Contact photos not syncing

For more than a year, when I am setting up my Mac (or laptop), most of my contact photos do not sync across. If I update on my phone, the Mac then updates with the missing photo. Turning off iCloud and back on does not help. I have deleted the address book in the library and forced it to be recreated. I have copied the address book from my laptop to Mac and the same This is not a problem when setting up a new iPhone or iPad as all contact photos sync fine. All the missing contact photo do display in the web iCloud address book. It is always the same contacts where the photos do not sync.

Mac mini, macOS 15.3

Posted on Feb 17, 2025 9:02 AM

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Feb 17, 2025 10:26 AM in response to mjdindc

mjdindc wrote:

For more than a year, when I am setting up my Mac (or laptop), most of my contact photos do not sync across. If I update on my phone, the Mac then updates with the missing photo. Turning off iCloud and back on does not help. I have deleted the address book in the library and forced it to be recreated. I have copied the address book from my laptop to Mac and the same This is not a problem when setting up a new iPhone or iPad as all contact photos sync fine. All the missing contact photo do display in the web iCloud address book. It is always the same contacts where the photos do not sync.


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