Syncing and creating iCLOUD CONTACTS - Understanding WHERE ARE MY CONTACTS?!
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- In this video we will walk through the process of creating contacts and understanding how they are associated to an iCloud or a different email account when they're created. By knowing how and where they're created, it will allow you to access contacts from any web browser in addition to your iPhone, iPad and Mac computer.
00:00 | Intro & Welcome Back!
00:21 | Where are my contacts saved?
01:26 | Syncing multiple contact account
02:12 | Setting default contacts on Mac
02:41 | Creating new contact on Mac
03:44 | Adding a Photo to a contact
05:03 | Creating contact on icloud.com
06:04 | Creating contact on an iPad
07:30 | Setting default contacts on iPad
08:47 | Creating contact groups, or lack there of
10:50 | Assigning contacts in already created groups
11:21 | COOL HELPFUL TRICK
13:05 | Changing contract template on Mac
14:27 | Deleting contacts on a Mac
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Another great video Joel. Well explained and editing is superb. You are the best in class when it comes to understanding and explaining Apple software.
Thanks @J R! I really appreciate that! Thanks so much for the kind words and continued support!
Very pleasant visual setting. 1st rate audio and lighting. I’ve used Apple contacts for over twenty-five years, but I’ve learned some “new” things today! Thanl you again.
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching!
Joel, you are a life saver. I was searching all over the internet trying to find answers to why some contacts where gmail, yahoo, iCloud, etc to no avail. Thank you so much!
You're very welcome @Xavier Escalante! I'm so glad to hear this was helpful!
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Extremely helpful!! Thank you! I learned so much; and now I'm going to reorganize all of my contacts this weekend.
Hi @TIVOMIKE Show! Thanks so much for watching! I appreciate the kind words and support! Don’t hesitate to reach out!
New information for me , Thank you Joel ... you are always 👍👍👍
Nice! You're welcome!
A lot of new things for me. Thanks, Man :)
Thanks so much for watching @Vlad! I'm happy I was able to help! I appreciate your support and if you want to learn more, i'd love if you'd help out and subscribe! Thanks so much!
@@Learnwithjoel done, anything for you :)
Great video. This helped me figure out how to manage my multiple contact lists. Thank you!
Clarifying one inaccuracy… you can actually create contact lists from your iPhone. Simply go to contacts, click top left “
Thanks @Lindsay Wood!
Yes, you are correct. At the time of this video, Lists was not even an option. Apple later introduced this in a newer iOS. Time to create newer videos on this topic!
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Thank you so much for this helpful video Joel, does me so much good trying to figure it out today as I set up a new/used iMac...and have three other to upload contacts and calendars to. Headache city. I see merge first on machine is coming my way. Crikie? On to your next vid.
So happy this was useful for you @daniel voulkos! Thanks so much for watching and I appreciate your support!
Well done!
Thanks @Paul May! I appreciate you watching and the support!
Thanks Joel this was very useful and helped me a lot! As some have said here, you are the best at Apple tutorials.
Just one question- my contacts are a mess, as there are contacts under different accounts as you said. Is there a way to efficiently combine them under a particular account, without having to manually delete and add each and every one? Thanks again!
That’s helped me a lot, couldn’t synchronize my contacts with an iPad. Thanks 😊
I'm so glad this was helpful for you @Melissa Lugovskaya! Contacts can be a pain sometimes!
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How to override the default account and select different account while creating/adding new contact on iphone specifically? Is it possible to select another account other than the selected default on iPhone?
Thank you.. that helped!
I appreciate that so much @UMMATI STATION!
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@@Learnwithjoel done.
@@UMMATISTATION Thanks! :-)
Seniors need an even slower pace. You are a good teacher - slow and thorough. Yet I am still feeling lost. I went to system preferences on MacBook. I went to look for clouds. I was trying to catch onto each category. Yet I was still in a state of confusion. Clearly you know exactly what you are doing. My request is to have you crate a teaching video for slooooow to catch on seniors. In the meantime I will watch this over and over. I hope my switching back and forth will not be in vain. Remember we seniors are achey and just this side of Alzheimers. Could you slow it down even a bit more so I can catch on to your great, concise teaching. I'm looking forward to that as I love technology. I just need to catch on. Thanks for considering us.
