How To Download Contacts From Iphone To Mac

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'I used to transfer my contacts from my old phone to Mac before, and now I want to sync these contacts from my Mac to my new iPhone. So, what should I do to make this synchronization easier? Can you provide me some advices to help me realize how to sync contacts from Mac to iPhone?' - Comment from an anonymous user.

To turn on Wi-Fi syncing, see Sync content between your Mac and iPhone or iPad over Wi-Fi. In the Finder on your Mac, select the device in the Finder sidebar. If you connect your device to your Mac using a USB cable and don’t see the device in the Finder sidebar, see If your device doesn’t appear in the sidebar when syncing. How to Import Contacts from iPhone to Mac without iCloud. ICloud is an exclusive service enjoyed by Apple users. It can sync contacts, photos, and many other data between your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, and even Windows PC wirelessly, as long as you’ve set up iCloud and login to the same iCloud account on all of these devices.

We will have all kinds of trouble when we manage our contacts between Mac and iPhone. If you're in a situation like this, just relax, the purpose of this article is going to teach you best 4 ways to sync contacts from Mac to iPhone without any hassle and also have an extra tip to show you how to transfer iPhone contacts to your Mac computer. Follow the methods below to operate and pick out the most suitable way for yourself.

Connect your iPhone to your Mac via the USB cable.Open iTunes on your Mac.Click on the iPhone icon in the top left corner.In the sidebar, click Info.Check the box next to Sync Contacts.Click Apply at the bottom.People ask also, How do I import contacts to my Mac? Double-click the vCard.

  • Part 1: How to Sync Contacts from Mac to iPhone with iTunes Alternative(5 Minutes Way)

Part 1: How to Sync Contacts from Mac to iPhone with iTunes Alternative (5 Minutes Way)

The easiest and fastest way to sync contacts from Mac to iPhone is to use MobiKin Assistant for iOS (Mac Version). With this professional and efficient program, not only can copy the contacts between Mac and iPhone, you can also backup, export, import, uninstall or edit different files like music, video, photos, on computer directly.

Why people choose MobiKin Assistant for iOS?

  • Copy SMS, videos, photos, songs, books, voice memo, ringtone, podcast, playlist, etc. from Mac to iPhone, and vice versa.
  • Delete, edit and manage iPhone/iPad/iPod data on Mac freely.
  • Uninstall apps with 1 simple click.
  • Backup data from iOS device to iTunes default backup location and restore iTunes backup to your target device with ease.
  • Support lots of iDevices including iPhone Xs Max, iPhone Xs, iPhone XR, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6S, iPad mini, New iPad, iPad Air, iPad 4, iPad 2, iPad, iPod touch, etc.

Using your little finger to get a free trial, and let's check how to sync contacts from Mac to iPhone step by step by using Assistant for iOS. Please make sure your iTunes is the latest one.

Step 1: Connect your iPhone to the Mac computer.

Install the program and launch it. Then using a USB cable to connect your iPhone to the Mac. Press on the button of 'Trust' on the pop-up window of your iPhone and once the connection is successful, the program interface will be like this:

Step 2: Sync the important contacts from Mac to iPhone.

Choose the 'Contacts' icon on the category which in the left panel, then select the icon of 'Import' to upload the contacts from Mac and sync them to your iPhone. Just wait and the contacts will appear on your iPhone soon.

Tips: If your friends are the Windows user and want to sync the contacts from PC to iPhone, you can check this page of 'How to Transfer Contacts from Computer to iPhone Xs/Xs Max/XR/8/7?' to find the answers.

Part 2: How to Transfer Contacts from Mac to iPhone with AirDrop

AirDrop is an official program to transfer files, including contacts, music, photos and so on, between both iDevices wirelessly. It is very easy and convenient for the user to operate and it is a free way of transferring contacts from Mac to iPhone device. Here's how to transfer contacts from Mac to iPhone with AirDrop.

Step 1: Turn on AirDrop on both your Mac and iPhone.

