iCloud Contacts Sync Trashes My Outlook Contacts

I performed similar steps that WildClyde did, converting from MM to iCloud, using a PC running Outlook 2010, an iPad and an iPhone 4. My contacts survived the experience but I lost a decade's worth of appointments and calendar entries in my .pst file. Now, when I go to my calendar on iCloud, my appointments are indeed there. Back in the old days, with MM, you could re-sync, and instruct MM which data base to use and either to replace or merge. Has anyone seen how to do this in iCloud? It would be a disaster if all of a sudden my appointtments disappeared from the iCloud calendar.

Correction...my calendar entries are at my MM account, not my new iClod account. What I have to figure out how to do is get them to the iC account.

Correction...my calendar entries are at my MM account, not my new iClod account. What I have to figure out how to do is get them to the iC account.

Having a separate iClod folder for Contacts isn't a big deal; however, when I add new contacts from within Outlook, they are added to My Contacts, not iClod, hence they don't sync.

Doe anyone know how to get Outlook to default to the iClod contacts folder when adding new contacts?

For example, when you right click on an addressee in an email message and select "Add to Outlook Contacts".

I'm going back to iTunes...

looking for a solution as well.

It gets worse....

The iClutz folder doesn't recognize Categories. I'm dropping all iClouldn't stuff and going back to Google Calendar Sync for Calendar and iTunes sync for Contacts on my iphone (yes, tethered).

I found the same issue - installed iCloud seamlessly. It then sent contacts to the Iphone and duplicated everything. It took over Outlook contacts and any new contacts I added were in a different file and therefore different address book section. When I decided to uninstall iCloud, it deleted the whole address book even though I tapped the button that asks whether you want to revert to the original Outlook address book setup.

Thank God for backups, but really this is TOO MUCH of Apple and, no doubt, they will accept no liability for this damage. Anyone with a long standing address book and no good backup will be stuffed!!!

For goodness sake, Apple, test your software properly. I'm really disappointedin you. Yoiu have no right to cause this sort of problem to my computer.

I am using Outllok in Windows 7 and had the same issue. You just need to set your "default" contact list to always be icloud contacts.

Try this link: http://msmvps.com/blogs/jeffloucks/archive/2009/12/21/outlook-2010-how-to-change -your-default-contacts-address-book.aspx

It is for a windows based PC but I am thinking / hoping it will also work for you?

is there a way to set the default calendar, tasks, notes?

Can one change what items the navigation bar goes to?

Have you tried to Google this?

You are correct, this was not ready for release and the techs and sr advisors were not trained to support the iCloud technology. The problem is even worse for the iPad. I am having frequent crashes.

The issue is not that they moved to an iCloud subfolder, I can work with that. The problem is that it removed all my catagories and it is just one big list of contacts. Any fix yet?

I too have discovered that my 'master' address book has been highjacked from my iMac and destroyed by iCloud......I dont expect sympathy from Apple....however, has anyone got any clues to reinstalling them?

You can restore your contacts into the outlook "catagory" view that we all loved. Just found it, and still needs some tweaking to get back to normal, but at least its off the cloud....

Open Outlook

Contacts Tab

Right click "Contacts in iCloud"

Copy Contacts

Scroll up, personal folders, contacts

Then view by catagory, sort assending, etc...

This was driving me nuts....

Hope this helps!!

Great stuff Andrew - that works for me - as you say, some tweaking required. Why didn't the Apple software just put it back as it was when I uninstalled iCloud?