Thankyou
You're very welcome @David Aquino!
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Thanks,well explained for us Dummies......
Hi. Any idea what the "Last import" Smart list is in Contacts and can it be deleted?
I am so happy I found this video!! So helpful! I merged contacts on my Mac desktop amd compared to my iPhone and laptop and deleted many duplicates that did not merge(definitely will be watching your merge video next)
Unfortunately i had not found your videos when i did this so… did not realize that i was deleting some of my husbands contacts as well (because under the iPhone phone icon the. Groups “all husband” was checked. Oops!!!
So my question is this, if we have different iCloud logins but have a family plan and iCloud knows we are family is this why our contacts get attached? I am so confused on this point but… completely understand the concepts you so beautifully explained in this above video! Watching the merging one next. Thank you
Hello Joel. I have a question when I open my contacts in my Mac Book Pro and go to contacts and then to general iCloud is not in there us a default account. How can I fix it? Thanks
Hey Joel, is there a way to merge all the different contacts from he different accounts easily? I have like 5 different accounts and I want to have all the contacts on one primary account.
Great Video on contacts. I was wondering if you would have one on how to merge duplicate contacts in iCloud? I have so many and tried to organize them before, but I do it on one device and not showing up on the other. Is it on iCloud the way to do this? But there I can not find a function to merge. Thanks
Hi @Brigitta Perez!
So as far as being able to merge contacts directly on icloud.com, there isn't currently any way to do that from Apple that I'm aware of. You are able to merge contacts through the Contacts app on the Mac, but not from a mobile device or icloud.com.
Do you have a Mac? Do you use the Contacts App?
I do have another video that talks about importing and exporting contacts along with merging contacts on a Mac that may be helpful! I'll link it below!
Guide to IMPORTING and EXPORTING CONTACTS on your Mac to Apple iCloud, Google GMAIL, and MUCH MORE!
ua-cam.com/video/S_H6TYVyd5M/v-deo.html
I hope this helps! Thank so much for watching and I appreciate the support!
@@Learnwithjoel Thanks so much for your reply. I love your videos and been learning a lot.
How do you put existing contacts into a group ie for printing labels or envelopes? Great videos! Slowly working my way through them!
Hi @Julie C Walker!
The process would be slightly different depending on the device...On a Mac, it's very easy. You can create a group in the Contacts App, then just drag contact cards to that group. This will be the best way.
On an iPhone or iPad, the only way i've been able to put someone in a group is by creating a new contact while in the current group that's selected. It's a big pain. I wish there was a way to add an existing contact to a group on a mobile device, but Apple has some improvements to make...
I'll link a helpful guide below that may help further!
Apple Contacts User Guide
support.apple.com/en-ie/guide/contacts/welcome/mac
Another great video. My problem is that I have many duplicates. It’s been a couple of years since I went through the laborious task of deleting duplicates using instructions I had found online. But I’m still showing new duplicates. Thanks!
Hi @Hollie Mion!
Great news! iOS16 has some great built in features for finding duplicates! I haven't created a video on it yet, but I have played around with it and works pretty well! Stay tuned for more and if you still have duplicates, iOS16 is coming out soon!
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Hey Joel, I don't see "on my mac" in the left window under "All Contacts"? How can I add that?? Thanks for help!!
Hi @J DS! So you probably don't see "On My Mac" on the left side because you probably already have an account that is syncing contacts. If you were to remove all of your accounts and not sync the calendars associated with it, the only location to save contacts would be "On My Mac"
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How to share contacts with spouse w seperate apple account I’d?
nice and educational Thanks .. but my problem is all my contacts contain a "%" in front all my individual contact 1700 names ... why?
Hi @Terry Todd!
Thanks for the kind words! I have seen the percentage sign in some occasions show up in contacts. In my experience it has usually been when someone has imported or exported contacts from one service like Microsoft or Google into iCloud or the other way around. Have you done this by chance?
Where are your contacts located? iCloud, or a different email service like Google, Yahoo, or Microsoft?
Curious to see where they're at! Thanks so much for watching and I appreciate the support!
I wanted to joint all contacts onto my iCloud, is that possible from all other emails into 1?
