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How do I add an apartment number to an address in Contacts?
How do I add an apartment or suite number to a contact’s address in the Contacts app? I am using an iPhone 15 running iOS 18. The only available address fields are street, city, state, zip, and ...
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How do I use an existing contact for My Card?
In the Contacts app on iOS 18, there is a My Card section where you can add information about yourself. However, I already have my personal information saved as a different contact.
How can I link the ...
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Move contact on iPhone from one list to another
My one and only Contact List is for a Microsoft Exchange server interface. That's the interface to an AkrutoSync app on my Windows laptop, which in turn syncs with the Outlook desktop app on the ...
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Icon of phone with three lines in call log on iPhone
There's an icon next to only one of my contacts. It's a phone over three lines. It's to the left of his name in my recent call log screen. What is it, and why is it only next to this one persons name?
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Disable red underline in notes app
I tried to disable spellcheck and grammer check in the notes app but still I see red underlines in the notes app:
I've also checked the keyboard settings in system preferences and made sure all ...
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Is there an easier way to create contacts using an iPhone?
Why is it so labor intensive to create a new contact in iPhone? I think I missing an easier way to do it?
(pending adding photos to the below)
In messages click phone number at top of conversation.
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iPhone shortcut: How to add and display a contact
I’m trying to add a contact, when I use the Add New Contact action, a popup with fields is shown, but once you press done, it disappears. What I’m trying to figure out is how to:
Add a new contact
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iMessage's "Block Caller" option doesn't stop carrier spam texts
I'm on an extended trip to Southeast Asia, and I'm using a local carrier with my iPhone.
My carrier is sending me spam via text messages several times daily (occasionally also via Government Alerts). ...
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Contact appears in "recents" but not in "contacts"
iPhone 13, iOS 17.06
The contact C does not appear when I search for it in the "phone" app by selecting "contacts" and typing "C" in the "search".
When I look ...
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While-you-type spell checking not (always) working in Safari (and others?)
For the last few versions of Safari, and lots of other programs now that I think about it, on-the-fly spell checking with the red underline is not working. Automatic replacement does work, and I can ...
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Is it possible to add custom Social Media accounts to contacts in the Contacts app?
I wanted to add a contact's Reddit username to their contact card. However, it seems like I couldn't find "Reddit" under the list of custom fields. Below are the only fields I could see. Is ...
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How to bulk import contacts from a VCF file?
I have a list of contact cards in VCF format, all in a single file. For example:
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
PRODID:-//Apple Inc.//macOS 14.5//EN
FN:Tobias Funke
N:Funke;Tobias;;;
BDAY:1989-05-05
ADR:;;...
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Contacts disappeared after re-authenticating with Outlook/Exchange
I sync all my contacts to my old Hotmail aka Live aka Outlook.com account.
Today I needed to look someone up through Outlook.com / People web-interface (normally I just do it on my phone) and I ...
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Can my boss share Cloud account contacts with me?
I am an Executive Assistant, and I wish to add new contacts to my bosses iCloud account. How does he add me to his contacts as an editor/creator? Is it possible?
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How can I disable iOS from changing what I type into another, longer word without losing suggestions above the keyboard?
After a recent update of iOS, the keyboard started acting possessed and turns my sentences into something totally different.
If I type:
How long ago was that?
When I look at my sentence it says:
How ...
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How to search or sort contacts cards for large photos or other large data?
iCloud quit syncing Contacts. Apple says I seem to have hit one or more of their limits: https://support.apple.com/en-us/103188
Maximum size of a contact card: 256KB
Maximum size of a contact photo: ...
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iPhone automatically blocking callers
For a while now, my iPhone has been automatically blocking callers without my knowledge. This has caused me to miss important calls. For example, I was wondering why a local PC repair shop was not ...
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How to add a custom global spellchecker (Esperanto language) on macOS?
Esperanto is an artificially constructed language which has about 2 millions speakers globally. Understandably, macOS doesn't come with an Esperanto language dictionary / spellchecker preinstalled. I'...
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What words are stored in `~/Library/Spelling/en`?
John Gruber recently tweeted on Mastodon:
One of my favorite features on the Mac [...] is adding new words to the system-wide spelling dictionary. The feature dates back to Mac OS X 10.0 and I'm ...
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How to change language for automatic spelling correction on iPhone?
I want my iOS to recognise both UK and US spellings as correct, but prioritise one over the other, depending on which is the primary language used (but that's secondary).
I came across solutions, ...
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Siri mistakenly replaces a word in my calling command
I have an iPhone 15 Pro Max and I am facing a strange problem with Siri that started happening after the 17.4 update.
The issue is that for some reason, when I use the voice command "Hey Siri, ...
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Contacts are showing only as siri found in app
I am using 14 pro max.
My contacts are disappearing.
When I search in contacts it shows as “siri found in app”.
When i receive call/message/wattsapp it only shows number.
Many times i upgraded ios.....
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How do I add Bulgarian spell check to MacBook M1 macOS Monterey?
I remember getting it to work somehow on my old MacBook but no such luck so far on this time around. I know I need .aff and/or .dic files but where do I get those?
Also when I add this to my MacBook, ...
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Spellcheck underline color
Is there a way to change the color of the spellcheck underline? For colorblind people, red is not the best option.
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iPhone is set up with one Apple ID, but my Apple Card is under a different Apple ID. How to consolidate them?
OK, here's my dilemma. I've been using one apple ID for over 10 years. It has my contacts, notes, passwords (in Keychain), etc. Then about 2 years ago, when I was buying a new macBook, I signed up for ...
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Why do unwanted contacts appear on my iPhone when I use gmail app?
