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Contacts app not working on Bigsur

Have MacbookAir early 2014.

The Contacts app freezes upon execution, nothing shows up, and get the spinning wheel.

Is it possible to re-install this app on Bigsur ?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Jun 8, 2021 9:11 AM

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Posted on Jun 8, 2021 10:33 AM

The Application " Contacts " is part of the Operating System of Big Sur. As such a]can not be reinstalled except by reinstalling Big Sur.


An Aside - your profile is showing MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.2. There is an update available to 11.4. Do not know if this has any bearing on your issue.

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Jun 8, 2021 10:33 AM in response to frenchbazou

The Application " Contacts " is part of the Operating System of Big Sur. As such a]can not be reinstalled except by reinstalling Big Sur.


An Aside - your profile is showing MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.2. There is an update available to 11.4. Do not know if this has any bearing on your issue.

Jun 8, 2021 10:42 AM in response to frenchbazou

as mentioned, you would need to reinstall big sur to reinstall contacts. before going through that, i'm thinking you should download and run the free version of EtreCheck so we can see if you have some software installed that is causing your issue. make sure you give "full disk access" to etrecheck. read how to use it by reading Using EtreCheck. you can see how to post the report here by reading How to use the Add Text Feature When Posting Large Amounts of Text, i.e. an Etrecheck Report. and it automatically obscures sensitive things (like serial numbers) so you don't have to worry about sharing the report here.

Contacts app not working on Bigsur

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