Moving Contacts across Apple IDs
My husband and I share an AppleID and I need to get him his own since we both have iPhones now. Is there a way to easily transfer his 400 contacts to his new Apple ID?
iPhone 4S, iOS 7.0.2
My husband and I share an AppleID and I need to get him his own since we both have iPhones now. Is there a way to easily transfer his 400 contacts to his new Apple ID?
iPhone 4S, iOS 7.0.2
Before deleting the iCloud account from his device go to:
Settings > iCloud > turn off contacts and choose to keep on phone
Turn off all the toggles, keep the items you want and delete the rest when prompted.
Delete the account from his device
Sign back in with his new account. The contacts(and anything else) on his phone should sync to his iCloud account.
or
Sign in to iCloud.com from a web browser on your computer. Go to Contacts > Select all (Mac: Commad+A / PC: CTRL+A) > Click the gear on the bottom left > Export vCard. Then sign out and back in with his new account > Contacts > Click the gear on the bottom left > Import vCard and navigate to the vCard you exported. Once they are in iCloud the will get pushed to any device he signs in to.
Before deleting the iCloud account from his device go to:
Settings > iCloud > turn off contacts and choose to keep on phone
Turn off all the toggles, keep the items you want and delete the rest when prompted.
Delete the account from his device
Sign back in with his new account. The contacts(and anything else) on his phone should sync to his iCloud account.
or
Sign in to iCloud.com from a web browser on your computer. Go to Contacts > Select all (Mac: Commad+A / PC: CTRL+A) > Click the gear on the bottom left > Export vCard. Then sign out and back in with his new account > Contacts > Click the gear on the bottom left > Import vCard and navigate to the vCard you exported. Once they are in iCloud the will get pushed to any device he signs in to.
Holy cow, did that work! Thank you!!!
Moving Contacts across Apple IDs