Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, it's when I restore from iCloud or from a backup on my mac that is the problem. As the os is corrupted on my phone, restoring from a backup just puts the corruption straight back onto my phone again.
I literally have to start over and set the phone up as new. Kind regards, Danny: On 24/01/2013, at 11:43 AM, Lisette Wesseling <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Danny > I'm relatively new at this myself. But if you have iCloud turned on on your > phone and mac, , and have contacts checked in there it should work absolutely > fine. I recently restored my iPad from scratch, and once I turned iCloud on > in settings, the contacts all came back from the cloud onto my iPad. I've had > the occasional issue with multiple contacts being generated, but they are > easy to delete, and I have not lost anything. iCloud is just under settings. > Good luck. > > Lisette > , > On 24/01/2013, at 1:22 PM, Danny Noonan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm reseting my iPhone and starting from scratch as I've had corrupted >> backups for a couple of years and can't handle the issues any more. >> >> I've backed up all the apps to iTunes, have my podcast list in OPML in an >> email but want to be sure all my contacts are properly sinked with the mac. >> Is there any way I can check, any settings that should be set or something? >> I really don't want to lose my contacts if at all possible. >> >> Many thanks for any info or even other suggestions on how to make the >> rebuilding of the iPhone safer or go more smoothly. >> >> Danny: >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
