Moving iPhone Exchange Contacts to Mac

Manually enter them in iCloud or the contacts app on the computer.

Exchange contacts are not actually on the device, they are synced from the Exchange server. If the exchange account is removed, the contacts get removed.

There is a "Share Contact" option in each contact that will allow sending of the individual contact via Email.

you can sync them all through itunes, however, your exchange global list will be protected from being synced unless you have created contacts for those on global.

for example...if you are having to rely on your exchange server to find email addresses or participants for meetings, then those contacts will not be syncd unless you create a contact for that person using the exchange info...on your iphone first.

@RoperTwoFeet-

Were you able to figure this out? I am needing to sync 1100 contacts and can't seem to get the answer on how to. Any info would be great. Thanks!

linza - looking for the solution here...any ideas?

You can't. The only way you're going to be able to get an Address Book from Exchange into a different address book is to export it from Outlook and import that file into whatever address book you want it in.

The process is very easy if you have Outlook connected to your Exchange server. Simply export contacts as a comma separated txt file, then file>import into your Apple Address Book. I just did it for 1000 contacts in 30 seconds.

Thank you so much RoperTwoFeet. I bought the app, I uploded it, used and it was extremly easy. After researching 3 hours about the topic I did it thanks to you!!!

"My Contacts Backup Pro" required too much work, there's a much better and quicker app out there called ContactMover. It's $4.99 but well worth it, all your contacts are migrated in about 2 seconds. You can read more about the app on the developer's website: http://www.immense.net/contact-mover-iphone-app-exchange/

Similar to RoperTwoFeet, I had this issue for the last few months. I found a free ap, 'Easy Backup', and you can backup your contacts, but better it can move contacts from an old Exchange account (abandoned since I changed jobs) to a new account or to your iCloud account. Skip the Facebook linking, and go to Contacts, under Accounts choose your old Exchange account, use the up arrow to Move all to another account. Takes a few minutes to move hundreds of contacts to iCloud, but it works. Find it in the iTunes store.

I had the same question and couldn't find a clear answer until I discovered this thread. I followed W Barnes' suggestion above and it worked perfectly. Relatively easy and very quick. But as suggested before, don't link with Facebook - I had some problems and had to delete everything and repeat the process avoiding the Facebook link.

I just downloaded this App on my iPad and easily saved it to my Mac. Then I opened the e-mail that I sent to myself on my new iPhone 5S and downloaded all of them to my phone. Very easy and worth the $2.00. I had to do this because I no longer work for my previous company.

Thanks so much for helping sort this out for me. I had tried all variety of things and every time I tried something I would flinch because I thought at any moment I would lose all my 11+ contacts from my former company's exchange server. This was exactly the solution I needed and it was miraculously easy and chep consider what folks are charging for a contacts sucker-outter.