Open the screen of 'Control Center', find the 'AirDrop' icon and turn it on on both your iOS devices. Remember to set the option of 'Everyone' on the page of 'Allow me to be discovered by' to make sure your devices can be detected by each other.

Step 2: Transfer certain contact from Mac to iPhone

On Mac, go to the 'Contacts' app and select one contact you'd like to transfer to your new iPhone. Then click the Share button on the right lower corner and choose the 'AirDrop' icon as the transfer way. Now, your Mac will detect your iPhone and show on the AirDrop available list. Click your iPhone device and back to your iPhone to tap the 'Accept' button to receive the contact that is transferred from your Mac.

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Part 3: How to Import Contacts from Mac to iPhone with iTunes

Using iTunes maybe not the easiest way but it is also a helpful tool to import the contacts from Mac to your iPhone. Follow the tutorial to learn how to import contacts from your Mac to iPhone with iTunes. All you need is a USB cable.

Step 1: Download the latest iTunes on Mac and connect the iPhone device to your Mac.

Go to the Apple Store to download the latest iTunes and install it on your Mac. Then use a USB cable to connect your iPhone to the Mac. Here, you need to check if the device is your iPhone show on the iTunes. If not, please click the 'Device' button to change it.

Step 2: Import contacts from Mac to iPhone with a few clicks.

Choose the icon of 'Info' on the left menu and tick the 'Sync Contacts' button. Click on the 'Apply', then start to the process of import the contacts from Mac to iPhone. When the process is done, the contacts copied from Mac will show on your iPhone.

Part 4: How to Download Contacts from Mac to iPhone with iCloud

iCloud can also restore contacts from Mac to iPhone. As a great alternative to any third-party application, it is quite impressive in doing this synchrotron. Of course, it is simple and you can have a try this way to copy contacts from Mac to iPhone. Here's how:

Step 1: Turn on the option of 'Contacts' under the iCloud.

On your iPhone device, first, go to the 'Settings' application, find the 'iCloud' button and enter it. Then, turn on the 'Contacts' icon under the screen of iCloud. If you are the first time to doing this, you need to choose 'Merge' to get it all on the clouds.

Step 2: How to sync contacts to iPhone from Mac with iCloud.

Go to your Mac, choose the option of 'System Preference' and navigate to the button of 'iClouds'. Select the 'Contacts' and wait for the process begin to import the contacts from your Mac to the new iPhone device.

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Extra Tip: How to Transfer Contacts from iPhone to Mac with Ease

Maybe be someday you want to transfer all the important iPhone contacts to your Mac computer as a backup. Hence, here for you the extra tip of transferring contacts from iPhone to Mac.

1. The best way to transfer contacts from iPhone to Mac is to use the professional tool that we mentioned in Part 1 - iOS Assistant for Mac. It is a multifunctional tool specifically for managing the files between the iPhone/iPad device and the Mac computer. (If you are the Windows user, just choose the Windows version to operate.)

2. The second way is using iCloud, you can use it to realize the transfer. But you can't use iCloud to update or import the individual contacts.

3. Also, AirDrop can be used to sync the contacts from iPhone to Mac. The operation steps are similar to this page.

4. The last method to copy the essential contacts from iPhone to Mac is to use iTunes, a well-known program to transfer files between iPhone/iPad device and Mac computer/Windows PC.

Want to know the detail introduction? Go to the article 'How to Import Contacts from iPhone to Mac? [4 Proven Ways]' to learn the methods.

The Bottom Line

Compare the methods of syncing contacts from Mac to iPhone above, you will find that there are certain differences among them.

Assistant for iOS (Mac Version): Not only can manage all the contacts between Mac and iPhone/iPad device but also can import/export text messages, notes, calendars, bookmarks between iDevice and Mac. In addition, you can back up the media from iDevice to the Mac, uninstall the applications from iDevice on Mac and manage iTunes backups on Mac.

