How to export and import iPhone contacts?
As we have expressed on previous occasions, among the most important or most valued types of data by a user of computers and mobile devices are the personal photos, work files and contact details. Therefore, no matter where this data is located, it usually requires a lot of vigilance, in addition to good maintenance, and protection and backup mechanisms, both online and offline.
Now, and with respect to the data of the contacts, these can be of 2 types, those of web applications, such as postal systems, social networks and messaging systems. And the traditional ones in the telephone field, that is, those associated with our mobile contact phone book to make phone calls. For this reason, and for the passionate users of Apple brand mobile devices, today we bring you this fabulous quick guide to achieve "export iPhone contacts".
We have addressed this subject very slightly before in other publications, so in this publication today, we will take the opportunity to delve a little more into such an important aspect in these modern and valuable devices, for the benefit of faithful users of the Apple brand.
In addition, it is important to highlight before beginning, that unlike other past times (years), currently the export contacts from our iPhone to another iPhone or Android device, or a third-party application or external media for backup or easy sharing, no longer a tedious or difficult task, thanks to the existence of different applications and services that allow us to do it quickly and without problems. As we will show later.
How to export iPhone contacts?
Possible Ways to Export iPhone Contacts
One contact at a time using the iPhone Phone app
- We open the phone application and click on the name of the contact we want to share.
- We go down to the end of the open contact screen and press the Share contact button.
- Next, in the pop-up menu we choose one of the three available options to share said contact, that is, Message, Mail or AirDrop.
- Once chosen, we simply complete the procedure corresponding to the selected option (Message, Mail or AirDrop) and send it to the recipient for their use or protection.
Multiple or all iPhone contacts using iCloud
- Having activated and configured our iCloud account on our iPhone device, we can have all the contacts in our calendar synchronized on all the macOS/Apple devices that we have. In case of not having it activated, we can go to Settings and click on our username, which always appears as the first option.
- Once this is done, we go to iCloud and check the Contacts box. In this way, we will configure that all the contacts of our iPhone are stored on Apple's servers and are synchronized with all the devices where we have this option activated. Keep in mind that the first time we activate it on a macOS/Apple device, we will have to wait a few more minutes for all contacts to be uploaded to iCloud.
- Already synchronized (loaded) to iCloud, we go to the iCloud.com platform, and log in with our corresponding Apple ID + Password. Then, we locate and select the Contacts icon, in order to obtain a copy of all our contacts. Which, in general, consists of a file in .vcf or .csv format (which is compatible with Excel and many other apps such as Gmail, and even Android).
All contacts from one iPhone to another
- Among the many other possibilities that exist, a very practical one is when we have a new iPhone and we must transfer all our personal information from the previous iPhone. As long as we are going to keep the same iCloud account. Consequently, we must turn on the new device and place our used Apple ID in the previous one.
- Then, we choose the Restore from a backup option, and then we choose the most recent copy. Next, we must press on sync contacts in the iCloud of the new device.
- Finally, we will only need to go to the Contacts app and see how it fills up with the numbers of our old contacts. In order to successfully validate the entire process.
- If we didn't like this option, you can always use the fast start data transfer option. To do this, you only need to have two iPhone devices (current and new) and put them together (nearby), and then start the new device. Since, all those devices with iOS 12.4 or higher, can automate the recognition of contacts from another. In this way, the new iPhone will detect the data from the old one and will show us a code of points that we can read with the camera of the old device and thus be able to transfer the data from it to the new one.
More known options available
If you are still looking for more viable and effective options on iPhone to realize this goal of achieving "export iPhone contacts" to other media and devices, a great option is always the use of third-party applications. And in this case our recommendation to start this path is an app called My Contacts Backup.
Which, allows from an iPhone, to send or support our contacts in a universal format (.vfc file), on our own device or to others through the mobile mail application. Therefore, it is considered an easy and efficient way to backup and restore our iPhone contacts without the need for a computer or online synchronization process. And best of all, it has an app version for Android, as can be seen below.
In short, and as has been verified in this new quick guide, achieving "export iPhone contacts" it can be done quickly and easily by many possible ways and means. So, if you are a user of an iPhone device with the iOS operating systemWith such a need, feel free to implement some of the options suggested here.
Finally, if you want more official information about it, as usual we leave you the following link, so you can start a more specific and timely exploration on today's topic. Or failing that, the following 2 official links (First of all y second), if you want to delve more generally into how use contacts on iCloud.com. Also, don't forget to explore more than our posts about macOS and Apple products for your benefit.