How do I edit a List in Contacts?

[baxlobs]

Hi,

I have a short list of the owners of flats in our block so that I can email them all as a group. I created it before I upgraded to Ventura and a new iMac.
I cannot find any way to add/subtract contacts from the list which is needed as one or two residents have changed.
"Help"in Contacts does not seem to work, there is a popup box which asks for a selection between iCloud, Google, etc. but the selection buttons are greyed out and all I can do is click Cancel!

Any ideas please? TIA

 

[svenmany]

Make sure you have the list of lists showing on the left side of the window. If you don't see the list of lists, then select "Show Lists" from the View menu.

With the list you want to maintain selected on the left, select a contact you'd like to remove from that list. The Edit menu will have an item "Remove from List".

To add a contact into a list, select the contact. You can select that contact while displaying any list (for example "All Contacts"). Then drag that contact onto the list name that appears on the left.

 

[baxlobs]

Make sure you have the list of lists showing on the left side of the window. If you don't see the list of lists, then select "Show Lists" from the View menu.

With the list you want to maintain selected on the left, select a contact you'd like to remove from that list. The Edit menu will have an item "Remove from List".

To add a contact into a list, select the contact. You can select that contact while displaying any list (for example "All Contacts"). Then drag that contact onto the list name that appears on the left.

Thanks, but that just does not work. If I select the person I want to remove, the "Remove from List" option is greyed out, and if I select someone to add, I cannot drag across to the list. The cursor just scrolls up or down the list of contacts. Grrrrrr....

 

[svenmany]

Grrrrrr... indeed.

Perhaps you have your contacts in an online account and aren't currently logged in, or it's otherwise read-only. Are these just local contacts on your mac?

Apple says that certain online accounts can't be edited in the Contacts app. Here's where they say that when talking about deleting a contact.

https://support.apple.com/guide/contacts/delete-contacts-adrb1f6bae26/mac

 

[baxlobs]

My contacts list is in iCloud. I have just tried to edit the residents list on my iPad and it worked perfectly! Deleted one and added another with no difficulty. The problem must lie with the iMac and Ventura.
At least I have achieved what was needed, and in future will use the iPad.