Does anyone know how to get "All Contacts" into both "On My Mac" and "iCloud" without duplicates?
ALSO: When adding a contact from Mail, the contact is created "On My Mac", which doesn't sync via iCloud, so I'd have to manually copy it. Is there a way to have the default be to create the contact in iCloud?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Does anyone know how to get "All Contacts" into both "On My Mac" and "iCloud" without duplicates?
You can't. If the same contact exists in both locations, then it exists twice. If you are syncing all your contacts with iCloud, you don't need to have contacts "On my Mac". Only use "On my Mac" contacts for ones you don't want to sync.
Is there a way to have the default be to create the contact in iCloud?
Address Book > Preferences > General > Default account: iCloud
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Thanks. These solutions are still helping people like me.
I had this same issue after updating my Mac to use iCloud for Contacts. I have thousands of contacts accumulated over two decades of digital use. As another user has stated, the easiest method is to Export all the cards from "On my Mac" to your desktop, then return to Contacts, select iCloud account, and import the desktop vCard file. The current process will give you the option to review all duplicates (yes!), and you can select Mac, iCloud, or Merge both cards for each contact, which you can do one-by-one or select a box to "apply for all cards." It was simple and easy. Thanks to all who had replied earlier!
Contacts "On My Mac" vs. "iCloud"
