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How can I make a copy of a picture in my contact list?

I took a picture several years ago and used it as the picture for one of my contacts. It is a GREAT picture. Unfortunatley the only copy I now have of that picture is on that contact list. I want to copy it back into my photographs. How can I do that? All of the answers I see to this question are several years old and they don't work anymore.

iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 15

Posted on Dec 16, 2021 11:17 AM

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Posted on Dec 16, 2021 7:12 PM

Best I can come up with is to export the contact as a vCard.

Open the vCard with a Text Editor (BBEdit, TextEdit).

There will be a section named: "PHOTO;ENCODING=b;TYPE=JPEG:PHOTO;ENCODING=b;TYPE=JPEG:"

Select everything after that up to just before the == line.

Copy that and paste it into the Input Base64 field in this website (or find another that will convert Base64).

You can then download the image file.

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Dec 16, 2021 7:12 PM in response to davefromtemple

Best I can come up with is to export the contact as a vCard.

Open the vCard with a Text Editor (BBEdit, TextEdit).

There will be a section named: "PHOTO;ENCODING=b;TYPE=JPEG:PHOTO;ENCODING=b;TYPE=JPEG:"

Select everything after that up to just before the == line.

Copy that and paste it into the Input Base64 field in this website (or find another that will convert Base64).

You can then download the image file.

Dec 18, 2021 10:53 AM in response to davefromtemple

I did find an easier way after reading your suggestion. Instead of exporting it as a v-card just export it as a PDF file. Then open the PDF file and the picture is right there. Just take a screenshot of the picture and then you have it. The downside is it's not quite the quality of the original but maybe 80% is good. And it takes less than 60 seconds to do that.

Dec 19, 2021 10:00 PM in response to Barney-15E

Your instructions say:

Select everything after that up to just before the == line.

Copy that and paste it into the Input Base64 field in this website (or find another that will convert Base64).

You can then download the image file.


I have two questions.

  1. What happens after I paste it into the Input Base64 field in this website ?
  2. Then you say, “You can then download the image file.” Please explain how I can I then download the image file? And, download it from where?

How can I make a copy of a picture in my contact list?

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