Hello all!
Is there a way that I can download all my iPhone contacts to a computer (Mac or PC) then editing the contact and restoring it to the phone?
Any help will be appreciated.
iPhone 5S, iOS 7.1, MBP Mid 2010, Mavericks
Thanks Ingo2711
Can you please guide me through the process. I don't want to lose data!
so first: setup iCloud on the computer then connecting the iPhone
do I have to sync the iPhone with iTunes?
so many thanks
Before you start, back up the phone using iCloud and/or via iTunes on your Mac.
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
Then set up iCloud on your computer. Your contacts will start to sync to your contact app on the Mac as soon your iCloud account is active and you selected to sync from iCloud in Contacts/Settings/Accounts.
Make sure to have at least one contact info listed in Contacts, if you did not use the app before. Syncing to an empty contact list can erase the contact info instead of adding new info.
After that, activate syncing contacts on the phone in Settings/iCloud
From now on, every time you start the contact app on your Mac or iPhone, iCloud will make sure that the info stays the same on each device. If you edit the contact info on your Mac, the info will be corrected on your phone as soon as you start contacts on the phone.
Good Luck
On Mac, you must use iCloud.
On Windows, you can still sync iPhone contacts offline via iTunes. You can alternatively edit the contact entries on the iPhone directly from the PC by using this method: http://www.copytrans.net/support/edit-iphone-contacts-pc/
You'll have to set up iCloud to sync your contacts to your Mac or PC, iTunes will not sync contacts to your Mac/PC anymore in Mavericks.
This article will help to set up iCloud on your computer:
Apple - iCloud - Learn how to set up iCloud on all your devices.
A way to edit contacts on a computer
