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Address book no longer linking to Mac Mail
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<blockquote data-quote="veehb" data-source="post: 1324077" data-attributes="member: 126930"><p><strong>Why are there two contact lists in Address Book?</strong></p><p></p><p>I've synced my calendar and contacts with iCloud. Now, on my MBP I have an "On My Mac" list of contacts and groups (seems to be older data) and an "iCloud" list of contacts and groups. Those in "iCloud" sync with me.com (my iCloud account) and with my iPhone. There is also an "All Contacts" list, with a combination of these two listings. </p><p></p><p>Why are there two lists? Can I delete the "On My Mac" list? I tried deleting one of the groups on the "On My Mac" list and it didn't seem to affect anything. </p><p></p><p>I find this business of syncing with iCloud most confusing. Finally got my iCal to sync with the iPhone, (by unselecting the original calendars and selection the new, iCloud, calendars). Lots of ambiguous steps, not well documented. I'm surprised that Apple doesn't give us more help in this area.</p><p></p><p>Seems to take a long time for the systems to sync with each other. Mail was using an older group and after working on other areas of the Address Book, mail started using the newer, updated groups. Most puzzling!</p><p></p><p>I just added a new group to the MBP and then plugged in the iPhone so that it would force a sync (sometimes not necessary). I see that the new group was synced to the iPhone, but only three of the eight entries in the group came across to the iPhone. They are supposed to sync via Wi-Fi and both the MBP and iPhone are three feet from my Wi-Fi router. Shouldn't have to plug it in (that is supposed to enable a backup of the iPhone to iCloud).</p><p></p><p>I'd appreciate some advice here.</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Vee</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="veehb, post: 1324077, member: 126930"] [b]Why are there two contact lists in Address Book?[/b] I've synced my calendar and contacts with iCloud. Now, on my MBP I have an "On My Mac" list of contacts and groups (seems to be older data) and an "iCloud" list of contacts and groups. Those in "iCloud" sync with me.com (my iCloud account) and with my iPhone. There is also an "All Contacts" list, with a combination of these two listings. Why are there two lists? Can I delete the "On My Mac" list? I tried deleting one of the groups on the "On My Mac" list and it didn't seem to affect anything. I find this business of syncing with iCloud most confusing. Finally got my iCal to sync with the iPhone, (by unselecting the original calendars and selection the new, iCloud, calendars). Lots of ambiguous steps, not well documented. I'm surprised that Apple doesn't give us more help in this area. Seems to take a long time for the systems to sync with each other. Mail was using an older group and after working on other areas of the Address Book, mail started using the newer, updated groups. Most puzzling! I just added a new group to the MBP and then plugged in the iPhone so that it would force a sync (sometimes not necessary). I see that the new group was synced to the iPhone, but only three of the eight entries in the group came across to the iPhone. They are supposed to sync via Wi-Fi and both the MBP and iPhone are three feet from my Wi-Fi router. Shouldn't have to plug it in (that is supposed to enable a backup of the iPhone to iCloud). I'd appreciate some advice here. Thanks, Vee [/QUOTE]
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