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AirDrop: Using AirDrop can only enable you to transfer contacts one by one, if you have multiple contacts to be synced, you need to repeat the same steps again and again. It will extremely waste your time.

iTunes: If you use iTunes to sync contacts from Mac to iPhone, it may cause the problems like contacts on Mac are replaced by contacts on iPhone, contacts' photos on Mac are not synced issues.

iCloud: This way is not to copy contacts from Mac to iPhone, it is as a cloud-connected backup and sync method.

After concluding, the best choice of transferring contacts from Mac to iPhone/iPad is sure to come in your mind. Using the best method in your mind and have a try.

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There is no doubt that contacts are of great importance for us. As an Apple user, you may backed up many contacts on Mac just in case. When you have a new phone, or when you want to access these important contacts again, you may wonder how to sync contacts from Mac to iPhone. Maybe the first method that comes to your mind is using iCloud. But is there a non-internet and straightforward way to transfer contacts from Mac to iPhone? Read this post which offers 4 ways and you will find the answer you want.

Part 1: How to Sync Contacts from Mac to iPhone with Coolmuster iOS Assistant (Recommended)
1.1 How to Transfer Contacts from Mac to iPhone with 'Import' Button
1.2 How to Import Contacts from Mac to iPhone with 1 Click
Part 2: How to Transfer Contacts from Mac to iPhone with iTunes
Part 3: How to Import Contacts from Mac to iPhone with iCloud
Part 4: How to Download Contacts from Mac to iPhone via AirDrop

Part 1: How to Sync Contacts from Mac to iPhone with Coolmuster iOS Assistant (Recommended)

Do you want to sync contacts from Mac to iPhone directly in a non-internet way? Coolmuster iOS Assistant is here to help. Just as its name, this program is the best assistant for you to manage your iOS data. In regards to dealing contacts, these are the features you may want to know:

* Quick and safe. Just simply connect your iPhone to Mac via USB, the contacts can be transferred from Mac to iPhone with 1 click. No Wi-Fi or internet connection needed.

* Transfer between iPhone and Mac. It allows you to sync contacts from Mac to iPhone in XML format and transfer contacts from iPhone to Mac as CSV, VCF and XML files.

* Integrated with useful features. With it, you can add new contacts, edit the information of contacts, delete unwanted contacts of your iPhone on Mac.

Coolmuster iOS Assistant is a powerful software that not only helps you to manage your contacts but also other files like notes, SMS, calendars, photos, videos, books, apps, etc. It can transfer files from iPhone to Mac and vice versa, which makes the data management organized and simple. It has an iTunes Backup & Restore feature that helps you to manage your iTunes backup files for iPhone/iPad/iPod on Mac. It can also be your quick search tool as it can find a specific file on your iPhone among many files in the quickest way.

Coolmuster iOS Assistant compatible with all the Apple generations like iPhone 11/11 Pro/11 Pro Max/XS/XR/XS Max/8/Plus/X/7 Plus/7/SE/6s Plus/6s/6/6 Plus/5s/5C/5, iPad Pro/mini/4/3/2/1/New iPad.

To see how to how to sync contacts from Mac to iPhone, please download the free trial version of Coolmuster iOS Assistant for Mac and follow the guide below:

1.1 How to Transfer Contacts from Mac to iPhone with 'Import' Button

First of all, let's see how to sync contacts to iPhone from Mac via the 'Import' button of Coolmuster iOS Assistant:

Step 1: Download and run Coolmuster iOS Assistant on Mac. Connect your iPhone to Mac with a USB cable. Tap 'Trust' as prompted on your iPhone. After the connection is done, you will see the main interface like below.

Step 2: The data on your iPhone is categorized according to the file types. Now click 'Contacts' and you can see the contacts stored on your phone are displayed on the right window.

Step 3: Click 'Import' on the top menu and choose the XLM file that contains your contacts to transfer them to your iPhone.

In this way, the contacts on your Mac are transferred to your iPhone.

