Setting a default Group for new iCloud contacts in iOS 7
Hi there. I'm sure there's a simple solution here but it's always evaded me.
I've got my Contacts in iCloud. Works great, synching, etc. Very happy. iPhone 5 and 4, both iOS 7, Mac OSX Mountain Lion. All good.
Default account for new Contacts is iCloud... But you can't specify a group in iCloud?...
So, when adding a contact on my phone (hitting the plus and entering details) the result always goes to my iCloud 'top level'. But me and my wife share iCloud contacts and have 'His' and 'Her' groups of our own frequently used numbers set up.
The result is that the contact doesn't appear in either of our lists. We have to turn off our Groups and select 'All iCloud' (ie, the mash of 'his' contacts and 'her' contacts) to see it again. And there's no way to move it into a personal subgroup from the phone.
The only fix is to go home, open Contacts on my Mac and remember which new ones were added on phones and drag them into the 'his' and 'her' groups. (There's not even a quick way to see from the All Contacts list which names are new or which are already in which group so it really is from memory...)
Yes. The answer is to have different iCloud accounts for myself and my wife but it's great being able to share a single address book and if I add a number for a restaurant etc, she gets it too. And if her Mom changes numbers... Friends move... I have to phone her workmate, etc. It's great having one book that covers every eventuality.
Just weird that you can't admin groups (or even set a default group for new entries) on the phone itselft.
Had hoped for a fix in iOS 7 but no such luck - new contacts go to our big 'iCloud' list, rather than my personal 'His' sub-group (and there's no way to move them from the phone).
Anyone any ideas? Or similar problems that you've worked around?
iPhone 5, iOS 7
