Hi, The CardDAV listed is simply an indication of the protocol that is being used for that specific account. The Apple Contacts app uses the cardDAV protocol and Google along with other services allows for syncing with Apple devices using the CardDAV protocol. So, if you have a list of contacts within your Contacts area of your gMail account, those contacts are made available to the Mac's Contacts app. Those cards made available through Google and some other services seem to be pseudo cards, in that they don't appear to be specific vCards within your Contacts app. They are accessible to you, and will be one of the addresses available when sending eMails,, but I don't think that an actual card is created for them.
When you select All Contacts from the Groups list, you'll notice that, even though you may have a card listed in multiple accounts, usually only one is listed in the All Contacts list. The Contacts app seems to link those together for listing purposes, even though they haven't been physically linked. At least that's what I've determined. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jan 30, 2017, at 19:39, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote: Tim and all, I started working on this and have some questions. First, I found most of my contacts on the iPhone had been linked. Hopw did that happen? A change that came in iOS 10? On the Mac, disabled sync in all accounts. While there, I noticed in the Mac's Contacts preferences. each account shows "cardDAV". I do not remember seeing this prior to Sierra. That made me wonder. Does enabling sync for the non iCloud accounts actually mean contacts for each account or just one? I have a Google and a Charter account. What I am asking is, if I enable sync for all accounts, will they access a single Contacts or is this for say, a Google address book? >From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . I have seen the truth and it makes no sense. E-mail: [email protected] On 1/30/2017 6:37 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > Yes, that would work just fine. Just make sure that you turn off iCloud > syncing for Contacts in System Prefs first before doing any wiping, > otherwise, you'll lose it all. Also, when it asks if you want to keep a copy > of your contacts on your Mac, say "No". This should help to make sure that > there's no duplicates when you re-enable syncing of contacts. It should have > figured that out the first time, but computers do mess up sometimes :). > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jan 29, 2017, at 21:48, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote: > > I may not have looked at Contacts since installing Sierra so not sure when > things went south. > > I found duplicates so used the look for duplicates function. In the On My > Mac section, all the groups are doubled. > > So before I do any more on the Mac, I will look at the contacts on my > iPhone. If that looks good, I want to know if I can safely disable syncing of > contacts on the Mac and wipe them then enable syncing again. Would that work? > Thanks. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > I have seen the truth and it makes no sense. > E-mail: [email protected] > -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