Great question @S Abdulla!
Yes, you should be able to join all contacts into one iCloud account, but it will require you to export and import from whatever other email accounts you have.
I do have another video that talks about this exact process, so I'll link below for reference:
Guide to IMPORTING and EXPORTING CONTACTS on your Mac to Apple iCloud, Google GMAIL, and MUCH MORE!
ua-cam.com/video/S_H6TYVyd5M/v-deo.html
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Great video. I did notice when I went to my iPad contacts I do NOT have ‘default account’ option. 🤔
@Carlos & Provy Rivera my guess is that you only have one account on your device that has contacts turned on for syncing.
Do you have other email accounts with contacts turned on?
@@Learnwithjoel You are correct! Multiple email accounts but only one which I’m syncing contacts. You’re good!! Thx and keep up the excellent work!
Nice! 👍🏼 Thanks for the continued support!
Thanks! under the vcard- edit - home - user the drop down box gives many choices. Do you happen to know why and when to use which? What the heck is jabber? (etc) just curious! Thanks again for your excellence.
Hi @ny6901!
There for sure is a lot of options when you go to edit a contact card (vcard). I think over the years it's just a lot of choices that have been added. Add what is important to you and makes sense.
I usually edit the Template within he Settings of Contacts so that I have important information like birthdays, anniversaries and such. Other than that, it's personal preference.
Ah..jabber. Jabber was/is a messaging platform that has been around a long time. Think AOL instant messenger, if you ever used that!
@@Learnwithjoel Things I never thought of doing! Funny about jabber! Thanks always
Any ideas on how to easily merge/delete duplicate contacts From outlook and icloud on an iPhone?
Hi @A Reid!
Off the top of my head I do not know of any, but after a little research there seems to be an abundance of Apps available in the iOS App Store that claim they're able to merge duplicate contacts directly on your iPhone/iPad.
If you do a search for "merge contacts" in the App store, you'll find many that you could possible try. I would recommend to read reviews and look at a few options.
The other option would be to use someone else's computer. You can easily log into outlook.com or iCloud.com and download the contacts and merge too.
I have another video that talks about importing and exporting contacts and different ways to merge, but it does use a computer!
Guide to IMPORTING and EXPORTING CONTACTS on your Mac to Apple iCloud, Google GMAIL, and MUCH MORE!
ua-cam.com/video/S_H6TYVyd5M/v-deo.html
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If someone gets a new cell phone number and creates an iCloud email address, does the ICloud email account send out emails to contacts you have saved on your cell letting them know you have a new email address and new phone number ?
Great question @nancy c.
iCloud email account would not send any emails out letting you someone know you got a new email or cell phone number. Usually each contact information is specific to each individual's device. So if you were in my contacts and I got a new cell phone number, new address and new email, I would have to manually communicate that to you either through a new Text, email, or phone call.
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I think macOS Ventura has made some changes to how you do this. No default Account choice any-more.
I want to find the photos that are associated with certain contacts in the contacts app so I can add the pictures to other apps. Do you know where those photo files are saved?
Hi @rebukey!
I have often wondered this myself and never found an answer to it as well. It may be worth reaching out to Apple Support.
Sorry, not much help on this great question! Thanks so much for watching though! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!
The best solution for me was checking which email account my contacts were syncing to and then exporting the vCard to Icloud on my MacBook.
Why are my contacts duplicated? Lists and Icloud??
Why are some of my contacts that I created on my phone not showing up on my iPad? I have my iCloud synced to both devices
Hi @French Threads!
Contacts can be tricky and stored in multiple places!
Just having contacts turned on within the iCloud settings is not enough...you want to make sure that contacts are going to the proper place when contacts are created.
Go to Settings > Contacts > Default Account and double check that both your iPad and iPhone are set to the same. Sometimes the default location is a secondary email account or sometimes just stored locally on the device itself.
Hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! I appreciate the support!
I have another video that may be helpful, although it focuses on importing and exporting contacts, it talks about syncing contacts from multiple accounts too:
Guide to IMPORTING and EXPORTING CONTACTS on your Mac to Apple iCloud, Google GMAIL, and MUCH MORE!
ua-cam.com/video/S_H6TYVyd5M/v-deo.html
Why is 'birthday' greyed out?
