How to synchronize addressbook contacts from Mac to PhoneCopy

Mac

Many users are using their Mac and they find themselves in need of backup or synchronize contacts. For these purposes there is a simple solution PhoneCopy for Mac, which we've prepared this tutorial for.

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IF YOU NEED TO TRANSFER CONTACTS TO YOUR MAC please use another guide

How to start?

You need an Mac with an operating system version 10.7 (Lion) and higher. Let us just remind you, that for now PhoneCopy for Mac OSX synchronizes contacts and calendar events only. The list of other officially supported devices is here.


Backup addressbook from your Mac

Download PhoneCopy for Mac to your Mac, which you can download free of charge. After downloading and installation, go through following steps.

Start PhoneCopy for Mac Choose Log into an new account

Choose your username and password, fill email address and captcha and press Sign UP. Press Synchronize.

Type in your username, password and captscha Select sync direction

Select synchronization direction. Press This device -> server

Sync in progress

Your contacts will be synchronized in few seconds.

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Now you have all your contacts synchronized on PhoneCopy.com server and you can edit them in your online account. PhoneCopy can also be used as a regular synchronization service to synchronize with other devices, should you lose your Mac's stored data, or if you just run out of MacBook battery and you need to see your contacts online. Also, on your online account, you will see the full history of your contacts, as well as the data that you've deleted in between the synchronizations. You can find them in an archive from where you can restore them. And if this is still not enough of a backup for you, you can download it in the form of .CSV file

IF YOU NEED TO TRANSFER CONTACTS TO YOUR MAC please use another guide