Copy contact from MacBook to windows

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Good morning to all.
I wish to copy all my contacts from MacBook Air to a windows laptop.
And to be able to open them on the windows ten laptop. I have tried to export then using a pen drive from Mac to windows but didn't work.
Any other way.
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yes I do use .
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If the Windows program that you are using supports vCard files you should be able to export them that way as well. What happened when you tried to export them?
 
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Hi' I selected the export as vCard.
will get back to you shortly.

ps.Should I select all before the report?

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Yes, when you open contacts on the Mac be sure to select the first contact, hold down the shift key and then select the last. That will select all your contacts so you can export to vCard format. Then on your Windows notebook computer you should be able to import the contacts via vCard format. I don't remember how they line up with Windows but should work more or less the same way as on your Mac or iPhone.

You can also use iCloud for Windows as suggested by Bob above.
 

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Admin chscag wisely said:

select the first contact, hold down the shift key and then select the last. That will select all your contacts

I'm not trying to be "clever-clogs", but if you have a large number of contacts, a less tiresome way is to click on any single contact to highlight it. Then use Command + A. That will select them all.

Ian
 

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Thanks Ian. Always a better way to do things. :)
 
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Many thanks to all.
All up and running here.Good results.
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