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Http://www.expertcomputerhelp.com - Transfer Iphone Contacts To New Computer.

1. On your old computer, mac or pc, sync/backup your iphone.

2. On your new computer, mac or pc, open iTunes and look in preferences then devices and make sure you select "Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically".

3. Plug your iPhone into the new computer that you want to transfer your contacts to. Once your iPhone appears in the left navbar, select it.

4. Now you should see "Summary, Info, Apps, Ringtones, Music etc." Select "Info" and place a check mark in "sync address book contacts" and all contacts should be selected as well.

5. Scroll to the bottom and make sure "advanced" has nothing checked.

6. Don't worry about syncing anything else for now, we just want to focus on getting your contacts over to your new computer.

7. Now it is safe to sync your iphone with your new computer.

8. The last thing you will see is a windows pop up. It will say, the information on your phone is synced with another user account. Do you want to sync this iPhone with the information from this user account instead. There will be 3 options, cancel, replace info and merge info. Select Merge Info!

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  • but how i find my contact in com?

  • @0162337511 They will be in your address book.

  • I accidentally hit replace info instead of merge when I was trying to sync my contacts from the iPhone to iTunes, now my iPhone does not have any of the contacts I originally had and not sure how I can relocate all of my contacts. Can someone help with this issue?

  • @fluxdgb Unfortunately that is not a good thing. Sounds to me like you erased all your contacts. :-/

  • @expertcomputerhelp...thank you for your response. 

  • @fluxdgb Anytime my friend. :)

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  • Hi, I have a question. I have been trying tirelessly to do this and getting very frustrated. Your instructions are great but the problem I'm having is at the point where you say a window comes up asking if you want to merge - I'm not getting that window. When I click sync it says "Syncing steps 1 of 4" and after about three seconds it says it's done. And my address book on my Mac remains empty. Any thoughts? Thanks!

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  • @bronco4life26 you saying it doesn't work? if not, i may need to update that tutorial. i'll have to take a closer look at it. thx.

  • I was never asked at the end to merge or anything, I hit the sync and it did the backup and stuff and that was it.

  • @fluxdgb Restore from backup

  • At first this didn't work for me. Address book on my Mac remained empty.

    I took off iCloud sync with Contacts. Now everything works nicely!

  • @dogrescuergirl Same here!!!

  • @dogrescuergirl Same here! if you figured it out, please let me know!

  • I did exactly what you said, but I am not getting this message where it says "merge contacts". The contacts are still on my iPhone, but my address book is empty!

  • thnxxx man

  • Thank you worked with me :D i was going to lose my contacts :D

  • @dogrescuergirl i am having the same problem. whats going on?

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