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arjay67 Author

Level 1

14 points

Contacts: Entry slow or sluggish

I have an issue that’s been a bit of a nuisance for me with Contacts. Not related to El Capitan as it was behaving poorly with Yosemite & Mavericks but seems to be degrading with each upgrade.

The OSX Contacts app is very sluggish when editing or entering contact information. Whether it is an existing contact or a brand new contact the response is very slow. When entering/updating data the display of the typed characters will occur a few seconds after actual entry. I always have to wait for it to finish before I move on to the next field. The delay is enough of an issue that if I tab to or click in a blank field and immediately begin typing, a few seconds later the characters will begin appearing one at a time and usually with the first and second characters transposed.

Has anyone else noticed such behavior? If so, have you found a resolution?

Mac mini, OS X El Capitan (10.11), win xp/vista64/7

Posted on Oct 15, 2015 1:28 PM

47 replies

May 18, 2016 1:55 PM in response to arjay67

El Captain update 10.11.5 SOLVES this issue finally !!!! GOOD NEWS.

In the meantime i was using the very good BusyContacts app that did not show this slugisshness issue

when updating a contact.

sblaine

Level 1

4 points

Nov 29, 2016 3:07 PM in response to arjay67

I too have been suffering from the sluggish iCloud contacts search - I absolutely hate that - it's the bane of my iPhone and iPad use and such a pity for a business user.

But I have found a work around: Use the spotlight search.

You can quickly find the contacts needed and its actually even more immediate than using the contacts app and is a brilliant user experience (except that you cannot open the contact from the search which is odd and from spotlight results you cannot edit details). I suggest you manage the spotlight search options to exclude all apps except the contacts to narrow the search and catch the right results.

Contacts: Entry slow or sluggish