Hello Danny, Lisette and Colin have pretty much covered this issue, but I'll mention one apparent difference when you do your sync of Contacts from iCloud instead of from iTunes: under iOS 6 if you created any email groups for your contacts the groups will be synced to your iPhone if you sync via iTunes, and they will not be on your iPhone if you sync your contacts via iCloud. This has annoyed several people -- especially PC users who do not have access to a Mac to sync their contacts via iTunes.
But they are correct that your sync of Contacts should not be corrupted. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jan 23, 2013, at 3:55 PM, Danny Noonan wrote: > 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.
