If you use iCloud to sync your contacts, then you need only enter things on one device. Since all contacts sync, creating two different entries for one person, one entry on each of two devices, will give you a duplicate since both are pushed to all your devices. You can just make entries on whichever device you want, and let them sync across. Once you get used to keeping this in mind, things get far easier - no need to manage things on every device, just change, add, or remove a contact once and the alteration magically appears everywhere. > On Jan 4, 2015, at 3:35 PM, Mary Jo Partyka <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > This duplication is confusing. I would have been better off not trying to > put in my contacts o all three devices at once. > > I worked on some of this yesterday and hope to get a handle on it. > > > Mary Jo Partyka > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > >> On Jan 4, 2015, at 12:59 AM, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I find groups to be rather confusing - not the concept but the practical >> setup - but I admit I haven't yet concentrated on this a lot. As for >> duplications, I've had this problem almost from the beginning of having an >> iOS device along with my Mac. At one point I was able to straighten it out >> but I have more than one device now and the problem came back. So I finally >> decided just to make sure I had a backup of all contacts that I could access >> without the contacts app and then I just plain deleted all my contacts from >> all devices and computers and stopped that service with iCloud. Now I'm >> re-entering everything on my computer and it's a pain but it's going to be >> worth it because of all the duplicates and old info and partial info I'm >> getting rid of. When this is done i will need to learn to monitor what is >> happening and catch it before it gets to this point again. >> >> What I decided to do with email lists that I am subscribed to is put a name >> for the list as the first name and "email list" without the quotes as the >> last name. Then all my email lists should end up together under "e". >> >> -- >> Cheryl >> >> I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. >> I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper >> thrown in the trash! >> Then God gave me a new heart and life: >> His joy for my despairing tears! >> And now, every day: >> "This I call to mind, >> and therefore I have hope: >> The steadfast love of the Lord >> never ceases; >> his mercies never come to an end; >> they are new every morning; >> great is your faithfulness." >> (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) >> >> >> >> >> On Jan 3, 2015, at 11:46 PM, Mary Jo Partyka <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi, Cheryl, >> >> It’s interesting that you posted aobut having problems with Contacts since I >> am also having problems. I was able to put a few groups together on the Mac >> but because I haven’t done much with it in the past few months, I feel like >> I’m back to square one now. I was able to send a required message to one of >> my groups but had some difficulty putting new people in that group and now I >> can’t even find the group. Is there an easy way to go between group lists >> and contact information etc? I have been pressing vo command t and going >> into each of the tables and that seems to work some of the time. But it >> feels like the most unorganized ap on the computer. I also have >> duplications. >> >> Any suggestions would be helpful. >> >> Mary Jo Partyka >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> >>> On Jan 3, 2015, at 4:52 PM, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> I finally got fed up with all the chaos with contacts on phone, iPad and >>> computer, with lots of duplicates and outdated information still being >>> mixed with the new. I felt this was way beyond the help of just merging >>> contacts or deleting and adding indivicual ones as I've been trying to >>> ignore this problem for quite a while. After careful backing up of all my >>> contact information, I deleted contacts for all accounts on all devices and >>> deleted all contacts in the application on my computer. So now I'm choosing >>> the contacts I really want to keep and am adding all the information back >>> on my computer first. Then I'll turn contacts back on in all accounts on >>> devices. >>> >>> The one thing I am not sure of is what to do about email lists when putting >>> the information in Contacts on my computer. There are fields for first and >>> last name and company and a checkbox for company but an email list doesn't >>> quite fit either of these choices. I hesitate to put macvisionaries, for >>> example, in as a first or last name or a company but don't know if I should >>> just put the email address in without a name iname; I'm pretty sure this >>> will disorganize things. Is there an accepted protocol I should follow for >>> this? >>> >>> Thanks for any help with this. >>> >>> -- >>> Cheryl >>> >>> I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. >>> I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper >>> thrown in the trash! >>> Then God gave me a new heart and life: >>> His joy for my despairing tears! >>> And now, every day: >>> "This I call to mind, >>> and therefore I have hope: >>> The steadfast love of the Lord >>> never ceases; >>> his mercies never come to an end; >>> they are new every morning; >>> great is your faithfulness." >>> (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>.
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