Getting access to my contacts in the new Phone app in MAC OS 26

The current design of the macOS Phone app allows you to add Favorites above the list of Recent calls, but you cannot directly access your Contacts (for that, you need to use the Contacts app on macOS). I agree that the macOS Phone app should offer Contacts (or at least a link to open the contacts app at a minimum), only Apple can implement that change.

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I've tried everything, and I can't seem to get a sidebar or tabs in the app to get direct access to contacts.

Just use the search field. It will pull up matching contacts. But, as noted, there is no list of contacts.

Do you need access to all your contacts at once? Then, as already noted, you currently need to open the Contacts application.

Do you need to access specific contacts? Just type into the search box.

han2008 wrote:

I've tried everything, and I can't seem to get a sidebar or tabs in the app to get direct access to contacts.

Is this iPhone Mirroring?

ref: iPhone Mirroring: Use your iPhone from your Mac

Can you launch the Contacts.app directly on the Mac...(?) from Spotlight (Command Spacebar)

Are you syncing Contacts across devices using iCloud? >AppleID/Account>iCloud

for sync issues—

Sign out of your Apple ID/Account /iCloud on the Mac and back in again and compare your results

Sign in to or out of your Apple Account on Mac - Apple Support

Here's a thought: with the new ability to add quick shortcuts to Spotlight, you can create a shortcut that opens both Phone and Contacts at once.

It's newly-deployed and probably something that will be updated by Apple over time.