T takosan macrumors newbie Original poster Sep 4, 2009 13 0 Jul 23, 2015 #1 Greetings! I just want to make sure I'm understanding this correctly: are the iOS device's "local contacts" and "iCloud contacts" separate data stores? Thank you!
Greetings! I just want to make sure I'm understanding this correctly: are the iOS device's "local contacts" and "iCloud contacts" separate data stores? Thank you!
T takosan macrumors newbie Original poster Sep 4, 2009 13 0 Jul 24, 2015 #2 I think I just got confused with "sync" vs "backup to iClouds" of the iOS device. Just wanted to make sure that local contacts data store is not the same as iCloud data store when they are syncing.
I think I just got confused with "sync" vs "backup to iClouds" of the iOS device. Just wanted to make sure that local contacts data store is not the same as iCloud data store when they are syncing.
eyoungren macrumors Penryn Aug 31, 2011 29,926 28,959 Jul 24, 2015 #3 Contacts that are "On My iPhone" are on the phone, but are backed up to iCloud if you have that option checked for your iCloud backup. Contacts that are from other services (Google, Yahoo, etc) are not store on the phone - nor backed up to iCloud.
Contacts that are "On My iPhone" are on the phone, but are backed up to iCloud if you have that option checked for your iCloud backup. Contacts that are from other services (Google, Yahoo, etc) are not store on the phone - nor backed up to iCloud.