Hi again Peter, I just answered my own question. I switched on WiFi on my iMac and when I checked Contacts, both folders now have the full complement. Just remains to be seen what happens when I sync the old iPhone again by USB. My wife is away with that at the moment.
Begin forwarded message: > From: Stephen Chape <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Syncing contacts from one folder to another ? > Date: 16 Sep 2014 4:15:05 pm AWST > To: WAMUG Mailing List <[email protected]> > > Hi Peter, > I just checked and I do have Contacts set up to sync to iCloud on my iMac. > However my iMac is connected to the modem by Ethernet and WiFi is turned off > on the iMac. > Would that be the problem ? > > My other drives use the WiFi but I feel more secure knowing my iMac is not on > the WiFi network ! > > On 16 Sep 2014, at 7:26 am, Peter Hinchliffe <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> On 15 Sep 2014, at 6:23 pm, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> My wife’s old Samsung flip phone is playing up. >>> So I have set up my old iPhone 3 for her (could be a 4 … I can’t recall). >>> Anyway I set up Contacts in iTunes to sync “All Contacts” but she only has >>> 63 of the 148 in Contacts. >>> Looks like it has only synced “All on my Mac” rather than “All iCloud”. >>> I guess because it does not do iCloud ! >>> >>> Just wondering what is the simplest way to copy the missing contacts from >>> “All iCloud” to “All on my Mac” ? >>> That is in the Contacts on our iMac, so the 2 folders are identical. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Stephen Chape >>> >>> Mac by choice >>> Windows because my employer knew no better >>> >> >> Do you have contacts syncing to iCloud on your computer? If so, then the >> number of contacts on your Mac should be the same as in iCloud. This must be >> setup in the iCloud System Preferences panel, not iTunes. iTunes can only >> sync between your computer and your device, so if you have iCloud set up >> correctly, you should have all of your contacts on your computer, which >> should therefore transfer to the iPhone. >> >> Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services >> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer >> Perth, Western Australia >> Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > > Regards, > Stephen Chape > > Mac by choice > Windows because my employer knew no better > > > > Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better
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