ICloud wiped out Contacts

Yo. iCloud just wiped out all my contacts across my devices. iPhone, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air. What's going on?

I have the same issue. All my contacts on Outlook 2010 are all gone. So now what?

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    When setting up iCloud for my Contacts, it wiped out my contact list from my PC.  How do I get the contact list back in Outlook on my PC?

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  • HT1688 Why does when they upgrade my phone they turn on Icloud stuff I did not have and wiped out my phone contacts, but after it did that it took another back up and I could not get my contacts from backup unless I go back sept , why not incremental back

    recent upgrade I lost all my contacts, I only had icloud for find my phone. My son backs his contacts up to my id, so when the upgrade happen it wipped out my contacts. I had been doing backups on my computer when I plug it in. But the problem is that it overlays the previous backup and after the upgrade it wiped out my phone contacts. So now I lost them and can not recover them. You need a more robust backup for IPhone.... I can not use the cloud because of my work will not let me. I have confidential information or access to it on my phone. I do not like each time I upgrade I lose my contacts and then I can't recover them because the backup runs again and overlays it. Should be a way to get increamental backups at point and time and not overlay everything. So frustrating with my upgrades and constantly losing my contacts. Very insufficent.

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    Then uncheck the "Enable this account" setting
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  • IMac and iPad sync with cloud no problems, iTouch with OSi4.2.1 is now wiped out, how do I sync contacts and mail?

    I am not a happy mac user at the moment.  I have a new ipad OSi 5.0 works fine with my two Lion systems.  I have an iPod touch with OSi 4.2.1 I was trying to sync my calender, mail and contacts.  It did the mail and calender but it wiped out my contacts.  I not only want them back, I want them synced with the other systems.  I should not have to buy a new touch to get this to work!
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    You can't actually delete an iCloud account but you can remove it by signing out at System Preferences>iCloud if it is the promary account, or in Mail, Contacts & Calendars if the secondary, and then juste ignore it.
    The Blackeberry can only sync with data held under 'On My Mac'. iCloud can only sync with data under 'iCloud'.
    When you set up iCloud your calendars and contacts were moved to the iCloud server. If you want to use Blackberry you will have to move them back to 'On My Mac' and not sync with iCloud: it's one or the other.
    To move calendars, follow the second set of numbered instructions here:
    http://www.wilmut.webspace.virginmedia.com/notes/icloudmovecalendars.html
    To move contacts, File>Export as vCard when you have selected all your contacts, then delete the contacts under iCloud, make 'On My Mac' the default and reimport the vCard.

  • HT1245 i have wiped out my contact list on my blackberry.  how can i sync my contact list from ipad to blackberry?

    i have wiped out my contact list on my blackberry.  How can i sync my contact list from iPad to blackberry?

    just219, the poster said his problem is: "i have wiped out my contact list on my blackberry"
    How does yu suggestion help?
    Did you really read the entire post?
    just219 wrote:
    make sure icloud contacts are on in settings ,,, than go to icloud.com>log in>contacts>than see whats there

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