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camner · 20 Oct 2018, 08:50 AM

I am embarrassed to say that I did not see @BritTim's reply...my apologies, and my thanks for the reply.

I should ask a more complete question...

I am trying to get all my various devices and machines to be able to share contacts, as well as to use FM (and have FM have synced contacts as well).

My current setup: I have a WIndows 10 machine (using Outlook), two Macs, and 4 iDevices with which I would like to sync contacts. Two of the iDevices use Apple ID #1 as their primary Apple ID and the other two iDevices and the 2 Macs use Apple ID #2 as their primary Apple ID, and all 4 iDevices as well as the two macs are logged into the OTHER Apple ID as nondefault accounts. The Win 10 machine has iCloud installed and is logged in to Apple ID #1. All of the machines & iDevices have Apple ID #1 as their default contacts account.

This works well, EXCEPT that FM doesn't have contacts syncing. I did upload a copy of the iCloud contacts to FM, but that doesn't keep it up to date.

If I understand @BritTim correctly, what is being suggested is that I use FM's cardDav server as the primary contacts server for everything. Yes?

Is it also advisable to turn off iCloud contacts on the Macs, Windows PC, and iDevices?

What about backups and restores? iCloud backs up contacts seamlessly every night. Presumably FM backs up contacts along with email, but how does one get access to that backup? And how long are backups kept and are accessible?

Thanks for any help folks can give.

20 Oct 2018, 08:50 AM	#3
camner Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 642	followup question re syncing FM contacts across machines and devices I am embarrassed to say that I did not see @BritTim's reply...my apologies, and my thanks for the reply. I should ask a more complete question... I am trying to get all my various devices and machines to be able to share contacts, as well as to use FM (and have FM have synced contacts as well). My current setup: I have a WIndows 10 machine (using Outlook), two Macs, and 4 iDevices with which I would like to sync contacts. Two of the iDevices use Apple ID #1 as their primary Apple ID and the other two iDevices and the 2 Macs use Apple ID #2 as their primary Apple ID, and all 4 iDevices as well as the two macs are logged into the OTHER Apple ID as nondefault accounts. The Win 10 machine has iCloud installed and is logged in to Apple ID #1. All of the machines & iDevices have Apple ID #1 as their default contacts account. This works well, EXCEPT that FM doesn't have contacts syncing. I did upload a copy of the iCloud contacts to FM, but that doesn't keep it up to date. If I understand @BritTim correctly, what is being suggested is that I use FM's cardDav server as the primary contacts server for everything. Yes? Is it also advisable to turn off iCloud contacts on the Macs, Windows PC, and iDevices? What about backups and restores? iCloud backs up contacts seamlessly every night. Presumably FM backs up contacts along with email, but how does one get access to that backup? And how long are backups kept and are accessible? Thanks for any help folks can give.