Fixed: iCloud Contacts Not Syncing on iPhone, iPad or Mac

1. FonePaw iOS Transfer Fixed iCloud Contacts Not Syncing on iPhone, iPad or Mac You can save iPhone contacts to iCloud so that the contacts can be synced across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. However, iCloud syncing doesn't always work properly. For say, sometimes change made to contact cannot be updated on iCloud or some iPhone contacts cannot show up in iCloud. Also, people reported that iCloud or iPhone contacts are not syncing to Mac computers. This post is written to solve all these iCloud contacts not syncing to iPhone/Mac problems. Read on if you have a similar problem. Basic Troubleshooting Steps When you have trouble in syncing contacts across iPhone, iPad, Mac via iCloud, you can try the simple troubleshooting methods below before going any further. 1.Update Your iPhone, iPad or Mac When iCloud contacts are not syncing to iPhone, iPad or Mac, a system update might fix the issue. Therefore you can try to update your iPhone, iPad or Mac. For iPhone or iPad: Go to Settings > General > Software Update. Tap to check if any new update is available. If there is, install the new iOS update. For Mac: Go to System Preference > Software Update. Select any new update to install it. FonePaw Technology Limited 1

2. FonePaw iOS Transfer 2. Check Apple ID Another possible reason could be that you are logging in to iCloud with an Apple ID that is different from that on your iPhone so that your iPhone contacts are not syncing to the current iCloud account. You can in the first place check what the Apple ID is on your iPhone by going to Settings > Your Apple ID. Then you should use the same Apple ID on your Mac or iCloud.com. 3. Connect to Port 443 It is also possible that an internet connection issue is stopping iCloud contacts to sync properly. Check if you can access the internet by browsing the website: https://appleid.apple.com/. If not, then your device is unable to connect to the Apple server. And that is why the iCloud contacts are not syncing. If the problem persists, more advanced measures should be taken to address the issue. If you are in hurry and need to sync iPhone contacts to another iPhone, iPad, Mac right away, you can install FonePaw iOS Transfer, which helps you move contacts from iPhone to Mac, from iPhone to iPad, from iPhone and iPhone freely. This iOS data transfer tool sync iPhone contacts over the cable, which is more stable and faster. In addition, you can connect multiple devices like iPhone, iPad to the computer so that you can transfer contacts, images, etc. between iPhones or iPhone and iPad. Here is how to sync iPhone contacts to Mac without iCloud using FonePaw iOS Transfer. Step 1: Download FonePaw iOS Transfer and install it. Step 2: Plug the iPhone to your Mac. Step 3: You can then see all the content on your iPhone. Step 4: Click Contacts and click Export to Mac. FonePaw Technology Limited 2

3. FonePaw iOS Transfer Tip: You can also choose the devices, such as an iPad, iPhone, that you want to export contacts to. iPhone Contacts Not Syncing with iCloud 1. Restart Contacts App on iPhone Restarting Contacts app on your iPhone helps re-syncing phone number information to iCloud, which can fix the problem when some iPhone contacts that won't show up in iCloud. If you are using an iPhone X or above, which comes with no Home button, close the Contacts and go to Home screen to re-open it. If you are using an iPhone with a Home button, double-click the home button, find Contacts and swipe it up to close it. Then re-open the app. FonePaw Technology Limited 3

4. FonePaw iOS Transfer 2. Refresh Your Contacts If you cannot see some iCloud contacts on your iPhone, refresh the Contacts app. Open Contacts and swipe down on the list. New contacts will show up if the iPhone detects new contacts syncing from iCloud. If you want to refresh your contact groups, you can: Open the Contacts app. Tap Groups in the upper-left corner. Swipe down on the list to refresh your groups. 3. Set iCloud Contacts as Default If your iPhone is using a Google or Yahoo account instead of the iCloud account by default, contacts probably are syncing to the third-party account instead of account. Step 1: Open the Contacts app and tap Groups in the upper-left corner. Step 2: Deselect any third-party account, like Gmail or Yahoo and select only All iCloud. Step 3: Tap Done and see if you can see the contacts you are looking for. If not, the contacts are syncing to another account, instead of the iCloud account. FonePaw Technology Limited 4

5. FonePaw iOS Transfer To Set iCloud as the default account for your contacts: tap Settings > Contacts > Default Account. Select iCloud. FonePaw Technology Limited 5

6. FonePaw iOS Transfer 4. Re-enable iCloud contacts Here are the steps to re-enable iCloud contacts on iPhone. Tap Settings > Apple ID > iCloud. Slide the button to turn off contacts. Wait for a few minutes and turn it on again. Contacts will be re-synced to your iPhone from iCloud. iPhone Contacts Not Syncing to Mac on iCloud 1. Restart your Mac If your problem is that the changes made to contacts on Mac cannot appear in iCloud, you should restart your Mac in the first place or use FonePaw iOS Transfer to sync iPhone contacts to Mac without iCloud. On your Mac, click Apple icon on the left top corner Select Restart. 2. Reset iCloud Contacts on Mac If this problem persists, you can try the below solution. Step 1: Log in to iCloud using your corresponding Apple ID and go to Contacts. FonePaw Technology Limited 6

7. FonePaw iOS Transfer Step 2: Make sure ALL your contacts are up to date on iCloud and then Export ALL contacts to vCard on Mac. Step 3: Now delete all contacts from iCloud. Step 4: After all contacts are deleted, import your contacts on Mac back into iCloud.com. FonePaw Technology Limited 7