HT203977: How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
Learn about How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
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Sep 1, 2015 3:00 PM in response to Hkgovindby Jonathan UK,- If you have not already done so, enable iCloud on your iPhone:
- Settings > iCloud > (Sign in if needed) > check that the slider for Contacts is on.
- On your computer, visit iCloud and sign in:
- On your computer, within iCloud, click on the Contacts icon.
- Select all contacts in the list:
- Click on the top listed contact, then scroll to the bottom and - whilst holding down the Shift key on your keyboard - left click on the bottom listed contact.
- With all contacts selected, click on the cog / gear icon in the bottom left of iCloud, then on "Export vCard..." - this exports your contacts as a file.
- Open your Gmail page on your computer, then sign in to Gmail.
- Click Gmail at the top-left corner of your Gmail page > choose Contacts.
- Click the More actions dropdown menu > select Import....
- Click the Choose File button and locate the vCard file you'd like to upload.
- Select the file and click the Import button.
- If you have not already done so, enable iCloud on your iPhone: