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Syncing your iPhone with the Contacts, Calendars and Emails on your Mac is altogether easy, convenient and secure, so let's get started right away.
- Connect your iPhone to your Mac ( iTunes should open up automatically. If not, launch it from from the Dock )
- Click your iPhone in the "Devices" section on the left
- Click the "Info" tab
- Check "Sync contacts with" and select the Contacts you want to sync with your iPhone ( Google Contacts, Windows Address Book, Yahoo! Address Book )
In case you don't want all your Mac Contacts to be synchronized iPhone, click "Selected groups" and select the groups you want to synch - In case you also want to sync your Mac Calendars with your iPhone Calendar, hit "Sync calendars with" and select the calendars of your Mac you want to sync with your iPhone
If you do not wish to synchronize all your Mac Calendars with the ones of your iPhone, click "Selected calendars" and select what you want to be synchronized
- Finally, click the "Sync" button in iTunes lower-right corner
Notes & possible issues
- Once you complete the above procedure, your iPhone Contacts will synchronize every time you connect your iPhone to your Mac
- In case of any iPhone Contacts synchronization problems, on your iPhone go to Settings->Safari->Clear Cookies and restart the Contacts application ( if your iPhone supports multi-tasking, make sure you have actually closed the Contacts app )
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One of your most precious and time consuming iPhone data, your iPhone contacts should be regularly backed up
Plus, it's very easy, so let's get started
Backup iPhone Contacts
- Connect your iPhone to your Computer
- Open iTunes
- Click your iPhone in the "Devices" section on the left
- Click the "Info" tab
- Check "Sync contacts with" and select "Windows Address Book"
- Make sure "All contacts" is selected
- Click the "Apply" button in iTunes lower-right corner
- If iTunes asks whether you wish to switch the sync provider, click "Switch"
- Once iTunes finishes backing up your iPhone contacts to your computer, go to Start->All Programs->Accessories and click "Address Book" to make sure your iPhone contacts were properly backed up to Windows
Notes & possible issues
For more specific iPhone contacts backup tutorials, please refer to our dedicated section Backup and restore iPhone Contacts
Restore iPhone Contacts
If you ever need to Restore your iPhone contact from the Winddows Address Book, proceed as follows
- Export Address Book contacts to a CSV file, so you can then import them to either Gmail or Yahoo
- Finally, sync your iPhone with your Gmail or Yahoo Contacts
Mike Johnson
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To synchronize your iPhone with your Computer Calendars, please refer to the tutorial that suits you best
- Sync iPhone Calendars with Computer
- Sync iPhone Calendars with Outlook
- Sync iPhone with Google Calendar
- Sync Yahoo! Calendar with iPhone
- Sync iPhone Calendars with Thunderbird
For Mac, please refer to Sync iPhone Calendars with Mac
Mike Johnson
Founder and Editor of sync-iphone.com has a sincere desire to provide readers with honest and useful solutions for their iPhone
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To synchronize your iPhone with your favorite Email account, please refer to the corresponding tutorial
- Sync iPhone emails with Computer
- Sync iPhone emails with Outlook
- Sync iPhone emails with Gmail
- Sync iPhone emails with FaceBook Messages
- Sync iPhone emails with Yahoo!
- Sync iPhone emails with Hotmail
- Sync iPhone emails with Thunderbird
For Mac, please refer to Sync iPhone emails with Mac
Mike Johnson
Founder and Editor of sync-iphone.com has a sincere desire to provide readers with honest and useful solutions for their iPhone
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Sync iPhone with Facebook Friends ( Contacts )
Thanks to the Facebook App, synching Facebook Friends with iPhone contacts couldn't be easier
- On your iPhone, go to the Apple App Store and Download the Facebook App
- Once installed, the Application should ask if you want your Facebook Friends to be synchronized with your iPhone Contacts
- That's it, you're all set
If things don't run all automatic, proceed as follows:
- In the Facebook App, tap "Friends"
- Then, tap "Sync" in your iPhone's top-right corner
- Turn on "Syncing"
- Finally, accept the agreement
Notes & possible issues
- Once you complete the above procedure, your iPhone will synchronize your Facebook Friends every time you connect your iPhone to your Computer
- This solution allows to sync Facebook contacts with iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S
Sync iPhone with Facebook Photos
What's great if you Import Facebook photos to iPhone is that you see your Friends' faces on your iPhone when they call you!
Plus, it's so simple, there's no reason to do without
Just follow our Guide to Sync Facebook Friends with iPhone Contacts and make sure the "Replace photos" option is switched on
Notes & possible issues
- Your Facebook Friend's Photos should be synched automatically every time you connect your iPhone to your Computer.
If not, follow the manual procedure described in Sync Facebook Friends with iPhone Contacts
Sync iPhone with Facebook Events
Tired of manually entering Facebook Events to your iPhone Calendar?
It's actually very easy to Synchronize iPhone Calendar with Facebook Events and Birthdays
Here you go:
- On your computer, login to Facebook and click Events in the left panel
- Click the magnifier and select Export Events as shown below
- Copy the link that appears and send it to yourself by email
- Now, on your iPhone, go to the Mail app and copy the link
- Go to Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars -> Add Account -> Other
- Tap Add Subscribed Calendar and paste the link into the Server address box
All set!
Your Facebook Events should now automatically sync to your iPhone Calendar
Mike Johnson
Founder and Editor of sync-iphone.com has a sincere desire to provide readers with honest and useful solutions for their iPhone
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