I need to sync contacts from my mac to icloud

I have more contacts on my iMac than in iCloud. How do I sync them all?

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HT204150 I currently have 14,181 contacts that are on my computer, which an apple tech was nice enough to show me how to transfer all my contacts from my mac 2 "iCloud " account all though when ever I log into my "iCloud" account it still only shows 13,0

I currently have 14,181 contacts that are on my computer, which an apple tech was nice enough to show me how to transfer all my contacts from my mac 2 "iCloud " account all though when ever I log into my "iCloud" account from a different web browser it still only shows 13,032. Meanwhile on my mac book pro, the "icloud" contact is still spinning like its trying to update the rest of the missing contacts. I have let the computer run for 2 days straight and still no progress. Is there a limit to how many contacts I store on "iCloud" I have upgraded to the extra 25 gigs per year. If anyone has any advice I would greatly appreciate it, because its also slowing down my mac book pro significantly causing it hard to do any other task on my computer....Any advice or help would be again greatly appreciated.

On the surface, it doesn't sound like you're reaching a limit in the number of contacts you can have.
I would first create a contacts archive (file >> export) for a backup. Then, go to system preferences >> icloud and uncheck contacts. Reboot. Return to those preferences and recheck contacts.
Also, review http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4489 just in case you have some contact cards that are reaching a different limitation.

HT4906 for the life of me a can't get it. I need to transfer contacts from my mac computer to my wife's IPhone. Help please

For the life of me I just can't seem to get it. I need to transfer my contacts from my mac computer to my wife's IPhone.

Ok I figured it out myself But for anyone else with the same problem I tried re-setting my network settings and that did the trick. I should have thought of that!

Need help syncing contacts FROM iPhone to Address book

I'm trying to help my dad out here. He's got about 300 contacts on his iPhone that he wants to transfer onto his computer so he can have a saved/printed copy of them. I've tried to set the contacts to sync in iTunes, but it only resulted in wiping all the contacts off of the phone, which causes me to waste an hour restoring the iPhone from backup so he doesn't kill me -_____- I don't care about copying contacts from Address book to his phone, just from his phone to Address book. How do I do this?

I have a similar problem which should be easily fixed with the steps described but those are not working. I just got a iPhone 4GS and im trying to take the contacts off of my 3GS and onto my adress book so I can sync the 4GS with adress book and get all my contacts. I created the "dummy contact" on adress book and have tried to sync my phone a couple of times but it doesnt work. it just syncs the dummy contact onto my 3gs but doesnt transfer the contacts from my 3gs onto the adress book on the computer. it also doesnt give me the option to "merge". the kicker to this is that at the bottom of the "sync contacts with adress book tab" on itunes it tells me that my contacts are "being synced with mobileme over the air" when mobileme DOESNT EVEN EXIST ANYMORE.... help please! thank you

Need to sync contacts from an old Desktop address book on Bold 9650

Not sure if this is the right forum for this, but here goes!
I have a user with a Bold 9650 that has two Desktop address books on their device:
- 1 from the old enterprise activation at a previous company that we saved and restored
- 1 from the current activation that is correctly syncing with Exchange
For the old one, they want to pull in about 800 contacts sitting there and get them syncing with Exchange.
Quesiton is how do I do this? I can't seem to back up the book and restore it over the current, and I can't otherwise seem to access it in a way to do this. I know there must be a way, so any hints would be great!
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Hard Reset the new Treo so it's completely erased. Perform a HotSync, and when Palm Desktop asks you to "Create a New Account, or use an Existing One?" choose "Existing" and pick the HotSync name of your old data.
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Can't sync Contacts from my Mac anymore

Can contacts and calendars be synced from just my Mac and not on the cloud? Since updating to Mavericks that option disappeared. My husband and I share an account but do not want want to share calendars.

Yep syncing via hookup to computer is gone with Mavericks. It's a beg problem for many and there atre a number of threads complaining about it. My problem is lack of security and the inability to access the intern rat times in my job. Please send feedback to Apple so the get hint maybe.

Laptop died. lost outlook. need to sync contacts from phone.

I lost a lot of outlook data (messages, calendar, tasks, and contacts) when my laptop died. I tried to sync the phone, but I am afraid that it will wipe out my contacts on the phone, too. I can't be without them. I also wondered if I could somehow back up the lost data from the files I managed to save - or if that would be wise - on outlook. I use ToDo to sync with my Outlook tasks and have not been able to sync that, either. All my tasks are also on the phone only.
Any wise techies out there that can walk me through the steps to salvage and sync?

Thank you for helping. And I have not used Zune for anything besides music, so I wouldn't know about that. I know they are phasing them out, and was not suggesting that it is anything compared to the iPhone (I adore my iPhone and mostly use it for photography - which there's just no comparison). I was just saying that the sync and data transfer interface is not user friendly - as far as music and outlook data. I haven't tried syncing to Google, but that's another option for the future as I might just migrate away from Outlook if I have to go through this much more.
I probably should try and find someone to help me "fix" my Outlook before I sync the data - since all this might be a moot point if I were able to salvage the data from my hard drive and somehow bring my Outlook back to life on this new computer. Just afraid that it might be corrupted - since the other computer was destroyed by a virus.

