Syncing Contacts from iphone to mac

When not syncing contacts over the air with a MM account on an iPhone, you can sync contacts direct with the Address Book on your Mac via the iTunes sync process which must be selected under the Info tab for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes.

Is the Address Book on your Mac being synced with your MM online address book and if so, do you have sync automatically selected for this data on your Mac?

I have disabled the mobile me account for the moment and removed that account from the phone. When it was active, the contacts were syncing between the phone and MM. However, MM was not syncing with the address book on the macbook.

As I've already asked which you didn't answer - do you have syncing contacts selected for your MM sync preferences on your Mac and if so, do you have sync automatically selected? This is set at System Preferences > MM under the Sync tab for your MM account preferences.

When there are contacts in the Address Book on your Mac and contacts on your iPhone, you should be provided a merge prompt with the first sync for this data.

Try resetting the sync history on your Mac which is done via iSync preferences with the iSync application located in your Applications folder.

If no change after that, since the contacts in the Address Book on your Mac are available with your MM online address book, create a backup for your Address Book contacts on your Mac to be safe. File > Export > Address Book Archive.

Follow this by deleting all contacts and Groups except for one contact. Try syncing and you should be provided a merge prompt which you want to select. If successful, create a backup for this data with the Address Book on your Mac - keeping both archives.

Sync the Address Book again with your MM online address book. You should be provided a merge prompt, which you want to select.

MM account settings on your Mac includes an option to replace contact info in the Address Book on your Mac with what is available with your MM online address book and vice-versa. Have you done this as well?

I'm having the exact same problem. I sync via itunes and contacts manually added to address book on my macbook show up on my phone, but contacts from the phone don't show up my computer...any help would be greatly appreciated!!

I have exactly the same problem. I have an Iphone 3G, iOS 4.0.2. I am not a Mobile Me user.

Transfer of contacts from MacBook Pro to iPhone -->works perfectly
Transfer of contacts from iPhone to MacBook Pro --> does not work any more.

I am not sure when I started to have this issue, but I know that till a few months ago the sync work perfectly (I own the Iphone since Dec 2008).

Could the issue be linked to the new iOS 4?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Try resetting the sync history on your Mac, which is done via iSync preferences with the iSync application located in your Applications folder.

I have already reset the sync history a few times, but the issue persists.

I have also tried to delete all contacts from the Address Book, clean up the Library files linked to the Address Book, and import the contacts again...w/o success.

Do you think I should try to reinstall the Apple Mobile Device Service?

Thanks for your help.

I have found what that did not allow me to transfer the contacts from the iphone to the macbook. I had a contact that was corrupted (it was the only contact that I imported using the app BUMP): after I deleted it from the iPhone, the sync worked perfectly.

Hope this helps.

Hi Enzo, I'm having the same problem with an iPhone 4 running iOS 4.1, i.e. I have several contacts that have been created on the iPhone, which are not syncing with the Address Book via iTunes.

I've tried the following with no success so far:
1. Resetting sync history
2. Exporting, deleting and reimporting the entire Address Book.
3. Deleting Address Book preferences / data.
4. Restoring the phone from backup.

Can you confirm if you're aware of a way to discover the corrupt contact, or did you simply recall you'd imported via Bump? I have a recollection of doing the same in the past, but unfortunately I can't recall which contact.

Thanks,

Stuart

Message was edited by: stookerr

Hi all,

I just discovered the culprit...myself I'm afraid 😐

I recalled that I'd recently started syncing contacts from an Exchange account. New contacts created on the phone were being created by default under the that Account.

The contacts had in fact synced successfully with Exchange...I simply hadn't noticed.

So, I changed the default account to 'From my Mac' under:
Settings > Mails, Contacts, Calendars > Contacts > Default Account.

I had to re-import the missing contacts manually to the local Address book, but that was the cause of the problem...in my case.

Hope that helps some of you out there!