How to Sync Contacts from Mac to iPhone iPad

 

Question: I got an iPhone yesterday and have been adding all my contact info to my Mac Contacts. I went through and added photos in the Contacts App, but when I sync my iPhone I get number, but not the photos. Anyone know how to fix it?

Analysis: Generally speaking, we can easily share contents and information between our iPhone, iPad and Mac with iTunes. While when you are syncing iTunes, you may meet some unexpected situations, like, just sync phone number without photos, or Mac contacts are replaced by the contacts on iPhone or iPad, etc.

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Therefore, in this post we will offer you a better way to sync contacts from Mac to iPhone iPad without omitting info and erasing existing contacts. Absolutely, you can't make it without outside help. So firstly let's have a look at the tool we'll use.

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The Tool We'll Use

To get contacts from Mac to iPhone iPad easily and quickly, all you need is choosing a professional iOS data transfer tool that is expert at syncing contacts from computer to iPhone iPad without omitting or erasing. iMobie AnyTrans is an ideal choice for you, why?

• Supports transferring more than 10 kinds of iOS data – Whatever you want to transfer to iPhone, iPad, AnyTrans helps you make it.
• Supports syncing iOS contents between iPhone, iPad and computer – No matter whether you want to sync contacts to iPhone or sync to computer, AnyTrans does well.
• Features you the ability of editing and managing iOS contents – You can manage your contacts better and keep them organized.
• Transfer iOS contents between iPhone iPad and computer instead of syncing – You won't lose any previous contacts.

In addition, AnyTrans supports all the modes of iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, free download it to start free trial >

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How to Sync Contacts from Mac to iPhone iPad with AnyTrans

Step 1: Export your contacts from Contacts app to vcard.

Step 2: Launch AnyTrans on Mac > Connect your iPhone or iPad to Mac with USB cable.

Step 3: Select Contacts on AnyTrans Homepage > Click Import button to browse the contacts on your Mac > Choose the contacts you want to sync to iPhone or iPad and click Open.

Note:

- Please ensure you have exported contacts on Mac to vcard before syncing contacts to iPhone iPad.

- This tutorial also can be applied to get contacts from Mac to iPod touch.

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The Bottom Line

With AnyTrans and this tutorial about how to get contacts from Mac to iPhone iPad, you can sync contacts from Mac to iPhone or iPad with a few clicks, and you won't lose any previous contact. What's more, when transferring contacts with AnyTrans, all the contact info, including phone number, contact photo and email address, will be copied to target device. Download AnyTrans to Start free trial >