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User profile for user: LinhP
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Please help me restore all my contacts

half of my contacts are lost once I changed my Apple ID. Please help me on how I can retrieve it. Thank you

Posted on Sep 1, 2020 7:41 AM

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Posted on Sep 1, 2020 7:44 AM

Have you created a second, separated Apple ID and logged into it? Then it would be expected not to see your contacts, which would be on your older Apple ID.


You would need to export contacts from your old account and import into the new one.


Export and archive contacts in Contacts on Mac - Apple Support


If you accidentally deleted your calendars, bookmarks, or contacts from iCloud - Apple Support



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anonyme4321
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Sep 1, 2020 7:44 AM in response to LinhP

Have you created a second, separated Apple ID and logged into it? Then it would be expected not to see your contacts, which would be on your older Apple ID.


You would need to export contacts from your old account and import into the new one.


Export and archive contacts in Contacts on Mac - Apple Support


If you accidentally deleted your calendars, bookmarks, or contacts from iCloud - Apple Support



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