I have been working on this for hours. I am trying to backup my contacts from my iphone to my pc via icloud. Pics backup but not contacts. What am I doing wrong? Does icloud backup contacts from iphone?

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I have been working on this for hours. I am trying to backup my contacts from my iphone to my pc via icloud. Pics backup but not contacts. What am I doing wrong? Does icloud backup contacts from iphone?

I have been working on this for hours. I am trying to backup my contacts from iphone to icloud on my pc. Doesnt icloud backup contacts?

iPhone 4S, iOS 7.1

Posted on Mar 27, 2014 1:17 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 27, 2014 1:21 AM in response to catalinafromar

iCloud backs up an iOS device to the iCloud servers in full. iCloud does not backup to your PC - use iTunes for that.

iCloud also 'syncs' contacts, calendars, tasks etc. between your iOS device and PC via the iCloud server. Syncing and backup and not the same thing.

You need iCloud setup on both your iOS device and your PC for this to work.

See: http://www.apple.com/uk/icloud/setup/

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Answer 2

Csound1

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Mar 27, 2014 6:25 AM in response to catalinafromar

catalinafromar wrote:

I have been working on this for hours. I am trying to backup my contacts from iphone to icloud on my pc. Doesnt icloud backup contacts?

No it doesn't.

Here is the list of what it does include, note the exclusions in the final paragraph.

Purchased history for music, movies, TV shows, apps, and books. Your iCloud backup includes information about the content you have purchased, but not the purchased content itself. When you restore from an iCloud backup, your purchased content is automatically downloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, or iBooks Store. Automatic downloading is based on iTunes in the Cloud availability by country, and previous purchases may be unavailable if they have been refunded or are no longer available in the store.
Photos and videos in your Camera Roll
Device settings
App data
Home screen and app organization
iMessage, text (SMS), and MMS messages
Ringtones
Visual Voicemail

Your iOS device backup only includes data and settings stored on your device. It doesn't include data already stored in iCloud, for example contacts, calendars, bookmarks, mail messages, notes, shared photo streams, My Photo Stream, and documents you save in iCloud using iOS apps and Mac apps.

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