How to move contacts from my Macbook air to my wife's?

[ronbevil44]

We both have 2018 MacBook air with the latest upgrades. How do I move contacts from one to the other?

 

[Erehy Dobon]

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[jpn]

We both have 2018 MacBook air with the latest upgrades. How do I move contacts from one to the other?

hi
since you used the "move" the contacts, it sounds like the simplest way is to export the Contacts file to USB and transfer it to the other machine manually.
its easy to do.
in Contacts, go to File/Export/Contacts Archive and put that file on to yr USB.
this exports all yr contacts to the USB.
then from the USB, on the other machine, Import that file into its Contacts.

there are many ways to do it, but the above is straightforward and doesn't use methods such as Air Drop, or more proactive syncing at all.
if you want to keep the contacts on both devices then a different method would be better.
if you want to keep it sync, then this link has a real good explanation of a couple of ways to do it:

Create a Shared Family Address Book with Contacts and iCloud - Lena Shore

NOTE: “Apple Family Sharing” is good for sharing the in-app purchases, iTunes, iBooks, and iCloud storage. But, it doesn’t share address books well, at least not yet. I’ve gotten a lot of questions about this lately. I figure Apple will solve this problem eventually by changing the way the...

lenashore.com

 

[Weaselboy]

We both have 2018 MacBook air with the latest upgrades. How do I move contacts from one to the other?

Export or archive contacts in Contacts on Mac

In Contacts on your Mac, export some or all of your contacts to back them up or use them on another computer.

support.apple.com

Just export all the contacts to a vcard file them copy that file to the other Mac and import them into Contacts.

 

[Fishrrman]

Why can't you do this:
1. Open your copy of Contacts
2. Choose "export --> contacts archive"
3. Save it on the desktop
4. Copy to a USB flashdrive
5. Take that to your wife's Mac, put the file on the desktop
6. Open contacts and choose "import"
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