your latest Camera Roll.
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TS4147 I have duplicate contacts on my iPhone, but there are no duplicates in ICloud or in Outlook. Can I just delete the iCloud account on my phone and then let it refresh my contacts?

I have duplicate contacts on my iPhone, but there are not duplicates in Outlook on my PC or in iCloud. Can I just remove my iCloud on my account and recreate it so that the contacts refresh?

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