Q: Contacts sync with Mac
Hi!
I recently have a Mac and I can't sync my contacts with my Mac, and when I use Massage app, and a friend sends me a message I can read it but in the left column I see just his phone number and I have no contact in the tab contacts
Somebody knows the solution?
Thank you for your time
MacBook Pro with Retina display
Posted on Jun 17, 2015 8:38 AM
Hi,
I use iCloud (System Preferences > iCloud with the Contacts ticked to use that to sync.
Then in Contacts app > Preferences > Accounts I see the iCloud Account as active.
(You may be showing other items that are in System Preferences > Internet accounts that don't have the Contacts box ticked - so they are not trying to sync).
You need to be using one service such as iCloud on the Mac and the device you are trying to sync with.
Once the iPhone and Mac are using the same ID one the same Service then the iPhone names and Numbers will appear on the Mac.
It is actually reading a list that is literally in the Cloud and displaying it on the Mac rather that storing it there.
If you deselect things at some point in the future the default is to not keep them on the Mac and you have to specify that you want to keep them.
This can feel very odd if you list start life on the Mac and was then put in iCloud before it was synced with an iPhone.
9:17 p.m. Thursday; June 18, 2015
G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
Mac OS X (10.6.8),
Couple of iPhones and an iPad
Posted on Jun 18, 2015 1:17 PM