Hi @Caren Nash!
What device are you on that you're seeing it greyed out on? iPhone, iPad, or Mac?
On the Mac when you click "Edit" for a contact card, Birthday is greyed out because there is no birthday in there, so you need to click in the fields to the right and actually put in a month, day and year. Then once you click Done, it will save the information.
I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching!
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Is there a way to import all my Gmail contacts into Icloud contacts?
Hi @ David Hine! There sure is! I just finished a video on that exact topic! Check this video out and let me know if it answers your question!
ua-cam.com/video/S_H6TYVyd5M/v-deo.html
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How to sync google contacts with iCloud
Hey @Vishal Sheth! So you really wouldn't sync google contacts with iCloud...as each are their own service...
When you create a Google account, it is usually an email ending in @gmail.com and with that it has its own calendar, contacts, notes and whatever other features it comes with.
When you create an iCloud account, the email usually ends in @icloud.com and it too has its own calendar, contacts, notes, etc.
So really it's like having two different services. They don't sync with each other across.
I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching!
@@Learnwithjoel there are apps available to sync then. I was wondering if there was a direct way to sync.
@@Learnwithjoel If you have emails coming into your gmail, how can you link them to icloud contacts (using link contact?)
You went too fast on how to create a group on iCloud, I can’t find the place you went too. Also is there a way to sync different accounts into one
Hi @Tim Kasper! Yeah, I may have done that quickly as I probably wasn't focused on it at that moment.
It is incredibly unintuitive of how to create groups within iCloud Contacts in my opinion.
First off, I have not found a way to create a contact group for iCloud Contacts on an iPhone or iPad. So if you want a group to show up there, you need to create it either on icloud.com or on a Mac.
I'll link a two useful Apple Support articles below on steps how to create a contact group on iCloud.com and also on a Mac. By doing this, the group will then show up on iPhone/iPad.
Create and manage groups of contacts on iCloud.com
support.apple.com/en-sg/guide/icloud/mmfba73c71/icloud
Create and change groups in Contacts on Mac
support.apple.com/en-sg/guide/contacts/adrb3280fe91/mac
As far as you question related to sync different accounts, not really. As they are different email accounts, they're usually different companies and services. A work around would be to export information from one account and then import it into another different account.
I have a video that discuss this concept with examples that may be helpful.
Guide to IMPORTING and EXPORTING CONTACTS on your Mac to Apple iCloud, Google GMAIL, and MUCH MORE!
ua-cam.com/video/S_H6TYVyd5M/v-deo.html
I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!
I only have an Iphone. It will simply not sync contacts to Icloud. Account logins match, photos sync, but not contacts. Been working on this all day. Biggest waste of time ever.
Hi @Dave B!
I can totally understand the frustration. If you only have an iPhone, how do you know they're not syncing to iCloud?
Are you able to visit iCloud.com on a computer to check to see if they're syncing?
When you look at the Contacts under the Settings of the iPhone, do you have accounts in there?
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Apple contacts is useless I live in the U.K. and I’m fed up with my contact phone numbers you can’t make calls due to getting a space every second number, I’ve tried fixes on UA-cam I’ve been to Apple over the last three years about this and they still can’t fix it.
Hey @Barry Wood!
You bring up a good point. As I live in the US, I don't have much of experience with numbers not in this country.
So even if you change the preferences in Contacts to be the layout of U.K. it still has issues?
One thing I have noticed that I wish Apple would do is when I use gmail contacts, they have a little flag next to each phone number and address that you're able to quickly change the format. I think that would be extremely helpful!
Sorry not much help on this one, but thanks for watching and I hope something was helpful!
@@Learnwithjoel that’s ok Apple are on help either, I don’t think it’s just here there’s quite a few channels for fixes, one is to turn off roaming but doesn’t seem to work.
iphone is straight garbage. in every aspect. Will never get another one a day in my life. Android where its at.
Hey @Prism Black! I can respect your opinion! My brother would probably agree with you! He's tried to make the switch to Apple and is back at his Android. It all comes down to the user anyway and what they enjoy using and what makes sense to them!
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