Contacts failing to sync to iCloud from one of two Macs (boringssl_session_errorlog, ERROR: CGImageSourceCreateWithData: data is nil, -[__NSCFString rectValue]: unrecognized selector)

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Contacts failing to sync to iCloud from one of two Macs (boringssl_session_errorlog, ERROR: CGImageSourceCreateWithData: data is nil, -[__NSCFString rectValue]: unrecognized selector)

My main Mac (10.13.6) stopped syncing Contacts (but not Calendar or Notes) to iCloud a few weeks ago. A new sacrificial Mac (10.14.4) set up with a clean user account syncs fine, as do my iPhone and iPad. (I have been trying to avoid upgrading my main Mac to 10.14 because the iOS app management and Safari ad-blocking are much worse.)

This happened a few months ago; I nuked my mac’s Contacts and re-synced from iCloud, but the problem eventually returned.

Here are some censored highlights from the Console log for AddressBookSourceSync, from a single minute after during which I made a change to a contact on my main Mac. (There are 1069 AddressBookSourceSync entries during that minute.)

Posted on Jun 2, 2019 1:46 PM

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Answer 1

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BDAqua

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Jun 2, 2019 1:57 PM in response to Flash Sheridan

Sys Prefs>iCloud> tick/untick multiply times the "contacts" option and see if it fixes the issue. Maybe a restart between.

To find out if it's system wide or user specific, try this...

Open System Preferences>Users & Groups, unlock the lock, click on the little plus icon, make a new admin account, log out & into the new account.

Does it work in the new account?

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Answer 2

Jun 2, 2019 1:49 PM in response to Flash Sheridan

error	15:28:59.111510 -0400	AddressBookSourceSync	-containerSyncTask: STILL UNSYNCED person <private>, <private>, <private>, eTag <private>
default	15:28:59.115689 -0400	AddressBookSourceSync	### SYNCHRONIZATION of <private> (<private>), Error (null), Errors <private> ###
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fault	15:29:01.432517 -0400	AddressBookSourceSync	CGImageSourceCreateWithData:3054: *** ERROR: CGImageSourceCreateWithData: data is nil
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default	15:29:02.562748 -0400	AddressBookSourceSync	-[__NSCFString rectValue]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7f8c50e982f0
default	15:29:02.563110 -0400	AddressBookSourceSync	Exception writing contacts to vCard (string): -[__NSCFString rectValue]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7f8c50e982f0
default	15:29:02.564227 -0400	AddressBookSourceSync	Error creating vCard: (null)
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default	15:29:02.685671 -0400	AddressBookSourceSync	CFNetwork-AOSKit: Reaching out to AOSKit for X-mobile me token
default	15:29:02.695637 -0400	AddressBookSourceSync	CFNetwork-AOSKit: Applied X-mobile me auth to request
default	15:29:02.695795 -0400	AddressBookSourceSync	Task <58A1DD32-F20C-4D33-BB78-43A84C0627EF>.<0> now using Connection 1
default	15:29:02.697943 -0400	AddressBookSourceSync	Task <58A1DD32-F20C-4D33-BB78-43A84C0627EF>.<0> sent request, body D
default	15:29:04.285381 -0400	AddressBookSourceSync	Task <58A1DD32-F20C-4D33-BB78-43A84C0627EF>.<0> received response, status 500 content K
default	15:29:04.285512 -0400	AddressBookSourceSync	Task <58A1DD32-F20C-4D33-BB78-43A84C0627EF>.<0> response ended
fault	15:29:04.287061 -0400	AddressBookSourceSync	-_handleAddsOrModifies:<private> <private>
error	15:29:04.287649 -0400	AddressBookSourceSync	-containerSyncTask: STILL UNSYNCED person <private>, <private>, <private>, eTag <private>
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error	15:29:25.373174 -0400	AddressBookSourceSync	Function boringssl_session_errorlog: line 2878 [boringssl_session_write] SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL(5): operation failed externally to the library
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fault	15:29:27.593232 -0400	AddressBookSourceSync	Exception caught while running sync with server: <private>
default	15:29:27.593270 -0400	AddressBookSourceSync	Building NSError from exception object of type: NSError obj: <private>

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