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TeflonDarf Author

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Hello! Hope someone can help. Whenever I add a new contact on my iPhone, it's added to my gmail account rather than my iCloud account, so therefore my newly-added contacts aren't syncing on my MacBook via iCloud. How do I fix?

Hello! Hope someone can help. Whenever I add a new contact on my iPhone, it's added to my gmail account rather than my iCloud account, so therefore my newly-added contacts aren't syncing on my MacBook via iCloud. How do I change it so anytime I add a contact, it's put into my iCloud by default?

iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 14

Posted on Aug 26, 2021 9:45 AM

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IdrisSeabright

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Posted on Aug 26, 2021 10:02 AM

Settings>Contacts>Default Account. Select the one you want to be the default.

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Hello! Hope someone can help. Whenever I add a new contact on my iPhone, it's added to my gmail account rather than my iCloud account, so therefore my newly-added contacts aren't syncing on my MacBook via iCloud. How do I fix?

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