My contacts are not syncing from computer to iphone

despite being able to see my contacts in my address book on the mac air they are not syncing with my iphone

what do you mean they came to your desktop from an old phone, was the music not on your computer? have you added them to the itunes library? selected sync music?

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  • Contacts are not syncing from Mac to iPhone

    iCloud Contacts are not syncing if created on my macbook. But if created on iOS they sync.  Have no clue on this one.

    It took me awhile to figure out what is actually happening here, even though it seems obvious now. Unfortunately I can find no way to do what I need.
    On MacBook Pro Contacts, over on left page, at top left it says "All Contacts", under that "On my Mac", under that ""iCloud". I have figured out that "On My Mac" contacts are separate from "iCloud" contacts (seems obvious). The contacts in "iCould" are the only ones which sync with your iOS devices.
    Unfortunately, when I add contacts through Mail (my usual procedure), they are only added to the "On My Mac" set. I can find no way to have them automatically add to the "iCloud" set of contacts instead of the "On My Mac" set. I cannot figure out how to get these contacts in the "On My Mac" set to sync to iCloud without some very fancy and complicated exporting, deleting, importing ALL contacts, and it is a lot easier just to type the contact info into a new card in the "iCloud" contact set.
    Does anyone know of some setting to allow me to use iCloud exclusivly? That's why I want iCloud and Mac, to work together.

  • My contacts are not syncing from my iPhone to Outlook on my pc

    For some reasson my contacts that I enter on my iPhone stopped syncing to Outlook on my PC at home.  Can anyone help me with solving this?
    Thank you.

    Just to confirm, if you go to https://www.icloud.com/ and sign in with your appleID and password, do you see all of your iphone contacts in the icloud?  Also, on your iphone settings, under iCloud you have iCloud setup to synch your 'contacts' set to 'on'?  Make sure you are running the latest apple iOS too under General/Software Update (5.0.1).  If you use iTunes to synch info with your phone, I would disable 'synch contacts with outlook' as it's not required any longer. When your phone is plugged into the PC, you will notice that setting by clicking on your phone under 'devices' on left and then going to the 'info' tab at the top, first setting.
    I have Outlook 2007, in the left sidepane, you should see a "contacts" button, select it. Up at the top on the left side you should see "My Contacts" where your old outlook contacts are stored (the default contacts) and now below that you should see "contacts in iCloud" where your iphone contacts were synched to Outlook.  Additionally, from the menu you can select Tools/Address Book..  There you should see all your contacts in the various address books. There is a drop down where you can select a particular address book, such as "iCloud" or the default "Contacts". These are two seperate address books, only one is synched to your phone/icloud.
    Hope this helps.. frustrating these issues can become.
    /Rick

  • My contacts are not syncing from icloud to my pc and iphone

    Though my iphone has all my contacts listed only of few of those contacts show in my icloud contacts and my outlook contacts.  Can anyone help me to fix this problem?  I thank you, in advance, for your assistance.

    Just to confirm, if you go to https://www.icloud.com/ and sign in with your appleID and password, do you see all of your iphone contacts in the icloud?  Also, on your iphone settings, under iCloud you have iCloud setup to synch your 'contacts' set to 'on'?  Make sure you are running the latest apple iOS too under General/Software Update (5.0.1).  If you use iTunes to synch info with your phone, I would disable 'synch contacts with outlook' as it's not required any longer. When your phone is plugged into the PC, you will notice that setting by clicking on your phone under 'devices' on left and then going to the 'info' tab at the top, first setting.
    I have Outlook 2007, in the left sidepane, you should see a "contacts" button, select it. Up at the top on the left side you should see "My Contacts" where your old outlook contacts are stored (the default contacts) and now below that you should see "contacts in iCloud" where your iphone contacts were synched to Outlook.  Additionally, from the menu you can select Tools/Address Book..  There you should see all your contacts in the various address books. There is a drop down where you can select a particular address book, such as "iCloud" or the default "Contacts". These are two seperate address books, only one is synched to your phone/icloud.
    Hope this helps.. frustrating these issues can become.
    /Rick

  • Photos and contacts will not sync from iCloud to iPhone

    Hi Everyone
    I have an iPhone 4 with the latest iOS (5.1.1), and have had to restore my phone due to sluggish response from the device, however I have had problems when setting up my phone again.
    When the phone was restored and I wanted to restore a backup, it said the latest backup was from 10/12/2011 (I'm assuming this was the last time I backed up to iTunes). The issue I have is all my photos and contacts are on iCloud (last updated 25/05/2012, it clearly says this on my device under iCloud section). I have looked about to try and find a way to get this information back onto my iPhone but have not had any luck.
    Can someone please help me find out how to get my photos and contacts from iCloud back onto my iPhone, having no contacts is a real pain! If anyone can help it would be really appreiciated!
    MESSAGE TO APPLE: Your support is a complete joke, why should I have to pay for your assistance on clear design flaws with iCloud and its ability to sync with iOS enabled devices. Also you should really consider allowing people to download their photos / contacts via iCloud.com

    me again everyone, I've managed to find my contacts on my iPhone. When I look under the contacts app it just says "no contacts", but if I look at the contacts tab via Phone they all appear, weird bug.
    Still problems with my photos though

  • ICloud sync: Contacts are not syncing from Mac to iCloud, other services OK.

