Hi people, another problem with iCloud contacts not syncing.
Some of my phone contacts are not synced to iCloud. Do you have any idea why? I use iOS 12.4 on iPhone 8plus, also tried syncing with MacBook Air. Still some contacts from the phone are not synced to iCloud.
Help please :)
Thanks, Daniel
iPhone 8 Plus
OK, so I found workaround, should it help anybody
I exported my iCloud contacts to Gmail, also Outlook contacts to gmail, merged same contacts, deleted iCloud contacts, and exported all the contacts from Gmail to iCloud. This way I have all the contacts updated in iCloud only.
OK, so I found workaround, should it help anybody
I exported my iCloud contacts to Gmail, also Outlook contacts to gmail, merged same contacts, deleted iCloud contacts, and exported all the contacts from Gmail to iCloud. This way I have all the contacts updated in iCloud only.
Take help of a web browser and enter in www.icloud.com with the apple id and password used in an iPhone , the contacts that were saved in will be visible select the desired contacts and click on gear icon in the left bottom corner and click on export as v card .
Open finder , click on downloads , right click on .vcf file and open with contacts .app( default ) .
The address book will get opened , a pop up window will appear stating are you sure you want to add number of cards , click on add .
Again open your address book the contacts that were in the iPhone will be transferred under the section “ All contacts “ in the Mac address book .
Sign out from www.icloud.com used with Apple ID and password for an iPhone .
Then enter in www.icloud.com with the apple id and password used in the Mac , click on gear icon and click on import as v card all the contacts will be transferred in the iCloud server , click on create group on the bottom right corner an untitled folder will be created in the side bar and the contacts from iOS are all transferred to the iCloud server account .
See some articles iCloud: Export a contact as a vCard from iCloud Contacts
You need to sign in with same Apple ID and password on both iPhone and Mac on the same network with essential network speed , the devices must be latest upgraded / updated and have followed the system requirements for iCloud , its your choice which method to adopt see this article https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mchl1d734309/10.14/mac/10.14
Or connecting cables between devices , using iTunes to transfer contacts see this article https://support.apple.com/en-bw/HT205754
As users save contacts on web servers like gmail , yahoo ....etc the contacts in iPhone are synced to iCloud when an adminstrator signs with Apple ID and password may be using gmail services and the box contacts is checked and set up https://support.apple.com/www.icloud.com
https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT208681
Also in www.icloud.com the contacts will be visible when two devices are synced in All contacts , it depends upon you to scatter the contacts and transfer them in created groups .
Thanks for the answer but my problem is opposite: I have contacts on my iPhone and these are not in the iCloud. So I would need to "export" them to iCloud. Of course I am looking for solution or setting which would upload/backup all of my contacts from iPhone to iCloud.
I signed in with the same ID and all these things.
As you mention different web servers - it might be an issue here. So maybe the problem is not syncing, but kind of merging all the contacts into iCloud contacts. Going to look more deeply into this.
Thanks for the tip.
iCloud contacts syncing
