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Q: Signing out and in to iCloud, keep/delete contacts?

Trying to troubleshoot Continuity/Handoff for Mail.

Works fine Mac to iPhone, but have trouble with iPhone to Mac. Sometimes works, sometimes not.

Went to https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204678

 

I've followed all steps per that guide up to:

Under "check your settings" on Mac, last step says: "Go to System Preferences, and sign out and then sign in again to your iCloud account."

When I click sign out, it gives me a prompt that asks me if I want to keep a copy of my contacts on this Mac? Options are "Delete from Mac", Cancel, or "Keep Contacts".

 

It's kind of a scary prompt needs explanation. Googling wasn't much help either.

 

Thanks!

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch,Early 2015), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Jul 8, 2015 2:46 PM

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  • by Winston Churchill,Solvedanswer

    Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Jul 8, 2015 3:45 PM in response to Ululation
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    Jul 8, 2015 3:45 PM in response to Ululation

    When you sign out you can either keep the contacts on the Mac or not, whichever you choose this won't delete them from your account in the cloud, so if you (for example) delete them from the Mac, they would appear again when you log back into iCloud because they haven't been deleted from there.

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    Ululation Ululation Jul 8, 2015 6:25 PM in response to Winston Churchill
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    Jul 8, 2015 6:25 PM in response to Winston Churchill

    Thanks!

    It's a shame that the first prompt I mentioned does not explain that "deleting" will only lose the data from the given device (computer in this case) and that it will be restored from iCloud when you log back in.

    After choosing "delete" it gave a confirmation prompt explaining that. Would be better to have the explanation on first prompt and then a confirmation just in case someone was trigger-happy on the first go.