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How to find which of several numbers for the same contact I sent a message to
For a contact with several phone numbers, how do I find which number I sent a message to?
I am trying to find which of the contact's numbers to try next, because I'm not getting a reply.
The ...
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Can I access contact names in chat.db?
I've been playing around with the chat.db file in Library/Messages to look at my messages from a sql perspective. I'm wondering if it's possible to see contact names in this db, specifically somehow ...
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How to set topmost big contact entry in contact in iPhone 5C?
When I open Contacts app in iPhone 5c, I see one contact displayed on the top of the list with bigger font and icon.
How to choose this entry?
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How do deleted LinkedIn contacts get removed from MacOS Apple AddressBook?
I have been researching the connection between the MacOS Apple AddressBook and LinkedIn. The connector comes with MacOS and it appears to use the LinkedIn API. The terms of service for the normal ...
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XML phonebook for iOS ?
Ive got a online phonebook that our company voip phones connect to, which allows us to keep a centralised list of all contacts phone numbers which is available on all voip phones.
The online ...
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Lost all my contacts on iMac when I upgraded software
All the contacts are on my iPhone but when I go the iMac all it says is no cards. Preferences has the contacts checked and view groups show all the names but no data for the card?
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High Sierra AddressBook broken
Ok, so I've come across a (seemingly) common problem in High Sierra: annoying problems using Contacts.app/AddressBook (not sure why they don't just call it AddressBook.app, but that's irrelevant at ...
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What are the performance impacts of blocking a contact with 10,000 numbers in it?
My wife and I are getting a ridiculous amount of same-exchange spam calls (same area code and first three digits) and are looking for a solution. One promising solution is outlined in this apple ...
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Most but not all of my Contacts are synching between my iPad, iPhone, and Macbook
I have three Apple devices, a Macbook Pro Early 2011, an iPad, and an iPhone 5. The macbook appears to have all of my contacts synched but the iPad is missing a few and the iPhone is missing even more....
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Merge Duplicate Contacts
I have noticed that most of my Contacts appear to be duplicated when I list All Contacts on my Mac. This is a nuisance in email.
I was checking and when I look at All iCloud I have 221 Contacts.
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Where are the photos in Contacts stored on my MacBook (High Sierra)?
Pretty much what the title says. I'm trying to find a photo I have as a contact photo to use in another app. Any ideas?
Thanks!
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Remove an automatic correction from the dictionary?
At some point in the previous years, apple decided to include newspaper names in their dictionary. For Swiss French, this includes the words for morning and minutes, capitalised. So if write “munutes”,...
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Is there any way to delete hundreds of empty contacts group [duplicate]
Because of some unknown problems, I have hundreds of empty contacts group,I want to delete them all.
I try it on Mac and iCloud,they can just delete one group a time.
I haven’t found any good apps ...
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Contacts + Google: Sync 'Collected addresses'
I'm using a Google mail account for work and I didn't really add any people to contacts. I just mailed people and with time Google autocompleted the addresses and added the names (I guess this is what ...
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AppleSpell error: Contacts change history truncated, resetting!
My macOS High Sierra system is increasingly slowing to a crawl and having huge spikes in CPU usage, notably in Messages, but even when it not running.
The logs that seem to be most closely associated ...
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Putting an individual contact's calls on do not disturb
Here's my problem...I have one contact who will call me 4 or 5 times in a row to "be sure" I really can't talk. They're driving me NUTS. But I'm job hunting and don't want all my calls to go directly ...
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FaceTime option not showing on FaceTime user's contact
One of my contacts just switched from Android to an iPhone and they have activated both FaceTime and iMessage. We both have iPhones SE and are both running iOS11.2.1. However, even though we can ...
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Removing thousands of group folders from Contacts
I have thousands of "Group" folders in my Apple Contacts, something went haywire in a sync years ago. No way to get them out other than 1 by 1. Any suggestions?
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Syncing contacts between devices
How people sync contacts between devices on PC, Tablet, Phone?
When i use same apple account on my ipad and iphone it is ok but it is not possible to sync with my Android Tablet (google account) and ...
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Show company name in contacts
I'm at work and I'd like to call one of our suppliers, Acme Corp. I've already saved the contact for our current Acme rep on my iPhone. Today our rep is Pete, but recently it was Susie, and in the ...
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High Sierra contacts disappear immediately after creation
I add a contact (Firstname, Lastname, Phone, Email) and save it.
After a few seconds, presumably when macOS tries to sync it to Gmail and/or iCloud, it disappears.
I have a Gmail account and an ...
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Contacts application doesn't open on High Sierra 10.13.2
I've just updated to 10.12.2 and now Contacts.app does not open, it just shows a spinning beachball, requiring a Force Quit.
I have already tried without success:
restarting
logging into a newly ...
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Changing phones from iPhone 7 Plus to iPhone X leaves many contacts unsync'd
I used the backup/restore via iTunes to set up my new iPhone X. It's missing hundreds of my contacts. I use iCloud to store my contacts, photos, etc, but alas they are not all sync'd.
Is there a ...
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Contact name suddenly missing
I recently deleted my Exchange email account (old work email) and now some of my contacts are "missing". When I search for them to send a text message they are there but their names disappear. They ...
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When I'm texting, sometimes the receiver's email shows up
Whenever I start a text, my contacts list shows email addresses instead of phone numbers. Not always but very often. Sometimes a contact will be that way, then next time it won't.
