Martin writes: Since converting from Microsoft to Apple, all my contacts have been duplicated—sometimes up to five times!
Some information is coming from Outlook Contacts but I can’t find the source and iCloud seems to be procreating without any help.
Please help me to eradicate these multiple contacts and regain my sanity.
May 25, 2016 I use this app to keep all of my contact accounts synced, and it works really well for that. The Mac app was recently updated, and it’s faster, and more stable. I have not had any lagging or crashing at all today. The duplicates and updates are working again as well. This is the best app for keeping your contacts updated and synced. In the Contacts app on your Mac, when you see the message that duplicate cards have been found, choose what to do. Accept duplicates without reviewing: Click Import. Review duplicates and resolve discrepancies: Click Review Duplicate(s) and continue to the next step. Review the first duplicate by clicking the buttons above the card, then click the button with the option you want.
Duplicate Mac Address Problems
Hi Martin! Sounds like there was a little confusion while your address book was making its way from your Windows PC to your Mac—and yes, it’s pretty annoying to get five results for a contact search when you were looking for just one.
Luckily, there’s a fairly easy way to seek out and merge duplicate entries in the Mac’s Contacts app.
The Mac’s “Contacts” app can find and merge duplicate contacts automatically—but make sure to back up your contacts before starting the process.
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Here’s how…
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update: this worked for me, following the advice of 'Allan' toward the bottom: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/276629/missing-icloud-contacts-on-one- device
Mac Contacts App Adds Duplicates List
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Your MacBook Pro must have a corrupted Contacts database.
Signing out and back in to iCloud isn’t fixing anything because your MacBook Pro is reusing its local database, and thinking that everything is up to date. Updating a contact is what “rebuilds” its entry, allowing it to be displayed.
Try wiping your local cache to force your MacBook Pro to re-download all of your contacts from iCloud.
Your contacts should all download fresh from iCloud.
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(Note: Steps 2 & 3 are really the crucial ones, but the Contacts.app doesn’t have much in the way of preferences, so might as well be thorough.)
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