[macvoiceover] Re: iPhone: Moving Contacts

  • From: "Donna Goodin" <goodindo@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 15:26:23 -0400

Oh, interesting.  I hadn't planned on using MobileMe, because I figured I'd
back up to my compjter.  But I'll think about it if I can't find another
solution.
Thanks for the info.
Donna
> -----Original Message-----
> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ignasi Cambra
> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 2:40 PM
> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: iPhone: Moving Contacts
> 
> Do you have a Mobile Me membership? If you do, I think you could just
> use that to transfer them...
> On Jul 8, 2009, at 7:08 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> 
> > Hi Ignasi and all,
> >
> > Some additional questions on this.
> >
> > It looks like my acquisition of a Macbook Pro may happen sooner than
> > I'd thought.  I am concerned about getting all my windows contacts
> > over to my Mac when I get it.  Someone said I could export them as
> > Vcards, I think.  But I'm wondering, I have them all synced to my
> > iphone.  Is it possible to take contacts that are on the iphone and
> > sync them onto my new Mac?
> > TIA,
> > Donna
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ignasi Cambra <ignasicambra@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 11:59 PM
> > To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: iPhone: Moving Contacts
> >
> > Oh, and if you do have a Windows VM or something, the process is
> > faster because you would only need to sink the contacts with Outlook
> > and then use iTunes to sink the iPhone. The only inconvenient with
> > that is that your phone might be formatted for use on a Mac, so the
> > Windows version of iTunes might ask you to reformat it. If you don't
> > have much stuff in there you can just do it, because a Windows
> > formatted iPhone will work just fine with your Mac later...
> > On Jul 7, 2009, at 5:53 PM, Chris Hofstader wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I asked this question once before and got a response that seemed
> >> like it made sense but a domination of pronouns made the process a
> >> bit ambiguous.  Then I lost the email so couldn't go back to review
> >> it again.
> >>
> >> To repeat the question:
> >>
> >>
> >> All of my contacts are on my WindowsT-Mobile  Mobile  Dash phone.
> >> None of my contacts are on my iPhone.  How can I get the contacts
> >> from point a to point b?
> >>
> >> The originial message said to sync my Dash with "my computer" and
> >> then automatically sync my iPhone with my computer and all will be
> >> happy.  So, I attached the Dash via USB to my MacBook and nothing
> >> happened.  In Windows if one plugs in a new piece of hardware you
> >> get a message saying it is something it never saw before.  My
> >> Macintosh just sat happily, silent as if nothing happened.
> >>
> >> I do not have a Windows computer with me (remember when I was
> >> dubious about Apple, Mac and VoiceOver?  Now I don't travel with a
> >> Windows box anymore.)  so does anyone know how to get the contacts
> >> off of the WM phone and onto either my MacBook or iMac (yes, I do
> >> travel with two Macintoshes, an Airport Express, Time Capsule, one
> >> Nano and now my new iPhone - I guess I made the transition pretty
> >> dramatically)?
> >>
> >> Nonetheless, what does one need to do to move contacts from WM to
> >> iPhone.  If it's easier from Symbian, I have a Nokia N82 and can pop
> >> the WM SIMM card in there.
> >>
> >> Happy Hacking,
> >> cdh
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