The main points are worth repeating here since the execution remains the same even as OS X became macOS later that year. In 2016, MacStories did a great job explaining the differences between saving contacts as a vCard or archive and how the choice you select could affect a future import. The file will download to your downloads folder on your Mac. Using iCloud on the web, you can export your iPhone or iPad contacts straight to your Mac and then do whatever you'd like with them. How to export your contacts to your Mac from iCloud You can also drag and drop individual contact cards if you don't want to back up all of them. vcf file will be created, and you can add that to your cloud storage or physical backup or however you'd like to store it. This will select all of your contacts.Ĭlick and drag your contacts to your desktop.Ī. ( Thanks to commenter Gary Dauphin for the suggestion.) Even if it does, you're safest backing up your contacts another way too.
Sometimes, exporting might not work 100%.
