How to sync contacts in iPhone, iCloud, Exchange, Hotmail?

I have contacts in four different places: Microsoft Exchange (on a Mac), Hotmail, iPhone 5s and iCloud. I have cleaned up all duplicates in all the lists but am not managing to get them all to sync. My iPhone has 660 contacts on it, iCloud (and Mac Contacts) has 502 and Exchange has 527. I can't figure out why there are contacts on my phone that have not synced with any of the other contact lists. I do not appear to have a group 'on my iphone' on the phone and there are no duplicates. How can I get all 660 contacts from my phone onto iCloud and Exchange?

Hi rajeshkumarfromindia!
If you already have an iCloud account, you should be able to simply turn on contacts in the iCloud section of your settings on the phone in order to merge your local contacts on your iPhone into the contacts of iCloud:
iCloud - iPhone
http://help.apple.com/iphone/7/#/iph3c79652c
If you are having issues with the contact syncing function, try the steps for troubleshooting located in the following article:
iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Contacts
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3998
Thanks for being a part of the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

Similar Messages

How to sync contacts from iPhone back to ipad

How to sync contacts from iPhone back to ipad.

Using iCloud may be the easiest and in the long run will help keep them in synch.
http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/ios.html

How to Sync contacts between iPhone and Mac pro using iCloud?

Like many other people i have set up both my iphone and my Macbook Pro 13' on the same icloud account and yet my contacts on my phone are not transfering over to my computer propperly? They usually dont go on at all or they go on but not fully. (ie: cell number missing, or email is missing.) This has frustrated me ever since icloud came out, and i have ended up emailing every single one of my contacts from my phone to myself so that i can get them on my computer. If anybody has had this problem or has any suggestions i would be happy to hear.

Depends how you sync. If using iCloud, set it in the iCloud settings on the phone. If syncing with iTunes, set in on the Info page of your divice in iTunes

How to sync contacts from iPhone to computer

having real problems with the contacts on my iphone updating/syncing on my macbook pro. have tried switching between icloud, exchange and manually on itunes (whicn now doesnt seem to give a contacts selection to sync with since upgrading to Maverick). Frustrating! any tips appreciated

As you've noticed, since the release of Mavericks syncing contacts with a Mac using iTunes is no longer supported. Following is a link to troubleshooting information for iCloud contacts which may have something that will help: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3998

How to sync contacts from iphone to ipad

How do i sync my contacts from iphone to ipad?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Log into your iCloud account on both devices and enable contact syncing on each.

How to sync contacts form iphone TO macbook adressbook and Gmail?

I'm afraid that when I sync contacts in iTunes that all my contacts on my iphone will be replaced by the contacts on my Macbook Pro. I want it vice versa because my contacts on my iPhone are up to date
any suggestions or any previous experiences how to do it?
Oh yeah and is there a possibility to sync these contacts to my gmail contact book?
i mean so that all the information comes together on my iPhone and macbook? phone info and mail info...?

This should tell you all you need to know:
http://www.apple.com/support/icloud/

How to sync contacts from iPhone 5 to nissam altima 2012

I just bought the new iPhone 5 and I have a Nisaan Altima 2012. I wanted to sync my contacts to the cars's bluetooth. I tried to solve my issue a lot but I couldn't!

You don't need to sync contacts. The Altima can access your Contacts directly (I have a 2011 Maxima).
I rarely dial from the car so I don't remember how but the manual should tell you.
Here is a link to your manual. Bluetooth & Audio is in section 4
http://www.nissan-techinfo.com/refgh0v/og/altima/2012-Nissan-Altima.pdf

How to sync Contacts from iPhone to iCal or MobileMe?

I have ONE copy of Contacts that is correct: on my iPhone.
I really need to push the contacts from my iPhone to my empty MobileMe AddressBook or to my empty iCal AddressBook. I've spent an hour researching this on the Web. Does anyone know how to push the Contacts in this direction?
I had thought that iTunes Sync of Contacts was always two-way (KB article http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386 says it is!); but apparently, with the iPhone, it is only one way (if a Mac Address Book or the MobileMe AddressBook is empty, the sync will wipe the contacts off the iphone).
Desperately need help. Thanks!

