So - is it possible to sync my Mac & iPhone contacts / Addressbook.

[jbrown]

iPhone 4s ( iOS 5 ). MacbookPro Lion.

So I got my shiny new iPhone - hooked it up and synced everything fine.

Now I have on my MBP done some sorting of my contacts in AddressBook ( deleting a few, changing the info on others ).

But I seem to be unable to since my phone and get my changes onto the phone.

In iTunes I have ticked the ' Sync AddressBook Contacts' button - and synced but no joy. I even tried ticking the ' Replace information on this phone' button - again it did not work.

Any ideas folks?

Thanks




NOTE: I do not want to go iCloud at this time - I just want the software to work as it should.

 

[spades1412]

iCloud

 

[jbrown]

Thanks - but I don't want to sign up for iCloud yet.

 

[jbrown]

Problem Sorted!!

Well - I was having zero luck with this problem.

Followed this thread...but it didn't work ( may be to do with it being a SL fix ).

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/989277/




So I called Apple support - and after describing the problem to the lady...she said that she'd never heard of the problem so it must be extremely rare.

Oh..here we go I thought....deny there is a problem time!

But she was helpful..and we went through things.

1) Tried normal syncing - no change.

2) Tried turning contacts syncing off - then syncing - then turn it on again - then syncing. No joy.

3) Tried adding a contact on the phone and then syncing. New contact turned up on computers AddressBook This suggested the problem lay on the computer side.

4) Tried syncing other programs to see if they were affected. In this case I added a calendar date to iCal on the computer and then synced. It showed up on my phone

At this point she was getting close to giving up!! But carried on.

5) She had an idea to create a new Contacts Group in AddressBook - then try syncing. THIS WORKED Not only did the new group turn up on the phone - but all my contacts were updated ( like I was trying to do in the first ).

 

[DerekTS]

Thanks - but I don't want to sign up for iCloud yet.

It's free and it solves the problem you are asking about. Doesnt make any sense to not sign up for iCloud.