Syncing Contacts across Apple products

I have all my contacts on my BB and now have a Macbook, Ipad and Iphone4, how do I best upload my contacts across all of them, without iCLOUD?

I too have no desire to put my contacts in the Icloud. I have MacBook Pro, Ipad 2 and Ipod Touch. Here is the workaround I came up with last night so that I do not have to hand enter all updates and new people to Contacts on all three devices..
Ok so you have three devices with Contacts. You want to update a friend's work phone.
Here’s what you do: update the contact on one device. Then while you are in Contacts click on the arrow in the right hand bottom corner and tell it you want to email that contact card to yourself.
Open the email with the contact card on Device Two and click on the .vcf file that is attached. It will then save/update the contact information in that Device Two's Contacts.
Open the email with the contact card on Device Three and repeat the process.
Walah! you can update without retyping the information three times and you can keep your personal information and other people's contact information out of the Cloud.
I keep waiting for Apple to update Maverick and restore our ability to sync Contacts, Calendar and Booksmarks via I-Tunes and without using the Cloud.

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You can upgrade to Mountain Lion from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Mountain Lion can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for $19.99. To access the App Store you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or later installed.
Upgrading to Snow Leopard
You can purchase Snow Leopard through the Apple Store: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Apple Store (U.S.). The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will be sent physical media by mail after placing your order.
After you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store. Access to the App Store enables you to download Mountain Lion if your computer meets the requirements.
     Snow Leopard General Requirements
       1. Mac computer with an Intel processor
       2. 1GB of memory
       3. 5GB of available disk space
       4. DVD drive for installation
       5. Some features require a compatible Internet service provider;
           fees may apply.
       6. Some features require Apple’s iCloud services; fees and
           terms apply.
Upgrading to Lion
If your computer does not meet the requirements to install Mountain Lion, it may still meet the requirements to install Lion.
You can purchase Lion by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service - this includes international calling numbers. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download. You will get an email containing a redemption code that you then use at the Mac App Store to download Lion. Save a copy of that installer to your Downloads folder because the installer deletes itself at the end of the installation.
     Lion System Requirements
       1. Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7,
           or Xeon processor
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       3. OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
       4. 7GB of available space
       5. Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
Upgrading to Mountain Lion
To upgrade to Mountain Lion you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Purchase and download Mountain Lion from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Mountain Lion is $19.99 plus tax. The file is quite large, over 4 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
     OS X Mountain Lion - System Requirements
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         2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 5,1 or later
         3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
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Problems Syncing Contacts Across iOS 8

Hey guys (I'll keep this as brief as possible),
In case you need to know my device models/OS to help me, here they are:
iPhone 6 (iOS 8.0.2)
iPad 3rd Gen (iOS 8.0.2)
Macbook Pro w/ Ret (OS X Mav 10.9.5)
I've been trying to sync "Contacts" across all 3 devices via iCloud to no avail. I've edited my iPhone contacts list extensively, so I'm trying to sync that over to my iPad and my Macbook Pro, but it's not working. On both the iPhone and iPad, I've turned the "Contacts" toggle off and then on under the iCloud tab in settings, and that didn't do anything. I don't think it's a problem with iCloud, because it's updating my "Reminders" across all 3 devices just fine, but isn't taking any of my contact adjustments that I'm making on my iPhone.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time, everyone!
Kind Regards,
Niloy

pomme4moi wrote:
You probably already have done this: Within the Contacts app on the iPad and iPhone, click on Groups (top left corner) and make sure you have iCloud ticked.
I don't know if this is important, but under Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, scroll down to the Contacts section and see if your Default Account is iCloud.
I did do that early on. I eventually got it solved, though. But I really appreciate you trying to help, my friend. Thank you!

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Can not sync contacts across all my devices

I'm having a conversation with myself here but I've worked out how to do it.
I deleted all the contacts from iCloud and then turned iCloud sync back on on my phone.
All sorted.

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Hi, I am trying to sync my Iphone contacts and calendar to my Samsung note 3 phone, saw in the U-tube that I can do it in itunes under the sync contacts with googles process. But I could not fine the sync contacts with process in the itunes. Can you pls advise me how I can sync my iphones contacts and calendar to my note 3 phone. Thanks

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1296

Syncing Contacts across platforms - MUST I use MobileMe?

Hey: so I've long kept contacts on my various Macs; in the past, I synced them to my Windows based phone and crappy windows computer at work via MissingSync. Now, I've got Contacts on the MacBook Pro, and in Outlook at work. I'm using enterprise data to bring my outlook mail to the iPhone; I've also got my gmail on there.
All this is to say: is it possible to sync contacts from Contacts->iPhone->Outlook->iPhone->Contacts, or can it only work between Contacts and the iPhone, and between the iPhone and Enterprise/Outlook, as two duplicate lists? What if I deleted my Contacts on the Mac, could I then sync the Enterprise contacts from the PC to the mac without duplication?
This is the only multiplatform thing I have to figure out and I can't see using MobilMe for just that. Any ideas will be appreciated!

You're welcome.
And most businesses that provide an Exchange account with ActiveSync enabled want it this way - they don't want business contacts made available on a personal computer and vice-versa.
You can't sync your Exchange contacts from your PC direct to your iPhone, but if you are accessing your Exchange account with Outlook on your PC, you can transfer all personal contacts available in Outlook that are not on the Exchange server to the Exchange server, which will make the contacts available on your iPhone.
If your Mac is running Snow Leopard, you can access your Exchange account with the Mail.app as an Exchange account via ActiveSync, which will provide for over the air syncing for contacts with the Address Book and over the air syncing for calendar events with iCal.

