We're both thinking of the same thing in different ways. I'll be making sure all my contacts are on my mac, then when I set my phone up again, I'll be copying them back onto the phone. I was thinking through iTunes but as you mentioned, they will sink up via iCloud as well so that could be a good option too. I guess I was stuck thinking of iCloud as a backup method when I use it all the time as a sinking tool.
Thanks. Danny: On 24/01/2013, at 12:24 PM, Lisette Wesseling <[email protected]> wrote: > Danny > As I understand it, syncing contacts with iCloud is different from > restoring from a previous back up. > I think there is a difference between restoring from a previous backup, which > you are not wanting to do, versus simply syncing your contacts from the cloud > once the iPhone has been set up from scratch. > I set up my iPad from scratch ie. I did not restore from a previous backup. > Once I set it up as a new iphone with my Apple ID, and turned iCloud on, the > contacts appeared back on the phone. This has nothing to do with the IOS > being corrupt. > > Syncing and restoring from previous backups are different things. I'm sure > somebody else can explain it better than me. > > Lisette > > On 24/01/2013, at 1:52 PM, Danny Noonan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> > > -- > 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.
