Dear Jonathan,

Please seee my questions below underneath your responses.
> On 27 Sep 2017, at 18:50, Jonathan Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I would just select one cloud source and use that.
How would I go about choosing just one cloud source?  I'm so ignorant Jonathan, 
I can't quite understand how it works or where I'd choose such a source.  If 
you had the time, would you direct me to an article or some other simple source 
so that I'd understand how these things work?  I've been through "Contacts" 
preferences but couldn't see anything that would help.  Should I stop (uncheck) 
sinking my contacts to Google account that I also have and just leave the 
syncing to iCloud account?
And how would I migrate or combine my google contacts with icloud contacts?

Many thanks

Andrew

> If you don't use iCloud web interface but you do use googles web interfaces 
> then I suggest you migrate all your contacts over to Google and then remove 
> iCloud contacts from your Apple devices. Otherwise, you will find that you 
> never quite have the right information.  Generally, for iPhone / Macintosh 
> contacts applications the all contact information is primarily sourced in the 
> cloud (iCloud, Google Exchange or LinkedIn) These systems all have was  pf 
> informing your devices anytime something has changed in their master copy. 
> Then the Contacts app will replace the copy stored in the computer. 
> 
> Several years ago, the Mac or perhaps a plugin I had on my windows phone 
> tried to do things like you describe and my systems ended up eating large 
> amounts of time and battery copying updates from Exchange to device  to phone 
> to computer to exchange and back again. Modern technologies keep the master 
> in a server and then download updates as necessary, this works for calendars 
> with CalDav and Mail with IMAP. 
> 
> On 26 September 2017 at 08:53, Andrew Lamanche <ioani...@me.com 
> <mailto:ioani...@me.com>> wrote:
> Hi Listers,
> 
> I have a bit of a problem with the way my contacts sync.  I have two 
> accounts: icloud and google.  Both have cync enabled.  I have just noticed 
> that some cards in my contacts on my mac say "all icloud" and others say" all 
> google".  How can I make sure that individual contacts are present in both 
> accounts.  I obviously misunderstand how contacts app works as far as syncing 
> goes.
> 
> Many thanks
> 
> Andrew
> 
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