Unable to restore Contacts

im unable to restore archived contacts in Big Sur on an intel MacBook Pro. I double click on the file. I’m told it will erase the contacts in place. I get a spinning ball for a while then there are no contacts imported. Can anyone help?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.5

Posted on Aug 8, 2021 10:25 AM

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brbo

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Aug 8, 2021 6:05 PM in response to alal123

Hi alal123,

Welcome to the Apple Community, where some of us do our best to help each other :)

Apple support have any article that may help you :

Import contacts into Contacts on Mac

https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/contacts/adrbk1457/13.0/mac/11.0

All the best :)

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