Whether you’re running a business or are a socialite, contacts mean a lot more than just phone number and address. Every contact is precious to you be it because it can bring huge discount, connect you with your loved ones, or bring a profitable client for your business. Losing any of the contacts can make you upset and compromise your connection with someone. Mostly you keep your contact on their iPhone or iPad but if you own a Mac, you must be using it for sending messages or making video calls. Therefore, it is necessary to backup contacts on Mac as well.
In this post, let’s talk about the steps to export & back up contacts on Mac and the simplest way to export contacts from iCloud to Mac.
Steps to Back Up Contacts on Mac Manually:
Managing contacts on your Mac is quite similar to handling contacts on your iPhone and iPad. You will find the Contacts app on your mac which allows you to manually back up your entire phone book on your Mac as well.
How to Export Your Contacts?
Step 1: Navigate Contacts app on your Mac and open it. You can locate it from Finder under the Applications tab.
Step 2: Go to the menu bar and choose Files which is located on the upper side of your screen.
Step 3: Scroll and Select the second last option Export.
Step 4: Choose Contacts Archive. It is a second option under the Export tab.
Step 5: In the new window, you need to name the files you want to Save as. Once you are done hit Save.
After performing these steps and saving your contacts, you can smoothly upload the content on your desired platform such as Google Drive and Dropbox. To be on the safer side, it is recommended to save the contacts on an external back up such as USB or other physical back up for future references.
How to Drag the Contact to Your Desktop?
Follow the steps to drag the contacts to your desktop:
Step 1: Open the Contact app on your Mac.
Step 2: Choose All Contacts. You can locate at the left-hand side of the screen.
Step 3: Select a contact and then press Command + A to select all the contact you have.
Step 4: Now, you need to click & drag the contacts to your desktop.
Step 5: That’s it, you are done. You will notice there is a .vcf file is created on the desktop which contains all the contacts.
The Simplest Way to Export Contacts From iCloud to Mac
When you are accessing your iCloud on the web then it is easy and possible to export your contact from your iPad and iPhone on Mac. Follow the below steps to the simplest way to export contacts from iCloud to Mac.
Step 1: Firstly, you need to access your iCloud account by open it from any browser.
Step 2: Enter Username and password to sign in to account.
Step 3: Choose Contacts.
Step 4: Select a Contact and then press Command + A to select all the available contacts.
Step 5: Now, Hit the Setting from the which is located at the left-bottom of your screen.
Step 6: Choose the second option Export vCard.
Step 7: That’s it, you can get your hands on all the contacts from the download folder. You can go to Finder and then download to get all the download files.
Now, you can keep all the contacts safe and secure by backing them. So, follow the above steps to export & back up contacts on Mac and never lose any of your precious contacts.