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If I don't plan to have my email in iCloud for email, how does Contact syncing work? Also, I'm not sure of the benefit of using iCloud email. My email address is with gmail and I prefer not to switch to an iCloud email address.this would cause major headache with respect to informing people and so for. Screenshot below shows number of Contacts in each Group

The Mac also show 2 additional groups: "All on my Mac" and "Last Import". (FYI, if I try to turn on Mail it then asks me for my iCloud email, which I don't have.) There are also other apps turned ON such as Photos, Calendar, etc.įor all 3 devices, under Contacts, it shows 2 mail groups: "iCloud" and "MyName". So, before I start cleaning up all the duplicate Contacts I'm trying to figure out how this all works and which Contact "Group" I should be working with.įor all 3 devices, under settings/accounts, under "Apps using iCloud" it shows that Contacts is turned ON Mail is turned OFF. I seem to recall someone telling me that since I don't use iCloud for my email this creates an issue with my Contact Groups. I do use iCloud to sync other things, i.e., Photos, Calendar, and these seem to work fine. I use gmail for my email I do not use iCloud email.

What I can't tell you is whether I had duplicate Contacts on my Mac before I switched to Big Sur. However, I still have duplicate Contacts on the Mac after restoring pre-Big Sur Contacts. Initially, after I switched to Big Sur I had duplicates of all my Contacts on my Mac, so following instructions described on Communities I restored my Contacts to what I had prior to switching to Big Sur. I seem to have problem with syncing Contacts across all 3 devices. I have a MacBook (just switched to Big Sur v11.2.3), iPad and iPhone (both iOS v14.4). How do contacts sync work when you don't use iCloud for email? Pertains to Mac and iPhone and iPad.