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The Contacts app on my Mac has separate "On My Mac" and "iCloud" groups, but I really just want one set of contacts on iCloud that will be accessible on both my Mac and my phone.

Is there a way to merge the two sets of contacts and/or disable the "On My Mac" group?

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With Mavericks (OSX 10.9) once iCloud syncing activated you will not have the top level "On My Mac" anymore.

On earlier version best would be to :

  1. Select every contact "On My Mac" (cmd - A) and drag and drop them to your "~/Desktop". This will create one VCF. To keep you group organisation you may want to proceed on a per group basis.
  2. Delete the selection of contacts.
  3. Delete the group(s).
  4. Make sure in Contacts Preferences the default account is "iCloud". If you are missing contacts on iCloud simply drag and drop back the VCF file to "All iCloud" or whatever group, you will be prompted to review duplicates.
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  • Is there some special trick to activate iCloud syncing? I have Mavericks, am logged into iCloud, but I still see distinct "iCloud" and "On My Mac" groups in Contacts
    – Bill
    Commented Dec 3, 2013 at 14:10
  • This means that iCloud Contacts is enabled. Do you have any contacts inside the "On My Mac group" when you click on it ? If so you should remove them, if not make sure the default account selected is iCloud.
    – llange
    Commented Dec 3, 2013 at 14:28

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