trying to sync contacts on my mac to gmail

I am trying to sync contacts from my mac to gmail on my mac

iMac 21.5″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Nov 11, 2022 4:22 PM

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Missing Contacts on MacBook Air I recently bought a new MacBook Air M2 a few months ago. I hadn’t been using a Mac since I retired my 2008 MacBook Pro around 2017. Since 2017, I have been relying exclusively on my iPhone and iPad and iCloud for all my computing needs. When I set up the new MacBook Air with my Apple ID, it seemed like everything in iCloud synced just fine. But the first time I used Contacts, I noticed huge numbers are missing. I am presuming (but not sure) that these are mostly contacts that have been added in the last few years. Looking around on the web for others having the same problem, it doesn’t seem to he a common problem. I have tried some of the solutions, such a turning syncing off and turning it back on, but this doesn’t not help. I saw one solution that suggested I move the plist file and have it create a new one, but was scared away because I don’t have a backup drive to make a backup and don’t have much on my Mac anyway that needs backing up. (I’m retired) Anyone have any ideas? To repeat, my contacts are just fine on my iPhone and 2 iPads. thanks in advance, John Dean Beverly, MA
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Jaym_8

Community Specialist

Nov 13, 2022 4:56 PM in response to 11394169

Hello 11394169,

You can use these steps to sync Google Contacts to a Mac:

On your Mac computer, open System Preferences.
Click Internet Accounts.
Click Google.
Note: To use a different account, in the bottom left, click Add+ > Google.
Enter your email address and password. Click Next.
Check Contacts.
Click Done.

Sync Google Contacts with your mobile device or computer

Cheers!

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