How to import contacts to iPhone

A few days ago we talked about different methods to be able to export the contacts from the phonebook of our iPhone. This time we are going to explain How can we copy our contacts to an iPhone?. Like that article, there is no single method to be able to copy all the contacts on our iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, so we are going to show you different methods, including the use of third-party applications, something that unfortunately it has become commonplace to manage all the information stored on our device thanks to the lack of options that Apple offers us with iTunes.

Before the arrival of smartphones when Nokia was the king of telephony, the usual way to pass our calendar data was through the Bluetooth connection. At that time, not everyone had a mobile phone, so the number of contacts that we could have stored was not too high, and although the process was not fast, let's say, it was one of the simplest methods to transfer contacts. when we changed phones. In any case, no

Import contacts to iPhone from another iPhone

Since the arrival of iCloud to the Apple ecosystem and thanks to the synchronization of all the information, it is currently very easy to transfer information from one device to another without having to carry out complicated processes that can sometimes get lost in any of the steps and stay hanging. Thanks to iCloud we can have all our contacts, calendar appointments, notes, reminders, bookmarks ... on all devices that are associated with the same account and that make use of this service.

If we want to transfer the contacts quickly from an iPhone to another iPhone / iPad or iPod touch, we just have to activate iCloud, on the device where the contacts are, making sure that select the Contacts box, since in this way all the contacts on our device will be uploaded to iCloud and will be available to all devices associated with the same Apple account. To activate this service we will go to Settings and click on our user. Next, we click on iCloud and activate the Contacts switch.

Now we must activate the same functions on the new iPhone / iPad or iPod touch where we want the contacts from the phonebook to be copied. A few seconds later we will be able to check how all the contacts of our oldest iPhone are available on our new iPhone or device managed by iOS.

Import contacts to iPhone via iCloud

Again we turn to iCloud to be able to copy contacts that we have stored in a file to our iPhone. In order to add contacts to our iPhone we must go to iCloud.com and enter the data of our Apple account. Next we go to Contacts. Now we just have to go to the lower left section and click on the gear wheel to open the options offered by the application. Within the menu we have to select Import contacts.

In the dialog box that appears, we will look for the path where the file is located and select it to be added to the contacts stored in iCloud. Of course, for this new data to be displayed in our terminal, we must have iCloud activated on our iPhone, since otherwise the data will never be reflected on our device.

Import contacts to iPhone via Gmail

If we are forced to copy the contacts that we have stored in our Gmail email account on our iPhone, in order to thus center all the contact information that we have distributed by the different email accounts that we have in one place. we have must proceed as follows:

• First of all we head up Settings
• Inside Settings we go to Contacts.
• In the Contacts options we must go to Accounts and select Add Account.
• Now we just have to select the Google option, enter the data from our Gmail account.
• A new window will appear showing all the data that we can import into our device: Mail, Contacts, Calendars and Notes. We only must select Contacts.

Import contacts to iPhone via Yahoo!

• We head up Settings
• Inside Settings we go to Contacts.
• In the Contacts options we must go to Accounts and select Add account.
• Now we just have to select the Yahoo option, enter the data of our Yahoo mail account where the data we want to import is located.
• Of the four options that are shown: Mail, Contacts, Calendars and Notes we only have to select Contacts.

Import contacts to iPhone through Outlook

• We head up Settings \ Contacts.
• In the Contacts options click on Accounts and select Add Account.
• We select Outlook and enter the data of our Outlook email account where the data that we want to import on our iPhone is located.
• As in the previous sections, there will be four options Mail, Contacts, Calendars and Notes where we only have to select Contacts.

Import contacts to iPhone from Mac

The best way to quickly and easily import contacts to our iPhone, contacts that are not available through iCloud, is through a VCard or CSV file. Most contact applications and email managers nallow you to export all the data of the agenda in any of these formats to later add them through one of the methods that we explain in this article.

In order to carry out this process, it should be remembered again that the Mac from which we make this option is associated with the same ID of the iPhone that will receive the new contacts that we are going to add to the Contacts application. To do so we just have to double click on the file in .vcf format where all the contacts are located that we want to add to the Contacts application of our Mac, so that later they are synchronized with our device.

If, on the contrary, the contacts that we want to import They are in .csv format We must go, within the Contacts application to File \ Import and select the file where all the contacts that we want to add to the application are located, contacts that will later be synchronized with the existing data on our iPhone.

Import contacts to iPhone from PC

Unfortunately iTunes does not allow us, in any of the versions for PC or Mac that it offers users, the possibility of adding contacts to our device through the application from files in .vcf or csv format, which forces us to resort to third-party applications such as iMazing. There are many other applications on the market, but personally I recommend this application because it is the one that offers us the best results and because it is the one that I use regularly every time I have to perform an action with my device but I don't want to use the heavy and tiresome iTunes.

iMazing

If we are one of the users who have decided not to use iTunes again, I go out for specific cases, and the iMazing application has become our favorite tool, this application is ideal to be able to copy any type of file, either in. vcf or .csv to our iPhone without having to resort to iCloud at any time, ideal for all those users who do not have more devices managed by an operating system from the Cupertino-based company.

As soon as we open iMazing, we select the device to which we want to import the data from a .vcf file. Next we select Contacts and on the right side of the screen we go to Everything within the On my iPhone section. In the bottom right Import from Contacts and Import from VCard will be displayed. In this case we select Import from VCard and select the file in this format where the contacts that we want to import to our iPhone are located.

iMazing is also available in a Mac version, so you can also use it to import contacts to your iPhone If you do not want to do it through the Contacts application, as I have explained in the previous section.

Import contacts to iPhone from iTunes

The latest versions of iTunes have been taking away the role of the application, since since the launch and almost obligation to use iCloud, this way of storage in the cloud has become the best method for both import and export not only contacts from our iPhone, but also allows us to export or import appointments from our agenda, reminders, notes ...

Thanks to iCloud iTunes functions have been significantly reduced being an application that allows us to restore our device and make a backup copy of it. The rest of the functions that it offers us can be done directly from our device or through much more complete and effective third-party applications such as iMazing or iFunbox.

If we talk about the possibility of importing contacts, the subject of this article, iTunes once again disappoints us since it does not allow us to add contacts quickly and easily from a data file where they are stored. Fortunately, as I have explained in this article, we have at our disposal a large number of options according to our needs or requirements.

Copy contacts from Android to iOS with Move to iOS

If the need that forces us to have to import contact data is caused by changing the ecosystem, from Android to iOS, the solution is very simple, since for a couple of years, Apple has offered us in the Google Play Store an application named Move to iOS, application with which we can quickly transfer all the data stored on our Android smartphone to an iPhone. The only limitation is found on DRM-protected files, such as music or movies. The rest of the information such as calendar appointments, contacts, images or videos that we have created will be transferred quickly and without problems to our new iPhone without having to do anything else.