Hi, 1. The On My Mac may have been removed in Mavericks as I can’t locate it anymore either. Or, it could just be not there in my situation since I have no contacts stored locally. The best thing is to check in the Groups Table, in the All iCloud section to make sure all your contacts are present. If when you go under the All Contacts section instead, and there are duplicates, then you’ll need to search out where those duplicates are hiding. If there aren’t any when in the All Contacts area, then you’re good.
2. Your procedure should work fine. Those vCards can be restored into the Contacts app using the Import menu item. syncing was simply a service within iTunes so that your contacts could be moved over to iDevices. Later… FYI, the iTunes app really has nothing to do with contacts, these contacts are stored independently of iTunes. The Contact Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Nov 14, 2013, at 4:43 AM, Daniel McGee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tim, many thanks for your detailed email. I have a couple of questions I'd > like to clear up. > 1. You say "the On My Mac section" could you explain what this is? > 2. I have gone into my contacts app that is placed on my doc, and have > navigated to name table and have highlighted them all with CMD a. > Then I went to file, export, export V card…Then saved the VCF extension to > location I can remember. > This is in the hope that should something mess-up would I be able to restore > my contacts back into iTunes/contacts with this .VCF file? > The last thing I want to do is lose all of them which I'm sure anyone will > understand. > If you could confirm if this method will restore my contacts if something > should go horribly wrong that would be great. > > Thanks > > Daniel > , > On 13 Nov 2013, at 20:28, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Just make sure that Contacts is on in Settings/iCloud on your iPhone and >> that Contacts is checked on in the Services Table in the iCloud pane of >> System Prefs on your Mac. That should do it. After the sync is complete, >> just navigate over to the Groups Table and select iCloud to see what >> contacts were moved up to the Cloud. If everything is good in the iCloud >> list, then, if you’re brave, you can get rid of the same list of contacts >> from the On My Mac section. This way, you shouldn’t get duplicates and >> you’ll ensure that when you update a specific contact, it’s the one that >> will be synced with your iPhone. >> >> Later… >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Nov 13, 2013, at 12:59 PM, Daniel McGee <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Ok guys, I accept the cloud for what's it worth. >>> If I want to use it, how can I insure that all my contacts from iPhone to >>> mac get uploaded successfully in order that I can use it? >>> >>> I've got an iCloud account linked to my apple ID. So just awaiting your >>> instructions. >>> Want to do it right if you know what I mean. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Daniel >>> On 13 Nov 2013, at 17:53, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Yes, I agree. At this point, there’s one app iTunes won’t sync for me >>>> which iCloud will. I do admit that iTunes was faster when putting a whole >>>> bunch of apps on my iPod at once, but otherwise, I am using the cloud more >>>> and more. >>>> >>>> Teresa >>>> >>>> "Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough."--Richard P. >>>> Feynman >>>> >>>> On Nov 13, 2013, at 9:34 AM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Synching to the cloud is the way to go. The cloud has saved my tail at >>>>> least twice when it comes to contacts, book marks, and license key >>>>> documents. Drob box does great for storing disk images of apps. Between >>>>> those two sources, reinstalls, when necessary, are practically no effort >>>>> at all. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind >>>>> built-in! >>>>> >>>>> Sincerely, >>>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! >>>>> >>>>> On Nov 13, 2013, at 10:19 AM, Chris H <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> No I agree. Syncing to the cloud is the way forward. I reckon one day >>>>>> only a minority will have a personal computer and instead opt for a >>>>>> tablet computer. That seems to be the vision of companies like Apple >>>>>> anyway. >>>>>> >>>>>> E-mail Facebook and iMessage >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> On 12/11/2013 22:12, Daniel Miller wrote: >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> Yes, it is gone. They want you to eat sync your contacts with iCloud, >>>>>>> which quite honestly, I think everybody should do. But that's just my >>>>>>> opinion. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Nov 12, 2013, at 1:26 PM, Chris H <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Well I put my contacts into the cloud and am not concerned one bit. I >>>>>>>> have every faith in Apple. Yes things go wrong but don't every company >>>>>>>> make mistakes and hopefully learn by them? I hope it's not true either >>>>>>>> but personally I sync absolutely everything to the cloud including >>>>>>>> contacts. I can understand though if they have personal or business >>>>>>>> addresses in them but none of my contacts do. The majority just have a >>>>>>>> number, others have both a number and e-mail address, the rest just >>>>>>>> have an e-mail address. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> E-mail Facebook and iMessage >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 12/11/2013 19:23, Daniel McGee wrote: >>>>>>>>> Hi all, just wondering if the above subject line is true. >>>>>>>>> Apparently, I found some articles on the net that say that it is no >>>>>>>>> longer possible to sink your contacts from iPhone to mac via USB >>>>>>>>> cabel but one is forced to use iCloud. >>>>>>>>> Personally I don't use iCloud and I don't know about others but for >>>>>>>>> me I personally don't use iCloud and for some reason wouldn't feel >>>>>>>>> safe or like the idea of submitting my contacts up into the cloud. I >>>>>>>>> mean I'm no criminal lol but stripping this functionality away from >>>>>>>>> my mac, iPhone and iTunes I feel isn't really fair on the end user >>>>>>>>> espually if they've upgraded to 10.9 and have this thrown upon them. >>>>>>>>> I am more than happy to submit stuff into the cloud but contacts for >>>>>>>>> my part and for others is something I won't do for any cloud service. >>>>>>>>> I just wondered if it is true and how do others feel about the >>>>>>>>> change. Also just so you know, I'm not old lol I'm for change but for >>>>>>>>> me this feels like its going in the wrong direction. I like the idea >>>>>>>>> of syncing to iTunes and having my iPhone and mac backup to the >>>>>>>>> software locally. >>>>>>>>> That's me. How about you guys do you like the new move? If its is >>>>>>>>> true that is and I'm sure someone on here will confirm. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thank you >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Daniel >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> 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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> 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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> -- >> 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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > 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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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