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Making Address Book sync properly to iCloud

Last updated: May 13, 2021 5:03 am UTC
By Charles Starrett
Making Address Book sync properly to iCloud

Use a Mac? Had problems with new contacts created in Address Book syncing over to your iOS devices? Thanks to an obscure setting in Address Book, iCloud doesn’t always work as it should, but fixing it is typically pretty simple. First, open System Preferences, and open the iCloud tab, then double-check that Contacts sync is turned on.

Making Address Book sync properly to iCloud

Once that’s done, fire up Address Book, and open Preferences. Down at the bottom of the General tab, you’ll see an option for Default Account – click this, and switch it from On My Mac to iCloud.

Once that’s done, all new contacts created should automatically appear on all your iOS devices.

Making Address Book sync properly to iCloud

Making Address Book sync properly to iCloud

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