'I added many contacts recently, and want to import contacts from iPhone to my Macbook Pro for backup. How can I make it?'
Save iPhone contacts to Mac as a vCard file. Open a web browser on Mac and visit iCloud.com. Sign in with your Apple ID. Click Contacts icon and then click the settings icon at the bottom left and select Export vCard. Then all your iPhone contacts will be saved to Mac as a vCard file. Now, get Primo iPhone Data Recovery installed on your MacBook/Mac mini/iMac and the follow the steps below to see how to download contcats from your iPhone to Mac computer. Connect your iPhone to computer with USB cable and open Primo iPhone Data Recovery Choose Recover from iOS Device Click Next. Next, open the email or that messaging app on your Mac, and you will see the contact there. Download it and open the VCF to add it to your Mac’s Contacts app. Use third-party apps for transferring iPhone contacts to Mac. Finally, you may also use one of the many third-party apps to transfer contacts from iPhone to Mac.
Transferring contacts from iPhone to Mac is a good way of making backup for avoiding any contact loss. However, many iPhone users may not know the solution to export from iPhone. In this post, we will show you two easiest ways of importing contacts from iPhone to Mac.
Commonly iTunes or iCloud can be used to make iPhone backup, here, we will not adopt iTunes or iCloud, but two iCloud contacts backup tools that can help you directly sync contacts from iPhone to Mac.
Solution 1. Sync contacts from iPhone to Mac with Mac FoneTrans (Current contacts)
Mac FoneTrans- Mac FoneTrans is the professional iPhone data sync software to move data from iPhone to Mac.
- Import contacts from iPhone to Mac.
- Edit contacts like adding, deleting, de-duplicating contacts on Mac.
- Get contacts from iPhone to iTunes/iPad/iPhone on Mac directly.
Step 1 Connect iPhone to Mac
Download, install and run this software on your Mac. Connect your iPhone to Mac with the USB cable. This software is compatible with all iPhone types like iPhone X/8/7/6/5/4/3GS with the latest iOS version.
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Step 2 Export contacts to Mac
After successful connection to Mac, you click 'Contacts' on the left sidebar, select the contacts that you want to import to Mac, click 'Import/Export' > 'Export Selected Contacts'/'Export All Contacts' > select one format for saving on Mac from 'to CSV File/vCard File' or other doormats to start to import contact to your Mac.
Step 3 Edit contacts
If you want to edit contacts before putting them into your Mac, you could click 'Contacts' > Select one contact to edit it. Here you could add contact information, add contact, create contact group, de-duplicate contacts to avoid any data duplicates.
Easy, right? However, if you accidentally deleted contacts from iPhone, is there any way of backing up the deleted contacts to Mac? Of course, Mac FoneLab is the tool that can help you exactly.
Solution 2. Import contacts from iPhone to Mac (Deleted and current contacts)
Mac FoneLab- Mac FoneLab is the iPhone utility that enables you to save deleted and current contacts from iPhone Mac.
- Transfer iPhone contacts (deleted and current) to Mac.
- Share iPhone contacts to Mac without iCloud.
- Preview and export contacts to Mac as CSV, VCF and HTML.
Step 1 Plug iPhone to Mac
Download, install and launch Mac FoneLab on your Pro/Air, Mac Pro/mini, iMac, etc. Click 'Recover from iOS Device'. Meanwhile connect your iPhone to Mac, and this software will detect your iPhone automatically.
Step 2 Scan your iPhone
Click 'Start Scan' to start to scan your iPhone data. In this step, you need to wait patiently for the scanning process. Especially there is a large size file in your iPhone storage.
Step 3 Export iPhone contacts to Mac
After the scanning process is completed. Click 'Contacts' to preview the deleted contacts in the window (Red marked are the deleted items).
The above two ways are for your reference to import contacts from iPhone to Mac without iTunes or iCloud. If you have the need to backup iPhone to iTunes, please visit: Back up iPhone contacts to Mac with iTunes.
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- iTunes can backup all your iPhone contents to computer, but doesn’t allows you to backup contacts only. In addition, you cannot view the files in iTunes backup except restoring your device.
- If you just want download contacts from iPhone to Mac and then view the contact details with your Mac, you can turn to Primo iPhone Data Recovery to help you finish this task.
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Your long list of iPhone contacts holds vital information of your friends, colleagues and family members including names, phones numbers, email address and more. It may cause you inconvenience if you lost iPhone contacts due to various reasons like mistaken deletion, device damage, or system update failure. Therefore, it is quite necessary to download your iPhone contacts to computer as backup.
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One iPhone backup tool people frequently choose is iTunes. However, iTunes only allows users to backup the whole device to computer and doesn’t allow users to view the files in backup unless you restore your iPhone with this backup. If you only want to download contacts from your iPhone to Mac and then view the contact details with your Mac, here we recommend Primo iPhone Data Recovery, a powerful iPhone data extractor to make it easily.
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Primo iPhone Data Recovery is an all-around program that enables user to export iOS contents from iPhone/iPad/iPod touch directly or from iTunes/iCloud backup files. It’s fully capable of exporting all contacts or a part of contacts from your iPhone with contact details including name, phone numbers, email address, etc. Let’s check the unique features of Primo iPhone Data Recovery:
- It supports downloading contacts and other files from your iPhone 7/6s/SE/6/5s/5 like text messages, call history notes, photos, videos, music and more.
- It helps you download contacts from iPhone to MacBook/Mac mini/iMac and then you can view these contacts on your Mac computer or print these contacts with a printer.
- It also allows you to export contents from your iTunes or iCloud backups without need of restoring your device.
- It is compatible with iOS 10.2/10.1/10 or earlier.
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Also Read: How to Retrieve Deleted Texts Messages from iPhone.
How to Download Contacts from iPhone to Mac
Now, get Primo iPhone Data Recovery installed on your MacBook/Mac mini/iMac and the follow the steps below to see how to download contcats from your iPhone to Mac computer.
Step 1. Connect your iPhone to computer with USB cable and open Primo iPhone Data Recovery > Choose Recover from iOS Device > Click Next.
Step 2. Choose Contacts > Click Recover.
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