Can't upload my Contact archive to iCloud

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FangSuede Author

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Can't upload my Contact archive to iCloud

Through a mistake I deleted all my Contact info from my 2010 i7 iMac (Yosemite) and iCloud.

Because my 2 iPads and 2 iPhones are connected to iCloud all the Contact info is gone, zero.

I have a recent Contact Archive of that info and would like to upload it to my iMac or iCloud.

When I attempt to do this on my iMac using the 'Import' feature the address info shows for a second and disappears.

I have checked Permissions using Disk Utility.

Can I use Time Machine in any way to solve this?

I do have one iPad that has the original Contact info still on it, can that be helpful in restoring to iCloud or my iMac?

Thanks for any help.

iMac (27-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.6.8), 2.93GHz Quad

Posted on Nov 30, 2014 11:23 AM

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Answer 1

Eric Root

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Dec 1, 2014 10:49 AM in response to FangSuede

I do have one iPad that has the original Contact info still on it, can that be helpful in restoring to iCloud or my iMac?

Set it to sync to iCloud, which then should sync to you Mac.

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Answer 2

FangSuede Author

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Dec 1, 2014 12:42 PM in response to Eric Root

Thanks for the reply, much appreciated.

I didn't want to chance having iCloud delete all my Contacts like it did on my other devices that were set to iCloud so I did it the hard way.

Using the data from my iPad that is not synced to iCloud I re-typed all my Contacts into iCloud, created Groups for each mobile device and then Archived the whole project, to two different backup systems.

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Answer 3

Eric Root

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Dec 2, 2014 6:55 AM in response to FangSuede

You are welcome.

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