Restore All Contacts
How do I restore ALL my Contacts from a Time Machine backup?
Mac mini 2018 or later
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How do I restore ALL my Contacts from a Time Machine backup?
Mac mini 2018 or later
Open Contacts, then connect your Time Machine drive. Click the icon in the top bar, then "Enter Time Machine". It'll open a Time Machine dialog for Contacts. Simply click the top contact, then Shift + click the bottom to select all the cards. After that, you can click "Restore".
Hope that helped!
Open Contacts, then connect your Time Machine drive. Click the icon in the top bar, then "Enter Time Machine". It'll open a Time Machine dialog for Contacts. Simply click the top contact, then Shift + click the bottom to select all the cards. After that, you can click "Restore".
Hope that helped!
If you have synced your contacts with iCloud you can restore from there and the address book will be on TM at ~/library/application support/address book
https://www.cisdem.com/resource/how-to-back-up-contacts-on-mac.html
Restore All Contacts