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Contacts app hangs on first launch – New Catalina Install
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<blockquote data-quote="M.Grimes" data-source="post: 1840415" data-attributes="member: 403824"><p>I am transitioning from PC/Linux environment to Mac. I purchased a used iMac 27” Retina 5K - Late 2015 and completed a clean install (erase disk) of Catalina over the weekend. Created two user accounts and successfully connected Mail app to my IMAP based email provider. Went to send an email an realized I had no Contacts. </p><p></p><p>Launched the Contacts program and it just hangs. Title bar appears at top of screen along with spinning colored wheel but that’s all. I have to Force Quit the application to make it go away. Logged out, logged in to the second account and get exact same behavior. Reboots do not help.</p><p></p><p>FWIW: I have iCloud Contacts set up and am using that with my new iPhone. It works great. I do NOT have Contacts linked to iCloud on the iMac under my Apple ID settings. Toggling that either way seems to make no difference. The app simply refuses to launch.</p><p></p><p>Open to suggestions…wondering how I can remove the Contacts application from the iMac and reinstall it.</p><p></p><p>Thanks...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="M.Grimes, post: 1840415, member: 403824"] I am transitioning from PC/Linux environment to Mac. I purchased a used iMac 27” Retina 5K - Late 2015 and completed a clean install (erase disk) of Catalina over the weekend. Created two user accounts and successfully connected Mail app to my IMAP based email provider. Went to send an email an realized I had no Contacts. Launched the Contacts program and it just hangs. Title bar appears at top of screen along with spinning colored wheel but that’s all. I have to Force Quit the application to make it go away. Logged out, logged in to the second account and get exact same behavior. Reboots do not help. FWIW: I have iCloud Contacts set up and am using that with my new iPhone. It works great. I do NOT have Contacts linked to iCloud on the iMac under my Apple ID settings. Toggling that either way seems to make no difference. The app simply refuses to launch. Open to suggestions…wondering how I can remove the Contacts application from the iMac and reinstall it. Thanks... [/QUOTE]
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