OK, I finally got it fixed. And I figured out my missteps, too. Here you go (I tested it three times, and part of the testing procedure included deleting ALL data in MobileMe AND the AddressBook on my Mac):
Procedure for Pushing Good Set of Contacts on iPhone to all other platforms
Problem: Your iPhone has your only good set of contacts. Your iCal and MobileMe (cloud) contacts are not there or corrupted.
Complication: If you try to delete your corrupted MobileMe Contacts on the cloud in preparation for pushing the valid set of contacts from the iPhone up to the MobileMe cloud, the system tends to do a one-way sync and immediately delete all your iPhone contacts (the good set!).
Solution and procedure:
For starters, forget about iTunes. We are not going to use it at all for this procedure.
Back up Address Book on the Mac. OK, so this copy might be corrupted or incomplete; do it anyway: File, Export, Address Book Archive. It keeps your groups and their member sets, too.
Go into MobileMe Settings on your Mac, then to the Sync tab. Make sure sync is set to Manual. You can leave Sync turned on; it won't sync until you tell it to, because you just set it to Manual.
OK, we're assuming your iPhone has the best, correct set of AddressBook Contacts, Groups, and Group member lists.
So now put your iPhone in Airplane mode. MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU DO THIS!!!
On the iPhone, go to Settings, Mail, Contacts, Calendars, MobileMe, and turn OFF Contacts in Settings on iPhone. The iPhone should immediately give you a prompt. Make sure you press "Keep contacts on iPhone," NOT "Delete." (And if you don't get that message, something is wrong.)
Check to make sure Contacts and Groups are still there on iPhone. They should be. Double check to make sure your iPhone is in Airplane Mode.
Now open AddressBook on Mac and delete all Contacts AND all Groups. (You can always recover these from the earlier backup you made.)
Then delete ALL contacts in MobileMe on the Web.
MAKE SURE MAC ADDRESS BOOK AND MOBILEME ADDRESS BOOK ARE EMPTY.
Log off MobileMe.
Check to see that Contacts are still on the iPhone, and that there is only ONE set of groups. And you should still be in Airplane Mode!
On iPhone, turn back ON Contacts. You may get the message "The contacts you previously synced with your Mac will be merged with Mobile Me." (This message is a bit confusing, but don't worry about that.) (If you don't get that message, something is wrong.) Click on "Merge" to turn back ON Contacts on iPhone.
Take iPhone out of Airplane Mode.
Go to iPhone desktop, double press the black menu button, and close all Apps.
Now reboot iPhone immediately. (Very important! Procedure doesn't always work unless you do this.)
Once rebooted, check to see that Contacts are still there on the iPhone, and that there is only ONE set of groups. If AddressBook starts syncing while you're doing this, let it finish before you do anything else.
Now open MobileMe. Go to Contacts. The procedure should have synced the Contacts properly. If you see zero Contracts in the All Contacts group, go to a subgroup, and then back; or go to a different part of MobileMe (Calendar, etc.), and then come back to AddressBook. All your contacts should then appear in the full Address Book.
Log off MobileMe.
Open Address Book on Mac. It should still be empty. Close it.
Open MobileMe settings on Mac. Go to Sync tab. Click on Advanced button on bottom right. Select the current computer you're on and make SURE it stays selected.
Now click "Reset Sync data."
Change graphic of platform sync to "Cloud---->Computer."
Set "Replace" to Contacts.
Hit Replace.
This should immediately populate your AddressBook on your Mac with the correct info from the MobileMe cloud. Open AddressBook and make sure it did, and that the groups are there and populated.
Now, if all three platforms have correct info, you can go to MobileMe settings on Mac, Sync tab, and change it to "Synchronize with MobileMe automatically" to keep MobileMe and iCal on your Mac in sync. (MobileMe and your iPhone are already set up to sync automatically per earlier steps in this procedure.)
Now that you have a good copy of your Contacts and Groups in AddressBook on your Mac, backup it up.

How to sync contacts from iPhone to a computer

Hi, I've just realised that since i've had the iPhone 5, it hasn't been syncing my contacts onto my computer. I thought it was because I didn't have enough backup storage on iCloud so i deleted my backup (which was stupid because now it says I've never backed up and I can't seem to backup because I don't have enough storage).
How do I put my contacts onto my computer? Help!
Thanks

iOS: Syncing your data with iTunes or Learn how to set up iCloud. The latter article has already been updated for iOS 7 so the screenshots don't match, but the article may still suffice.

How do you Sync Contacts from iPhone to MacBook?

How do you Sync Contacts from iPhone to MacBook?
Hi, Does anyone know how to do this without the need for me to upgrade to Lion on my MAcBook Pro and use the iCloud?
I put all my contacts into my iPhone and I'd like them now on my MAcBook Pro.
Thanks,

Click on your iDevice on the sidebar of iTunes and then go to the info tab at the top. check the box shown here:
This will put the contacts from an iDevice to the computer. You can then check the same box on the (let's say iPad) that doens't have any contacts and they will go from your comp to your iPad.

How to sync contacts from computer to iPhone

I go to itunes, iphone device plugged into computer, see sync at bottom right of screen, but NO sign of a check box to check regarding syncing contacts.
Hope I can get definitive answer as to exactly how to sync contacts from computer to an iphone.
Willis

As you've noticed, since the release of Mavericks syncing contacts with a Mac using iTunes is no longer supported. Following is a link to troubleshooting information for iCloud contacts which may have something that will help: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3998

HT5824 how to update contact info to icloud from my iphone

how to update contact info to icloud from my iphone?

If you are syncing contacts with iCloud on your phone, just edit the contact in the contacts app. That edits it in iCoud.

HT1296 how to sync contact in my iphone to the computer

how to sync contact in my iphone to the computer

Read the article from which the question was posted.

When synching the iPhone i get the following message: iTunes could not sync contacts to iPhone because the sync server failed to sync the phone. any idea how to correct this

Header 1
Header 2
when synching iPhone i get the following message: iTunes could not sync contacts to iPhone because the sync server failed to sync the phone. any idea how to fix this problem?

Did you try the solutions mentioned in this article? iTunes for Windows: "Unable to load data class information from sync services" alert

HT4623 How to copy contacts from iPhone 3gs to iphone 4.

How to copy contacts from iPhone 3gs to iphone 4.

First youll need to back up all your contacts to you computer, then sync your new iphone and be sure to tick the boxes to sync all you contacs. Also if your iphone 3 has icloud, back them up to icloud, and then restore your new iphone from a icloud backup, No computer needed

How to sync contacts in iPhone, iCloud, Exchange, Hotmail?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for