**Syncing Contacts ("On My Mac") to iCloud**

Hellpppp! Cannot find the answer to this question anywhere!
Mid 2009 MBP
Lots of free disk space (not that that is entireley relevant)
Nothing on iCloud so far so free space there too
OSX Lion
iCloud enabled on iPhone 5 (iOS 6) and enabled on Mac, boxes checked on both devices for 'Contacts, Calendars...'
How do I get contacts that are "On My Mac" to sync to iCloud? (Also curious to link up my calendar in iCal too, which is not syncing)
Any help or advice greatly appreciated,
Thank you

Thanks for the replies guys. Screenshots attached in response to both of your comments.
woodmeister50 - I have signed into iCloud / enabled it in Address Book already. Screenshot attached = "Example - Address Book"
pvonk - I have tried doing this (hopefully the attached shot of the window is the part of the app to which you refered me) and it doesn't work on that particular screen. Is this what you meant? Screenshot = "Contact Groups Example"
P.s. got iCal working! But contacts/"Address Book" is still a problem.

How to Sync Events from my Mac to iCloud

I have enabled Photo Streaming + I have all my photos on my iPhoto on my MAC Mini + I have all my photos synced with my iPad iPhoto that got Migrated to Photos after iOS 8
i want to have all pictures on the iCloud and available on my iPhone, iPad and Mac Mini. How can I do that?

Wait till early next year. Currently the iCloud Photo Library is still in Beta testing mode and cannot sync to your Mac. Apple announced a matching Photos app for the Mac for early next year, after the release of the new MacOS X. Then you should be able to have one shared photo library in the cloud for all your devices.

My 3G unlocked iPhone is not syncing mail or contacts from my mac book pro, using Lion. I am able to get a calendars and music, only. I get the message that I need to reset the password which I have done 3x's on the phone and on the Apple server.

My 3G unlocked iPhone is not syncing mail or contacts from my mac book pro, using Lion. I am able to get a calendars and music, only. I get the message that I need to reset the password which I have done 3x's on the phone and on the Apple server.

Good to know that, but what can I do to get the mail and contacts downloaded from Icloud onto my Iphone? I am told that the password needs to be reset and I have erased and reset it 3x's already? Should I Restore All Settings or Restore Network Settings or will that result in a situation where I have to have it re-unlocked again? GRACIAS!

How do I get the contacts from my mac to syn with icloud? I need to back up my phone and don't want to lose my contacts when I get a new phone.

How do I get the contacts from my mac to sync with Icloud? I need to back up my phone since I will be receiving a new one tomorrow and the icloud contacts are not the same as the ones on my mac. Help me

OS X Lion. 10.7. Your profile says your running 10.6.8, which is Snow Leopard. You need 10.7 to use iCloud with your Mac.

Is there any way to sync Outlook for Mac with iPhone? I have tried everything but not successful. Apple says it is not possible to sync contacts from Outlook for Mac to iPhone 5. Any help will be much appreciated.

Is there any way to Sync contacts from Outlook for Mac to iPhone 5? Apple support says that only iTune can only sync contacts from "Contact" which is the default contact of Mac. If one is running Outllok on a Mac machine then it is not possible to sync the contacts with iPhone. It is strange that Apple distributors are promoting and offering machines with promise that Windows users can now run MS Office on Mac machines without any problem. While this is true, it is so strange that one cannot sync the contacts from MacBook Pro to iPhone5. If someone has found a way to sync contacts from Outlook to iPhone 5 please help as it is very frustrating to not be able to sync the contacts. Thanks, Amit.

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Is it possible to sync contacts from my phone that were originally created in Mac address book to Outlook on a PC?

Is it possible to sync contacts from my phone that were originally created in Mac address book to Outlook on a PC?

CindiS wrote:
I was told by someone at AppleCare that my saved Outlook 2007 Calendars would open on the Mac in iCal and that my Word 2007 Documents would open on the Mac using pages in iWork.
This information is correct for Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents.
It's also correct for Outlook if the Outlook Calendars where exported in the ics format.
http://www.techhit.com/outlook/export_calendar_icalendar_ics.html
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HT1296 I am trying to sync contacts from my iPhone to Mac. When I plug in my iPhone, I do not get the Info tab in iTunes (as mentioned in how to sync on this website). How can I get the info tab to appear?

I am trying to sync contacts from my iPhone to Mac. When I plug in my iPhone, I do not get the Info tab in iTunes (as mentioned in how to sync on this website). How can I get the info tab to appear?

Since the release of Mavericks (OS X 10.9) syncing contacts and calendars with a Mac via iTunes is no longer supported. The currently supported method is via iCloud. Setup instructions: http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/

Hi, I need to import contacts from windows outlook to MAC outlook. I need the field mapping document between windows and mac outlook.

Hi, I need to import contacts from windows outlook to MAC outlook. I need the field mapping document between windows and mac outlook.

Then I suggest you post your question the Microsoft Mac forums since it's their products you're having trouble with
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac

I need to sync contacts from my mac to icloud

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