How to sync contacts across multiple devices

I have a iPhone, iMac and iPad that I am having trouble keeping my contacts in sync!
Some contacts do not appear across all devices and others appear duplicated on one or more device.
After much checking of the settings and trying to merge contacts, I have still not managed to sort the problem.
David

First check that all your settings are correct, that contact syncing is checked on all devices (system preferences > iCloud on a mac and settings > iCloud on a iPhone, iPad or iPod).
Make sure the contacts you are adding are added to your 'iCloud' group and not an 'On My Mac', 'On My Phone' or other non iCloud group (you can do this by checking in groups), non iCloud contacts will not sync.
If you are sure that everything is set up correctly and your contacts are in the iCloud group, you might try unchecking contact syncing in the iCloud settings, restarting your device and then re-enabling contact syncing.
This user tip might help you understand how accounts work with Address Book.

[HOW TO] Sync contacts across different devices.

Well recently ran into a problem, i had to get a new phone due iphone giving up the ghost, so switched to a Android device, now i wanted to transfer all my contacts over from my iphone to my android.
I followed countless instructions, but always faced the same hurdles, itunes failed to sync my contacts to google via itunes, it just kept getting stuck in the enter pass word loop, which no one seems to be able to fix.
I then tried adding an exchange account, but this also failed, it failed at the login, then even when i finally got it to login, it failed to sync with no user input to tell it to sync it was looking bleak.
With frustration i tried adding a CardDAV account, this too kept failing on the varification process.
At this point it seemed that OS was doing all it could to stop me syncing my contacts to move them to a new device.
So i thought id search the App store for something that would do the job for me.
And now im here.
First off if you have faced the same issues as me, then please save your self a head ache and just do this.
On your iphone > app store > search for NQ contacts sync.
Download and install it.
On your Adroid device > Play store > search NQ contacts sync.
Download and install it.
On your iphone, open NQ contacts that has now installed on your iphone, create new account, put in your email, and chose a password (not the same one you use for your email account) once created, drag your finger from the bottom of the screen (still in HQ) from the icon that shows your contacts, to the cloud on the top of the screen. this will transfer your contacts to NQ servers.
On your Android device, sign in with the NQ account you just made. it will automatically sync your contacts to your android device.
Job done.
link for NQ contacts sync on appstore.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nq-contacts-sync/id450088684?mt=8
Link for NQ contact sync on playstore.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netqin.contactbackup&feature=n av_result#?t=W10.
Why it takes a third party app to actually do a hassle free contacts transfer is beyond me, between google and apple i was about to throw both phones out of the window and go back to using a note pad and a house phone, they have made it so complicated that it causes more hassle than its worth.
And no i have nothing to do with NQ, i just found it so frigging easy to do something two major companys couldnt get wright in the first place i thought id share to help others out.

Sorry for double post, doesnt seem to be an edit option, this also works both ways.

Syncing contacts across devices

Hi
I'm having issues with trying to get one set of contacts to display across all my devices.
Whereabouts do I create my master set of contacts and how do I then get that to be the same on my iPhone/laptop/iCloud/iPad?
Currently after much frustration, I have my Address book on my laptop exactly how I want it and also my iPhone but my iCloud contacts are still the old set.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Cheers
Dan
p.s. I should add that I am now running IOS6, which hasn't made any difference

I'm having a conversation with myself here but I've worked out how to do it.
I deleted all the contacts from iCloud and then turned iCloud sync back on on my phone.
All sorted.

HT4993 Moving Contacts across Apple IDs

My husband and I share an AppleID and I need to get him his own since we both have iPhones now. Is there a way to easily transfer his 400 contacts to his new Apple ID?

Before deleting the iCloud account from his device go to:
Settings > iCloud > turn off contacts and choose to keep on phone
Turn off all the toggles, keep the items you want and delete the rest when prompted.
Delete the account from his device
Sign back in with his new account. The contacts(and anything else) on his phone should sync to his iCloud account.
or
Sign in to iCloud.com from a web browser on your computer. Go to Contacts > Select all (Mac: Commad+A / PC: CTRL+A) > Click the gear on the bottom left > Export vCard. Then sign out and back in with his new account > Contacts > Click the gear on the bottom left > Import vCard and navigate to the vCard you exported. Once they are in iCloud the will get pushed to any device he signs in to.

Sync all my apple products

I JUST BOUGHT 3 MAC HOME COMPUTERS FOR MY REAL ESTATE OFFICE AND I HAVE A MAC BOOK PRO I PAD AIR AND 3 IPHONE 6 THAT I WANT TO KNOW IF IM ABLE TO NETWORK OR SYNC THEM ALL TOGETHER THANKS FOR ANY HELP

You can connect them to same network and use file sharing
Mac Basics: File Sharing - Apple Support
You can keep documents and other things in iCloud Drive and aces them from any device:
Mac Basics: File Sharing - Apple Support
iCloud Drive FAQ - Apple Support
You can also use apps/services like DropBox and and Google Drive to keep files in sync.
However, you can only sync iOS devices like an iPhone with one computer
You can share your iTunes library on the computers by:
Learn more about Home Sharing - Apple Support

How do I sync calendars across Apple devices?

I have gone through the steps to use iCloud to sync calendars on my computers, iPhone, and iPad. However, not all calendar items on my iPhone show up on the Calendar on my iMac. How can I ensure that events I add on one device are pushed to all other devices? Thanks for any suggestions.

Hey Walter Dalch,
Thanks for the question. I understand that you are experiencing issues with iCloud calendar, in which events may not be pushed to all other devices. To isolate and troubleshoot these issues, it may be best to follow the steps outlined in this resource:
iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Calendar
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3999
Additional Information:
iCloud: Advanced Calendar and iCal troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4337
Thanks,
Matt M.

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