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Some contact names missing from Messages, but initials still visible?
This is recent (popped up in the last week), and I don't think it came up with any updates; most recent thing I can think of is watchOS 4.2. I'm on the iPhone 7, with iOS 11.2.
Only in my Messages ...
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On iPhone, how do you back up only contacts not photos without paying for the iCloud subscription?
On iPhone, how do you back up only your telephone contacts and not your photos or other stuff without paying for the monthly iCloud subscription?
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Spell check multiple languages at the same time, at the same input field?
Is there an option to somehow combine multiple languages at the same spell check "session"? Form what I can find under Keyboard > Text it seems that there are only two options
1) Chose one specific ...
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Japanese system-wide spellchecker
I am looking for a relatively easy solution for a Japanese spellchecker (not a Japanese dictionary for the Dictionary app) in High Sierra. I would prefer a link to a downloadable spelling dictionary (...
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Different contact db on one iPhone
I've seen this question. I have the same problem, except that the incorrect contact list is on an iPhone. My iPad, and MBP are in sync.
How can I resend the iPhone so as 1. Not lose the correct ...
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Replacing unibody MacBook trackpad contact
The trackpad for my 2010 MacBook works perfectly except the small, round, metal contact push spring that registers clicks is sprung. Tightening the screw underneath the trackpad fixes it but, as it is ...
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Remove Gmail contacts from iPhone contacts list
My iPhone has pulled in all contacts from my Gmail account into my contact list. It’s gotten so out of hand that it’s difficult to find contacts I need.
Is there any easy way to remove these and ...
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How to divert (only) certain numbers to voicemail?
Is it possible to set unconditional divert for some phone numbers/contacts, like on Android (like described here) ?
The only contact specific option is "Block", which is quite different.
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Disappearing contact photos
Apple's Contacts app has been acting up for me recently. About the same time that iCloud sync stopped working I noticed that when assigning photos to contacts, they don't stay saved. They appear to be ...
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Can't enable spell checker option in Xcode
Option is greyed out and I cannot enable spell checking in Xcode
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Accessing my contacts from broken iPhone?
My iPhone 4 gave up its last hope and hasn't turned on in two weeks. I need to get my contacts, and it's not backed up. What do I do? Phone doesn't turn on, say it's charging but won't turn on. Left ...
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Contacts.app: How to merge duplicate contacts?
The Apple article If you see duplicate contacts after setting up iCloud Contacts, suggest using the Card > Look for Duplicates option. However I can clearly see three or four contacts all with the ...
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How to change the spelling language in OS X with AppleScript?
I often need to change the spelling language in OS X from English to Turkish and vice versa, how can I do it with an AppleScript?
Note: I have read this question already, but in there, the answer ...
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Siri knows all my contacts but contacts app doesnt?
I have contacts on my phone that I can ask Siri to call, and it works fine.
I can say "call John Smith" or "show John Smith" and that contact shows up.
On the other hand, if I go to the Contacts app ...
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How to permanently turn off check spelling while typing in macOS!
How to permanently turn off check spelling while typing in macOS - for each and every app. Whenever I turn off this option in anyone of my default or third party mac apps within a few seconds these ...
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Managing a large number of parallel iCloud accounts
I manage a large number (over 50) of unique iCloud accounts each with unique information, contacts, and an attached iPhone.
Currently any changes among the group's information has to be edited in ...
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Contacts.app won't sync iCloud contacts
Just upgraded to macOS 10.12.16. For some reason my iCloud contacts are empty. Contacts.app does not show anything.
I tried signing out of iCloud, deleting AddressBook caches and files in ~/Library/...
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Sync iPhone contacts with MacBook
I am not seeing how to sync my iPhone contacts with my computer contacts. It's an iPhone 5s and a 2008 MacBook. How can I move my phone contacts to my computer?
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Can you upload contacts from a car [Kia] *to* an iPhone?
Last night I accidentally deleted all my contacts from my phone. However, my contacts were synced via Bluetooth with my 2016 Kia Sportage. Is there a way to upload them back from the car and onto my ...
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Converting Word Table to iPhone
I have a my contact list on my PC, formatted as a table in Word (.doc). Is there a convenient way to transfer this info into my iPhone 7+ contact list other than manual data entry?
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How can I tell what group(s) a contact is already in?
If I'm looking at a contact record, is there a field or icon that can appear to let me know the record is in one or multiple different groups?
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Does iMessage have BCC?
Does iMessage have the ability to send a message as a BCC (blind carbon copy) to a group, like email services do (Gmail and Apple Mail)?
Sometimes I have a message that I want many people to receive ...
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macOS keyboard shortcut for correcting misspelled words?
In a Mac OS X native textfields, misspelled and typo'd words are underlined with a red squiggle.
Is there a standard keyboard shortcut that will correct a mispelling by selecting the most-likely ...
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Some text messages showing phone number not contact name
Suddenly, existing text strings are showing the contact number (not for all text messages), and not the contact name, on my iPhone 6. If I look for the person in my contacts, they are not listed. If I ...
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iPhone 7 iOS 10.3.3 Contact missing after logging into iMessage on Mac
I have an iPhone 7 with iOS 10.3.3 and after I login to iMessage on my mac, alot of my contacts are missing, but the funny thing is, if search for the name in iMessage on the iphone the contact ...
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