Q: iCloud.com Contacts Error: "Your changes to this contact couldn't be saved because it was just updated by another device"
I posted this on a two year old thread where many people were having this same issue but got no response so I'm trying to start a fresh discussion. Two years later I'm having the identical problem.
The issue occurs while editing my iCloud contacts when logged into the iCloud website in a desktop browser. When I update existing contact records by adding photos or editing phone number, addresses etc.I can successfully edit and save one or two and maybe three contacts but then I get the following error message when I try to save the changes; "Your changes to this contact couldn't be saved because it was just updated by another device" Once the error happens, it happens on every contact update until I log out and back in and then the cycle starts again. It seems to happen quicker if I am updating contact photos than if I am just making small text changes such as new phone numbers but that is just an impression; I have not collected definitive data on that point.
This is very disappointing because I can be far more productive entering contact data on the desktop than on my mobile devices, although the iPad is not too bad so I may have to switch to that method.
I am using FireFox and Chrome on WIndows 10. I tried the new Windows Edge browser and it happens there too so it does not seem to be browser dependent.
Note: There is an iPhone, an iPad and two Macs that also sync with that iCloud account but none of them are changing contacts anywhere near the same time as the edits I am referring to.
Hopefully during the last two years someone has figured out what's going on here.
Thanks.
CK
Windows 10, FireFox, Chrome, Edge browsers
Posted on Dec 23, 2015 12:16 PM