iCloud Syncing Issue

[kitjv26]

Sign out of iCloud on all your devices, one at a time, but signing back into them before proceeding to the next device.



Does it look like this;

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Bob: For clarification, by signing out of iCloud" are you referring to turning off Contacts only?

 

[ferrarr]

I don't know. If that is the only syncing you are having issue with, then yes. You can always sign out of iCloud completely, if unchecking Contacts doesn't work?

 

[kitjv26]

Even after signing in & out of each Mac/devices individually, there is still no Fetch menu at all.

Unless you fellas have some additional insight, I feel like I'm taking up a lot of your time. Let me fiddle with this a bit & see if I might stumble onto a solution. You both have been most helpful in educating me. Thank you so much.

 

[usagora]

Even after signing in & out of each Mac/devices individually, there is still no Fetch menu at all.

Unless you fellas have some additional insight, I feel like I'm taking up a lot of your time. Let me fiddle with this a bit & see if I might stumble onto a solution. You both have been most helpful in educating me. Thank you so much.

Wish I did, but unfortunately I'm not sure what else to check. When Googling "mac contacts no fetch option," I found the following thread that isn't the same issue, but the solution (quoted below) might be worth a shot at this point to see if it makes a difference in your case:

Contacts not showing up in Contacts app -… - Apple Community

-Go to System Preferences, Select iCloud and uncheck Contacts.
-Open new Finder, and on Menu Bar, Click on "Go" while holding down Option in the keyboard, which will show the "Library" Folder in the pull-down menu.
-Open the Folder "Application Support" & find the Folder AddressBook and Trash it with all its content.
-Return to the System Preferences & re-activate Contacts and launch, Contacts this will fix the issue and get all the contacts and Cards back.

Obviously, I'd recommend backing up the AddressBook folder before doing this in case there are any ill effects.

Other than that, call Apple Support and see if they are able to do anything on the back end of your account.

 

[kitjv26]

Thank you, Jonathan. You have been most helpful & patient.

 

[kitjv26]

Until I resolve the above problem, I opted to enable my Contacts in Google since new contacts will sync in this account. Since I have the same contacts list under both Google & On My Mac, all of these contacts are duplicated under All Contacts. One quick question: How can I delete the duplicates under All Contacts?

Thank you!

 

[usagora]

Until I resolve the above problem, I opted to enable my Contacts in Google since new contacts will sync in this account. Since I have the same contacts list under both Google & On My Mac, all of these contacts are duplicated under All Contacts. One quick question: How can I delete the duplicates under All Contacts?

Thank you!

I'm assuming the duplicates are a result of you importing all your Google contacts to iCloud and then adding your Google contacts back in the Contacts app, thus doubling every contact in the Contacts app on your iMac because it's showing both iCloud and Google. I'd just disable your iCloud account in the Contacts app so only the Google contacts remain.

 

[kitjv26]

I'm assuming the duplicates are a result of you importing all your Google contacts to iCloud and then adding your Google contacts back in the Contacts app, thus doubling every contact in the Contacts app on your iMac because it's showing both iCloud and Google. I'd just disable your iCloud account in the Contacts app so only the Google contacts remain.

As you recall, although my iCloud account is enabled & linked with Contacts, for whatever reason it is not being recognized by any of my Macs nor devices. Thus, the duplicates assumingly are a merging of my Google contacts & the On My Mac contacts. So disabling either the Google account or the On My Mac contacts wouldn't be an option. Any thoughts? Thanks.

 

[usagora]

As you recall, although my iCloud account is enabled & linked with Contacts, for whatever reason it is not being recognized by any of my Macs nor devices. Thus, the duplicates assumingly are a merging of my Google contacts & the On My Mac contacts. So disabling either the Google account or the On My Mac contacts wouldn't be an option. Any thoughts? Thanks.

Ok I missed the "On my Mac" verbiage earlier and focused on the "All Contacts" bit. My "All Contacts" aren't indented under anything. I believe anything categorized as "On my Mac" means they are ONLY on your local machine, not synced from the cloud. So perhaps first disable your Google account contacts, then command+A to select all the remaining contacts, delete them, then re-enable your Google account contacts. That way ONLY the Google account contacts should be loaded and they should not appear under "On my Mac" in the sidebar, since they're synced with the cloud.

 

[kitjv26]

Perfectly logical. And....it worked! Again, thank you for sharing your knowledge & for your patience.

Take care & stay safe.

 

[usagora]

Great!

 

[IWT]

Well done, Jonathan. Can't give rep points, sorry.

Ian

 

[usagora]

Well done, Jonathan. Can't give rep points, sorry.

Ian

Thanks, Ian.

 

[chscag]

Well done, Jonathan. Can't give rep points, sorry.

As we say in US Baseball terminology, I pinched hit for you Ian.

And I do agree.

Charlie