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URGENT: Sync between Outlook and iPhone
For years I've been using iTunes and a USB cable to synchronize my Outlook Contacts and Calendar with iTunes. Because of a message from iTunes that they will no longer be supporting local synchronization I followed the experts' advice and set up iCloud to keep my phone and Outlook synchronized. Today I realized that somehow iCloud obliterated many of my often-used Contacts in Outlook. It's almost as though it replaced the Contacts in my Outlook with an older data base. There are no Contacts under "Contacts" in Outlook (where my Contacts used to be) and my Contacts (such as they are) are no shown under a folder entitled "Contacts from iCloud". Is there any way to restore my previous Outlook Contacts?
URGENT: I just noticed that my iPhone still has all of my Contacts (in addition to an up-to-date Calendar). How do I get iCloud to make the Contacts on my iPhone the default status and restore them to my Outlook? This is so frustrating.
Thanks,
Phil
URGENT: I just noticed that my iPhone still has all of my Contacts (in addition to an up-to-date Calendar). How do I get iCloud to make the Contacts on my iPhone the default status and restore them to my Outlook? This is so frustrating.
Thanks,
Phil
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Your contacts are still inside MS Outlook.
I think that you are now seeing the contacts from iCloud, but there are no contacts entry in your iCloud. You can follow the link about to display your original local contacts in MS Outlook.
Your contacts are still inside MS Outlook.
I think that you are now seeing the contacts from iCloud, but there are no contacts entry in your iCloud. You can follow the link about to display your original local contacts in MS Outlook.
Login to iCloud.com with your Apple ID and password and you can see whether there is any contacts inside.
Thanks for getting back to me, but my Contacts are not there. iCloud and Outlook have most of my contacts, but nothing that was entered into Outlook over the past several months. The only place my complete Contacts are listed are on my iPhone and I'm afraid to do any synchronizing for fear of losing them. Is there a way (maybe through a USB connection?) that I can force a one-way backup FROM my iPhone to my iCloud and Outlook?
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How many contacts entries in your Contacts app?
4,390 (probably a lot of duplicates from the "merging" with iCloud).
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Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.