Feb 21, 2018 - Once you know your system(s) are set up correctly, you can use this simple trick to force iCloud Contacts and Calendars to sync: To refresh your iCloud Calendars, launch the app on your iOS device and tap the “Calendars” button at the bottom of the page.
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Best Sync App for 7+ years
Syncs Google with iPhone
Confirm changes before syncing
Syncs groups
Syncs all fields
Monitor Sync in Real Time - Provides full transparency into each change
Customizable - Many options including filters
Syncs Google with iPhone
Syncs groups
Monitor Sync in Real Time - Provides full transparency into each change
Features
With ”Contacts Sync for Google Gmail,” you can quickly & easily sync your Gmail & iPhone contacts, giving you access to your contacts from anywhere. This app distinguishes itself with its reliability, ease of use, speed, and with a true “2-way sync” that merges changes made to both your Gmail & iPhone contacts. This is the #1 app for syncing Google and iPhone contacts both in terms of downloads & reviews.
Also of significance, this app syncs contact groups with Google. For instance, you may have organized your Gmail contacts into groups such as “friends,” “family,” and “coworkers.” After syncing, your iPhone groups will match your Gmail groups.
With many customization options, this app can be used in a number of ways. Of course, the app can be used to make your iPhone and Google contacts match each other, which also has the side effect of creating a backup. You can perform syncs in any direction including 1-way syncs and 2-way syncs. Also, you can sync any one of your contact accounts with Google, including your corporate Exchange contacts, iCloud, Yahoo, Outlook.com, or any CardDAV account.
CONTACT ACCOUNTS: • Choose which iPhone contact account you want to sync with Google whether it’s an ordinary iPhone address book, iCloud, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo, Facebook, or any CardDAV account
SYNC TYPES: • Choose from one of the following sync types: 2-way sync, Gmail contacts -> iPhone, iPhone contacts -> Gmail, & Manual Sync • Choose a 2-way sync to combine changes you’ve made to Gmail & iPhone • Choose a 1-way sync to transfer changes in one direction only • Choose a manual sync to sync selected contacts only
SYNCS ALL FIELDS: • Syncs all fields including names, phonetic names, nicknames, email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses, company names, job titles, departments, birthdays, anniversaries, events, notes, web page addresses, relationships, instant messaging accounts, & social profiles • Syncs contact photos • Syncs custom labels & custom fields
INITIAL SYNC: • During the initial sync, the contents of matching Gmail & iPhone contacts will be merged
CONFIRM CHANGES BEFORE SYNCING: • Review each change before the sync actually begins • Easily override the suggested changes
AUTOMATIC SYNC: • Automatically syncs contacts in the background 24/7
APPLY FILTERS INCLUDING GROUP FILTER: • Sync specific contacts only by using filters • Apply the group filter to sync contacts that belong to the specified groups only • Apply the new contact filter to ignore contacts without an email address or phone number • Various other filters available
AUTO ADD TO GROUP: • Optionally add contacts to a specified group such as “Modified by Contacts Sync”
DUPLICATES: • Combines Google & iPhone contacts without creating duplicates • Eliminate duplicates at Google.com and sync to remove from iPhone
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This may be one of the ugliest icons that you’ve seen on your Macintosh computer but this is a powerful little app. It synchronises your Apple Contacts (from iCloud) with your Google contacts. This means that any contacts or groups you create in Gmail or on an Android device are available on your iPhone and OSX and iCloud, and vice versa.
I find this app really handy because I have a stack of groups that I have created in my Apple Contacts. I’d like to be able to send out bulk emails or a group SMS message to these people from my Android phone. The problem is that Apple and Google are enemies so iCloud will not sync with Gmail. ‘Contacts Sync for Google Gmail’ connects these 2 worlds of iCloud and Gmail together.
This picture explains it all.
‘Contacts Sync for Google Gmail’ synchronises your contacts between Gmail and iCloud. Note that this is not syncing your Apple computer directly with your Android phone. The synchronisation is being done ‘in the cloud’. Once Gmail (on the web) and iCloud (on the web) are in sync it flows down to everything else (your phone and computer) automatically.
Gmail and iCloud are synched in the cloud by ‘Contacts Sync for Google Gmail.’ Then Gmail synchronises with your Android phone while iCloud syncs with your desktop computer (and iOS devices), which means everything is kept in sync.
Step 1: Download the app from the Apple Store here:
https://macappsto.re/au/yme7A.m
(or search for “Contacts Sync for Google Gmail” on the Mac App Store)
Step 2: The first thing you need to do is enter your account details for your Google account and your Mac iCloud account. To do this go to ‘Accounts to Sync’ and log into Google and then log into Mac.
Log into Google Gmail accountLog into your Apple iCloud account
Step 3: Now you can select ‘sync.’ There are three options:
2 way sync will merge all your contacts together.
Gmail –> iCloud will delete all your iCloud contacts and import your contacts from Gmail.
iCould –> Gmail will delete all your Gmail contacts and import your contacts from iCloud into Gmail.
After the sync is complete it will notify you of which contacts were updated.
You can keep the app running in the background and select ‘Auto Sync’ so that changes to either iCloud or Gmail are copied across. Otherwise you can manually sync when you want to.
I found that after the sync I had a lot of ‘duplicate’ contacts. (I had 2 or 3 versions of the same contact.)
Thankfully Gmail has the ability to find duplicate contacts and to merge them together.
(You can’t do this in the Apple Contacts so the merging needs to be done on the Gmail side).
To merge contacts, firstly log into your Gmail account and select “Contacts” under the “Mail” menu.
Now go to the “More” menu and select “Find & merge duplicates…” This will find all the contacts that have similar data. Don’t worry, it will prompt you with all the contacts it has found and prompt you to continue before it merges them.
I found that I had to use contact sync to sync between iCloud and Gmail, then I ran find and merge duplicates, then I synced again, and so on, and after I had done this cycle for five times all the duplicates were removed.
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I did the sync process but I still have contacts in my gmail that don’t match the contact on my IPhone8
ReplyKelleysays:September 10, 2019 at 2:51 pm
I cant get contacts to import anything – I just want gmail contacts no icloud sync. this is baloney…
ReplyWaynesays:September 10, 2019 at 3:01 pm
Apple and Google are enemies. Steve Jobs names Google (not Microsoft) as Apple’s #1 competition. iCloud Contacts is by Apple. Gmail Contacts is by Google. They do not want you to sync with each other. It’s like trying to put a Ford Engine in a Toyota Car. Thankfully people have written 3rd part apps to do what Apple and Google in their stubborn-ness refuse to do!
If you just want a one-time export you should be able to ‘Export’ your Gmail contacts into vCard format and then import them into Apple Address Book.
Replykelleysays:September 10, 2019 at 4:01 pm
sorry – not that you are baloney :) you can not post that