i think i know why that may be maybe you have i tunes and i cloud sinking your contacts as well so this means your contacts are being sank twice the way to fix this is to tell i tunes not to sink your contacts smiles then it should remove the doubles i hope hope this helps cheers from krystal watson On 18/10/2011, at 1:33 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>> OH really? Mine are syncing twice. I hit on and all of my contacts merge >> twice and I see duplicates. It's annoying and I"m not going to remove 240 >> duplicates. > > Take care all. > On Oct 17, 2011, at 12:53 AM, Zachary Kline wrote: > >> Hi All, >> This post may be old hat to some of you, but I thought I should share it in >> case it is useful. >> I recently figured out that iCloud was not my mac's default storage location >> for new contacts. It was puzzling to me that I'd add a contact on the Mac >> and not see any mention of them on my iPod. >> It turns out that iCloud is a separate account, in Address Book at least, >> and possibly other APple apps as well. Anything you don't explicitly create >> or move there isn't synced. It's now my default and only place to store >> contacts, sidestepping the problem of two devices and making iTunes contacts >> sync unnecessary. >> So, to sum up, you can either create contacts on the mac, or create them in >> iCloud. You can move them to iCloud with the standard command-x and >> command-v shortcuts, as if you were editing a document. You can also set >> iCloud as your default account if you want in Address Book preferences, so >> all new contacts created will be put in there automatically. >> I hope this helps someone else in some way. >> Best, >> Zack. >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> [email protected] >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
