My cell phone contacts are showing up in my Apple email address book. But I have no idea why. These are phone numbers only and not email addresses. I don't have my phone and computer synched. I don't have bluetooth or wifi enabled. I don't use cloud services. I don't have data copying software on my Mac or phone. How could this be possible? The only connection between my Mac and phone is via USB cable to copy photos over.
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Why are my cell phone contacts showing up in my Apple mail address book?
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I was going to say icloud syncing as my first guess.... But you say you don't use cloud services.
Nope, no sync program like isync in system prefs.
My Apple address book lists my cellphone contacts from a few months ago. It hasn't updated since then and I've connected my phone via usb cable several times since then.
Any info on why LDAP on port 9999 would be active instead of port 389 or port 636?
My Apple address book lists my cellphone contacts from a few months ago. It hasn't updated since then and I've connected my phone via usb cable several times since then.
Any info on why LDAP on port 9999 would be active instead of port 389 or port 636?
My guess is that you at some point had your iPhone connected to your Mac and iTunes was running and you - unintentionally - synchronized your contacts once from iPhone to Mac.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but...
Pretty sure Android syncs contacts to Google. If you have your Google account set up in System Prefs, that could be why.
Pretty sure Android syncs contacts to Google. If you have your Google account set up in System Prefs, that could be why.