After upgrading to Big Sur my Contacts app doesn't work. It doesn't show any contacts I've added on my iPhone 11 or iPad Air (3rd generation) and when I try to add one it doesn't let get beyond the first name but jumps elsewhere on my contacts list. Has anyone else had this problem and/or found a solution.
My iPhone and iPad both run the latest IOS (v 14.5).
Many thanks
Sue
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.4
Is the Contacts associated to iCloud or some third party service like Google ?
Set up iCloud on all your devices
Inquire. Are you running version 11.4 of big sur ? Have seen other persons with same issue but running earlier versions. Updating to 11.4 solved their issue
Hi
Thanks again for your help. I created the Archive and saved it then I sent the three files to the Bin (Trash). I restarted my laptop and then opened Contacts. I've found a workaround as if I start to add a contact it does skip away but I found a lot of cards with No Name on them at the bottom. If I click Edit and then start to add details it takes my new contact.
Thought you and anyone else having the same problem would like to know. I hope the workaround helps them.
Sue
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One more stable at this issue. The next link is from a Well Respected Contributor to these ASC Forums and rates to your issue of Contacts
Fix corrupted Contacts database
Hi
Thank you for getting back to me. As far as I'm concerned my Contacts are all associated with iCloud. iCloud is set up on all my devices but sometimes I have had issues with sharing between my laptop and the rest of my devices. iPad and iPhone share with each other OK generally. However, I've never experienced anything like this before with my Contacts App on my laptop.
Many thanks for your help.
Sue
Hi
Thank you again for your continued help. The main issue is that my Contacts app on my laptop won't let me add a new entry. Once I try to move to the 2nd name box it jumps randomly to another entry. It has only done that since I upgraded to Big Sur. Don't have that trouble with Contacts on my other 2 devices.
Many thanks again
Sue
Very welcome for the link is initial response. Hope if provided some insights and procedures to get all the devices syncing with each other reliable ?
Hi
Thank you for your continued help. I've checked and I am running version 11.4 of Big Sur.
Contacts not working after loading Big Sur
