How do I back up Contacts from iPhone to PC

If you do not want to sync with iTunes in order to transfer the contacts, you can copy your iPhone contacts to your Windows Contacts folder as per this procedure:

http://www.copytrans.net/support/how-to-export-iphone-contacts-to-windows-contac ts/

wjosten wrote:

You need to sync your contacts if you want that to happen. Read here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1296

You can extract your contacts from the iTunes backup when you lost your iPhone. iTunes can automatically back up iPhone contacts and update it every time when you sync it. So you really have a big chance to recover contacts from iTunes backup.

If you don't synced, you can directly scan and recover deleted contacts from your iPhone.

You need to sync your contacts if you want that to happen. Read here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1296

If she uses a computer to log into her iCloud account, she can export her contacts as a vCard file, which can then be imported into your iCloud account (when logged into iCloud via a computer, click on Contacts then look for the "gear" at the lower-left corner). She can also do a similar thing from her GMail account, but if you want to import to your iCloud make sure she exports as vCard since that's all iCloud can read.

There are also apps that export your contacts in a variety of formats and I think it then sends the exported file as an e-mail attachment. That might be the easiest process, assuming that you both have the same app or at least compatible apps that can export/import the same file type.

Another solution is try extracta contats from your iPhone backp, just backp your iPhone to iTunes, then extact contacts, messages from your iPhone to computer, this is the article: How to extract iPhone data from iTunes backup file

Backing up your iPhone to your PC includes the phone's contacts. I don't remember the path (on a Mac) where the back files reside but you won't see your phone Contacts in your PC's Contacts folder. The path on a Mac is the the user Library (<user>/Library/Application Support/Mobile Sync/Backup). I don't know the PC path.

I cannot think beyond the iCloud. There are also some third party applications like copytrans and iPhone contacts to computer transfer that does the job fine. Take a look at this guide: http://www.flash-video-soft.com/blog/?p=1304

I just did the same thing, and iPubsoft iPhone Backup Extractor can do you a favor on this problem! You can extract your contacts from one of your backup files, and get them to your computer easily!

There is a great program called iPubsoft iPhone backup extractor, you can extract contacts, sms messages, videos, and pictures from the back up file.

Usually, it needs itunes to back up contacts. However, there is no need to do so with Wondershare Dr.Fone, you can get backup from your iphone to PC. http://www.video-converter-mac.org/how-to-backup-iphone-contacts-without-itunes/

Exporting Contacts to Gmail

A quick and simple way to have a backup of your contacts on the web is to export them to Gmail. For that, you can use iTunes. Select "Info," "Sync Contacts With," “Google Contacts.” After you click “Configure,” add your Google username and password and click "Apply," your contacts are exported directly to your Gmail account.

Otherwise, you can try some tool, how to backup iphone 5s contact to windows computer ?

If you want to know how to transfer contacts from iPhone to computer, there are many tutorials available on Internet. Among them, I recommend this:

1. From a computer where the contacts are stored, create a new email with the vCard attachment that you created from the Contacts app Export function, or whatever other app is used to store your contacts

2. Send the Vcard (vcf) file attachment to yourself at the email address setup on the iPhone

3. Open the email containing the contacts on the iPhone and tap on the vCard.vcf file attachment

4. Tap on “Add All # Contacts” to import the address book to the iPhone* – this may take a moment depending on how large the address book is and how many contacts that are in the vcard file

Hi, Wendy

Here is how to transfer contacts from iPhone to computer.

- Open i-tunes on your computer that you sync it to

- Plug in your phone to the computer

- open "Address book" window's address book program. Kinda lame, but it works. Its under start-programs-accessories

- Back to iTunes, click on the phone icon on the left

- Click on the Info, and under "Contacts" (the first one) check "sync contacts from" and then pick "Windows address book" from the drop down menu

- Click all contacts

- Then at the bottom right of iTunes, click "Sync" It will ask you if you want to merge or replace. Make sure you select "MERGE" or it will delete your contacts on the phone.

In fact, it is easy to backup contacts from iPhone to PC via iCloud: Go to "Settings">"iCloud" and log in your Apple id. Once it is done, Toggle the "Contacts" slider ON. It will be green when enabled. This will automatically back up all of your iPhone contacts from your Contacts app to your iCloud storage.

working in medical field cannot under HIPPA allow contacts or photos of clients on cloud so I need contact on my local pc only. the only thing I can see for this to work is an app COPYTRANS that allows contacts to be uploaded to my pc and not go through cloud. Is there no other way to not use cloud??

I found an app COPYTRANS that works only with a PC to upload your contact list from iPhone to pc. I have a HIPPA issue with my contacts and photos and cannot allow them on the cloud backup. This is the only way to have direct control of the information. Working in the medical field I cannot allow this information on the cloud. I am sure there are many others under the same issue.

You can backup your contacts and photos using itunes easily.first you have to go to summary on itunes and tick to backup to this computer and backup manually.after a few minutes you can see on the top itunes is syncing your device.