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1.2 How to Import Contacts from Mac to iPhone with 1 Click

If you have backed up the contacts with this iOS assistant to your Mac before, now you can also restore contacts from mac to iPhone with the 'iTunes Backup & Restore' feature.

Step 1: After your iPhone is detected by your Mac, go the the 'Super Toolkit' tab.

Step 2: Click 'iTunes Backup & Restore'.

Step 3: Click 'Restore' and choose your iPhone to restore. In this way, you can restore your previous backup file including contacts with one click.

Part 2: How to Transfer Contacts from Mac to iPhone with iTunes

One of the common ways to transfer contacts from Mac to iPhone is using iTunes. Here's how to transfer contacts from Mac to iPhone via iTunes:

Step 1: Launch iTunes on your Mac. Connect your iPhone to Mac with a USB cable.

Step 2: Find your iPhone under the 'Device' tab and click the iPhone icon on the top-left of the interface.

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Step 3: Go to 'Summary' > 'Info'.

Step 4: Click 'Sync contacts' and then click 'Apply'.

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Part 3: How to Import Contacts from Mac to iPhone with iCloud

Since the cloud service allows you to keep your data up-to-date on any devices like iPhone, iPad, Mac, PC, many people will use iCloud to sync contacts from Mac to iPhone as well. But there are also some users are reluctant to upload their private information such as contacts, photos on the internet for private issues.

Anyway, the steps of using iCloud on how to import contacts from Mac to iPhone are as follow:

How To Download Contacts From Iphone To Mac

Step 1: On your iPhone, go to 'settings' > 'iClound' > and turn on 'Contacts'.

Step 2: On your Mac, go to the top of Apple menu and click 'System Preferences' > 'iCloud' > select 'Contacts'.

Now, the contacts stored on your Mac will be uploaded to iCloud. You can access them on your iPhone.

Part 4: How to Download Contacts from Mac to iPhone via AirDrop

If you are looking for a wireless way without using iCloud to download contacts from Mac to iPhone, AirDrop is a good alternative. To use this method, make sure to have a strong Wi-Fi connection and please note that you can only transfer contacts one by one. It would be a tedious job if you have many contacts to transfer.

How to download contacts from Mac to iPhone using AirDrop:

Step 1: Turn on WI-FI, Bluetooth and open AirDrop both on your iPhone and Mac.

On your iPhone: open 'Control Center' > long press 'Bluetooth' > Tap 'Airdrop' and select 'Everyone'.

On your Mac: go to 'Finder' > 'Go' > 'AirDrop' > set the device to be discovered by 'Everyone'.

Step 2: Import contacts from Mac to iPhone using AirDrop.

On your Mac, go to 'Contacts' > select the contact > click 'Share' > choose 'AirDrop' icon to transfer and select your iPhone device.

Step 3: On your iPhone, accept the sharing contact from Mac.

Extra Tips: How to Transfer Contacts from iPhone to Mac

Here we will also introduce an easy and quick way for you to transfer contacts from iPhone to Mac. As we mentioned above, Coolmuster iOS Assistant can save contacts from iPhone to Mac as CSV, VCF and XML files.

Mac

Here's how to export contacts from iPhone to Mac via Coolmuster iOS Assistant:

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Step 1: Launch the software on your Mac and connect your iPhone to Mac.

Step 2: Click 'Contacts' and then you can view contacts stored on your iPhone on the right.

Step 3: Select the wanted contacts and then click 'Export' and choose the format you like. You can also customize the location on your Mac to store your contacts.

Isn't it easy? Your contacts are now transferred to your Mac in an organized way and you can access them anytime.

Conclusion

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With these methods mentioned above, I believe that the problem of how to sync contacts from Macbook or iMac to iPhone can be solved easily. And among these methods, the quickest and the most convenient way would be Coolmuster iOS Assistant because it is free of using iTunes and iCloud, no Wi-Fi or internet connection is needed. Using Coolmuster iOS Assistant, your contacts can be transferred between iPhone and Mac effortlessly. Just download it and give it a go. It is a trustworthy software you should try.

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