I started receiving unwanted contacts being added to my iPhone running iOS 17.3.1 and using the native gmail app.
All I see is a new name and a Gmail address of people I don't even know. I don't know ...
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Contacts cannot sync
Contacts on my iPhone, MacBook, and iCloud failed to sync; now I have three different Contacts versions on them! I have tried all methods listed in https://support.apple.com/en-us/102543 as well as ...
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Unable to login into Google Internet Account for Mac Sonoma or Sync Contacts
I am trying to login to my mac with a personal gmail Google account (not GSuite) that has 2-Factor enabled, so I can sync mail, contacts, and notes.
Previously, I was able to do this. However, ...
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How to decode/decompress Apple's vCard notes
I have vCards that were exported from the Contacts app of Mac OS X 10.8.2. From what I can tell, Apple exported the notes with RTF that was compressed with LZF and converted the compressed data to ...
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Sync Outlook for Mac contacts with iCloud
What is best way to clean up these lists
Outlook for Mac Contacts (via MS 365 Exchange) do not match iCloud contacts. On iPhone, I can see a large percentage of contacts are linked to both accounts (...
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How to add a correction to the personal dictionary
In macOS I can Right click -> Learn Spelling on a word for which the system thinks it is wrongly spelled, but (for me) it is spelled correctly. The word then gets added to my personal dictionary.
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iOS 17 update: contact pictures
I have gone into the info section for one of my iPhone contacts and it says ‘recent photo update from (contact name)’ and looks like this:
Does this mean my contact has added the photo shown to the ...
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Contacts does not sync, while Reminders and Calendar do
I have two devices: iPhone (12 mini, iOS 16.7.2) and a MacBook Air (OS 12.6.7). iCloud is the only Contacts repository on my devices. When I create or edit a contact on one device, the change does not ...
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Macbook not showing contact names in messages?
I have the 2023 Macbook Air running MacOS13.4. I synced my apple ID from my iphone to my macbook, and in the contacts app on my macbook, I can see all my contacts; however, in the messages app on my ...
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How do Google contacts change without me making the changes?
I have windows and apple devices but mostly apple. iMac, iPhone and iPad plus a Dell XPS.
Contacts are from google. I've noticed for quite a while that a certain category of contacts are changed ...
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How to set a SMS sender to be a Known sender in Messages?
How do you set a sender of an SMS message to be a known sender?
If it is a plain phone number you can hit the info button and add to contacts sometimes. But this does not work always - I have senders ...
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Transfer contacts from a feature phone to an IPhone
I try to import the contact list from an old Samsung to an IPhone (SE 2020, running the latest iOS) and it looks like more challenging than it should.
What I tried so far :
Sharing contacts from the ...
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How to get rid of these contacts numbers in a group
How would I get rid of the two middle contacts In this group? I am new to iPhone and just transferred from an android when these contacts popped up in this group. They were never there before and am ...
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Syncing contacts not in icloud group
I have (for some reason I do not know) 68 contacts in iCloud and all the rest belong to another group. The 68 contacts are syncing correctly through iCloud.
How to I sync the other contacts which are ...
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iPhone 11 calls specific contacts via Teams instead of making a regular phone call via the Phone app
An employees' iPhone 11 calls specific contacts via Teams instead of making a regular phone call via the Phone app - from the Phone app's contacts list. He's on the latest iOS release - 16.5.1.
When ...
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If I change the email address associated with my Apple ID account will my friends have to make a new contact and lose our chat?
Ok so as the title suggests, I want to change the email address that is associated to my Apple ID account as it's something old and embarrassing that I don't want anymore, the issue is, I only use my ...
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How to switch phone line when clicking on a phone number link?
I'm using an iPhone 14 with iOS 16.5 and two SIM cards.
When calling someone from Contacts I can select which line to choose to call him. When dialing a phone number in the Phone app I can also select ...
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Missing the linking contacts feature in Contacts on Mac
I've noticed that the linking contacts feature doesn't seem to be available on my Mac, even though it's mentioned in the Contacts user guide for macOS Ventura 13. I've tried linking my contacts on my ...
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iPhone unable to call a certain contact
Ok this is really weird and I’d appreciate any guidance.
In the last few days I have been unable to call one contact, my wife. My phone can call all other contacts and numbers that I’ve tried. I can ...
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Prevent Apple Mail from suggesting contacts from my personal contacts
I have macOS and contact from two different account: personal (using my Gmail account) and professional (using an Microsoft Exchange server).
I'm using Gmail webmail for personal mail and Apple mail ...
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How to write a readable contact to an NFC tag
I just recently got some NFC tags, and while I was playing around with https://nfc.software's iOS app, I tried to write a contact (by importing a contact) to an NFC tag and then read it, but it was ...
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The order of names in Contacts app
I try to understand how the contacts are sorted in the Contacts app. I use Contacts on Mac and I don't have iPhone, but I think there should be no difference. I'm Russian (sorry about the war, I don't ...
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cocoAspell successor? (Improved Spell Check for m1+, macOS 13+)
cocoAspell (git, last updated: 2016, deprecated) brought the unix package Aspell (a spellcheck dictionary for terminal editors) to the system-wide macOS spellcheck.
cocoAspell has since deprecated.
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stop Siri announce the type of called contact
Each time I call contact with siri it announced [name] + [type of the phone number] for example Dad - mobile.
There is any way to prevent it from reading the number type?
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Unable to recover contacts from Mojave to Big Sur
I upgraded from Mojave to Big Sur and forgot to export contacts. I have a backup of the files in ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook, which I tried to recover with the three methods mentioned in ...
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