"merged" contacts via a "syncing" within family share should not occur- agree! You might see contacts but not
as part of your tabke..
--might have been an old bug or mistake in setup to family share?
- generally merges of --contacts, iTunes lbraries,iPhoto libraries etc,
& any shared files or kibs that you and family have in cimmon have_ not_ been
easy stuff to maintain.. even with -family share it was_ a pain befiore newer SW and backups etc.
Now though- new aoos & the grearest menu item added in OSX was "Time Machine"
- Repair: simplest fix is use a backupof contacts from Time Macine backups drive you are supposed to run
on your Mac weekly at least If you share/sync w your Mac.
just start Tine Machine. plug in last date backup before ciontscts was corrupted and restore it via the "Time machine"
nenu & your Mac's backup disc!..even if you manually run it - the backups even weekly- shouldbe relatively easy
to find your clesn contacts even just using dir find tool on hard drive.
( Same applies to iTunes,iPhoto libs.. Its best menu add to OSX ever imho!)
IPhonr restore /-could- get contacts back but..youj get whole older iPhone image Restored!
--so iPhone backup in iCliud ir iTunes via restire iotion is last resort as granularity of testore not there.
Alternative:
if. you do not backup regularly or just have a messed uo contacts
u canuse cheap app (1.99? or less) "SmartMerge"/ saves hours of
manual work deleting dups uneanted etc. I Cleaned a bad contact Table
(inherited an iPad w MANY contacts accidentally synced via iCloud- ouch!
- solution: was able to correct messy contacts via Smartmerge app
(for contacts)- app stiore. - you can easily clean up sort out contacts on iPhonr or iPad then u can just push
the freshly cleaned contacts table via iCloud and select replace in merge options or delete other contacts and just merge via sync.
--hope this helps cirre t ifnot address cause. Time machine is best-
use ut or lose it
TMI? Hope hekoed you ,