How to transfer / sync contacts from my Mac Studio to iPhone

All the advice I can find mentions iTunes, now defunct. I recently had to wipe my phone. TIA.

iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 16

Posted on Jun 22, 2023 6:09 AM

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Posted on Jun 22, 2023 7:34 AM

Did you search support.apple.com? Sync contacts and calendars onto your Mac and iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support


However, your second post seems to suggest you don't want that. Enabling Contacts in iCloud should merge the two sources, but I have not done so recently to know for sure.


On your Mac, Export your contacts to a vCard (not Contacts Archive). Turn on iCloud contacts on your iPhone. All of those should be moved to iCloud. Then, turn on iCloud Contacts on your Mac. If those get deleted and replaced with your iCloud contacts from your iPhone, you can double-click the vCard to import those on your Mac. You may end up with duplicates which you can review using the Look for Duplicates command from the Card menu in Contacts on your Mac.

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Jun 22, 2023 7:34 AM in response to Alex Jeffries

Did you search support.apple.com? Sync contacts and calendars onto your Mac and iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support


However, your second post seems to suggest you don't want that. Enabling Contacts in iCloud should merge the two sources, but I have not done so recently to know for sure.


On your Mac, Export your contacts to a vCard (not Contacts Archive). Turn on iCloud contacts on your iPhone. All of those should be moved to iCloud. Then, turn on iCloud Contacts on your Mac. If those get deleted and replaced with your iCloud contacts from your iPhone, you can double-click the vCard to import those on your Mac. You may end up with duplicates which you can review using the Look for Duplicates command from the Card menu in Contacts on your Mac.

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