    Notes and calendar data are syncing fine. Syncing between iPhone and iCloud on all 3 appears to work fine. I have toggled syncing through the control panel; did not help.

    Go to System Preferences>iCloud, click Sign Out, choose Delete at all of the prompts, restart your Mac, then go back and sign back in.  (This deletes the account and iCloud data from your Mac, but not from iCloud.  Your data will reappear on your Mac when you sign back in.)

  • ICal not syncing from computer to iPhone

    When my wife enters events in her Mac iCal they don't show up on her iPhone. When she enters in her iPhone events in the calendar show up on her computer. Both computer and phone r set to sync to iCloud. Any ideas?  Thanks

    You are still under Snow Leopard, and basically iCloud is not supported.
    Are we talking about iCloud calendar, or Gmail calendar ?
    In any case, I would advice you 2 things :
    1 - update to 10.6.8
    2 - check iCal parameters for SN http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57511534-263/how-to-set-up-icloud-services- in-snow-leopard/
    regards

  • IPhoto albums not syncing from computer to iPhone

    I can't sync selected albums from iPhoto on my Mac to my iPhone.
    First I connect the iphone to the Mac, then select certain albums under Photo on the iPhone.
    It goes through the entire sync process, which takes several minutes; however, the selected albums do not appear on the iPhone.

    You are still under Snow Leopard, and basically iCloud is not supported.
    Are we talking about iCloud calendar, or Gmail calendar ?
    In any case, I would advice you 2 things :
    1 - update to 10.6.8
    2 - check iCal parameters for SN http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57511534-263/how-to-set-up-icloud-services- in-snow-leopard/
    regards

  • Playlists are not syncing between Mac and iPhone

    I have enables iCloud sync and sync over Wifi betweem my Mac and iPhone. But the sync is not working, and new playlists and edited playlists on the MAc are not showing up on iPhone. Also, such playlists that show up on the iPhone are not updating.
    I am using iPhone 5 and MacBook Air.
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    iBooks appear on my iPad but not iPhone. 
    On the iPhone tap Settings > Store. Switch Books off then back on the reset the iPhone.
    playlists do not update instantly
    On both devices in Settings > Store. Switch Music off then back on.
    Contacts are not syncing between my Mac, iPhone, and iPad
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    Hold the On/Off Sleep/Wake button and the Home button down at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
    On your Mac, open System Preferences > iCloud
    Deselect the box next to Contacts then reselect that box then restart your Mac.

  • Can not delete photos or albums sync from computer to iphone 4s

    I can not delete photos or albums that were sync from computer to iphone 4s. I tap edit but there is no delete icon. Help. This is my first iphone

    You delete them the same way you put them there, the sync process.
    Deselect the folder in itunes and sync.

  • My contacts are not updating from the iCloud. How can I actively go and retrieve them?

    My contacts are not updating from the iCloud even with "push" on. How can i actively go and retrieve them?

    Hello there, Lk354.
    The following Knowledge Base article offers up some great recommendations for troubleshooting issues with using iCloud Contacts:
    Get help using iCloud Contacts
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3998
    Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
    Cheers,
    Pedro.

  • Contacts are not syncing with Outlook

    ICloud Contacts are not syncing with Outlook.  Any suggestions?  Thx.

    aeam wrote:
    Thanks, that sounds fun
    I sympathize

  • My iCloud is set up and seems to work. However, a newly added contact does not sync from the Macbook to the iphone and iPad. What am I doing wrong?

    My iCloud is set up and seems to work. However, a newly added contact does not sync from the Macbook to the iphone and iPad. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, txstan

    Apparantly it is, On My Mac contacts don't appear in iCloud, anywhere.
    Put all your contacts on all of your devices in iCloud (assuming that's where you want them to be)
    Go to www.icloud.com, login and see what you actually have in the account.

  • Upgraded to IOS 8 and now documents are not syncing from mac to IOS devices

    Hello,
    I upgraded to IOS 8 on iPhone 5 and iPad 2 and now documents are not syncing from the  mac to IOS devices.
    How can restore document sharing  functions to the iCloud pre-IPOS 8?
    Thank you
    Don

    Okay, so we're moving forward now.  no problem.   while waiting for a response I noticed that both NUMBERS and PAGES sync-ed to the iCloud on iphone5.   However, I am still waiting for the iPad to sync. post IOS8.   Should I go get a cup of coffee or is there a way to expedite the sync process?
    don

  • Contact are not synced between i-phone 4 and macbook

    My contacts are not synced, but my calander an mails are well synced
    I checked in icoud if the sync options are activated

    Hi Old Ian 66!
    I have an article for you that seems to describe your issue and may help you troubleshoot it:
    iCloud: If you’re not receiving event and shared calendar notifications
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3607
    Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
    Cheers,
    Braden

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