By default, iTunes or iCloud will sync your contacts in bulk, with little control over the process, and no export options.
Sync contacts and calendars between your Mac and iPhone or iPad. You can sync the contacts and calendars from your Mac to your device. Your Mac also syncs this information from your device to your Mac—for example, if you add contacts on your iPad, syncing adds those contacts to Contacts on your Mac. Sharing contacts between your iPhone and a Mac is easy, given that both devices synchronize in Apple’s cloud. But did you know you can share your iPhone contacts with a Windows 10 PC, too? We’ll walk you through it! For this guide, we didn’t use third-party tools developed specifically to export contacts.
With iMazing, it becomes easy to transfer contacts from your iPhone to your computer, or the other way around – sharing contacts securely, without syncing, and outside of the cloud can be done in just a few clicks.
iMazing supports exporting contacts to:
It also supports exporting to the following file formats:
Who is this guide for?
Anyone who wants to transfer or backup their contacts to their computer, or to an external drive.
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Download and install iMazing on your Mac or PC computer
Instructions
To transfer iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch contacts to your computer:
?Tip: Use the CTRL/Command, or SHIFT keys to select multiple contacts, or messages.*
Export Contacts to Windows Contacts
Export Contacts to Mac Contacts app
Export Contacts to a Spreadsheet
On the Mac, .xslx or .csv files can be directly opened in Numbers. Importing to Google Sheets is done via the File->Import menu.
What to keep in mind
In iMazing's preferences you can:
Exporting Contacts from iPhone: It can be a pain to transfer data from phone to phone or between a phone and computer - but it doesn't have to be that way. This article presents 5 fool proof ways detailing how to export contacts from iPhone to computer.
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Method 1: TouchCopy
Our easiest and most robust method comes first in the shape of the TouchCopy software.
TouchCopy is the only tool you need for managing your iPhone with your computer. With it, you can copy all kinds of data like Music, Messages, Photos, Contacts and more.
TouchCopy is great and you can use it locally on your computer, so you don't need to worry about syncing with iTunes, or having a Wi-Fi connection for cloud services or email (as seen in our other methods).
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Using this function will save standard vCard (.vcf) contact files to the location that you choose on your PC or Mac. You can also save the contacts directly into Contacts (PC) or Address Book (Mac) by using the relevant buttons in the TouchCopy toolbar!
You may also like: Import contacts into Outlook / Gmail
Method 2: Contact Transfer
If you have a PC using Windows 10, you'll really want to consider this option. Contact Transfer allows you to easily transfer your contacts effortlessly between iPhone, PC and even Android.
You can even create, edit and delete contacts on your chosen devices, right from your PC.
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Method 3: iCloud
iCloud is a great way to sync data like Contacts and Calendars between all of your devices. This method is great for people who like to access the same data across all iMacs, MacBooks, iPhones, iPads and iPods they own, but for others who like more control over their data, Method 1 may be more suitable.
To use this method to sync contacts from iPhone, you'll need to be connected to Wi-Fi.
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Method 4: Email
This method is great if you need to export only a couple of contacts here and there, but does not compare to TouchCopy and iCloud for bulk exports. You can export individual contacts from your iPhone via email.
In this way, you can quickly email a friend or colleague a contact's details, or even send the email to yourself so that you can access the contact from your computer. Here's how:
Your contact will be sent as an attachment, in vCard (.vcf) format, with the email.
Method 5: How to Export iPhone Contacts via Airdrop
Airdrop is Apple's amazing way to quickly transfer files between iPhone and Mac. Connect your iPhone and Mac to the same Wi-Fi network, then simply choose a file and share it via Airdrop.
If you need to export a long list of contacts, consider a different method, as you can only Airdrop 1 file at a time. As such, it can be a very long and tedious job to transfer your entire contact book 1-by-1.
Here's how to export a contact from iPhone to Mac using Airdrop...
How To Export Contacts From Mac To IphoneExtra: Import contacts into Outlook / Gmail
As we saw in Method 1, we can use TouchCopy to export contacts from iPhone and import them into Outlook with only 1 click. However, if you used iCloud or email to export iPhone contacts to your computer, you can still import the vCard files into your contacts manager like Outlook or Gmail.
Import iPhone Contacts into Outlook
For a complete guide, see Microsoft's guide.
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