As an Apple iPhone user, ensuring that your contacts get synced to your Google account can be a challenge. Here are the steps to follow to ensure that your contacts are synced on both services.
How to sync iPhone contacts to iCloud
Step 1: Open the Settings app on your iOS device, then tap on your ‘Profile’ and select iCloud on the next page.
Step 2: Tap on the Contact Toggle to turn it on > Select ‘Merge’ from the pop-up menu that appears to merge all contacts currently on your iPhone and the ones saved in the cloud.
Step 3: Now you’ve completed the above steps, your iPhone contacts will be synced to iCloud. It’s as simple as that.
How to move iPhone contacts to your Google account
The iPhone iCloud got all iOS users covered for backing up their contacts. However, to have a successful backup, iCloud must have enough storage space to save data, otherwise, you must purchase iCloud storage space from Apple.
Step 1: Launch the Settings app on your iOS device and click on your Profile, then select ‘iCloud’ on the next page.
Step 2: Now, locate ‘iCloud Backup’, click on it, and from the new page, select Backup Now. The backup process will begin instantly.
Move Contacts from Mac to iCloud
It’s quite simple to move contacts from Mac to iCloud. However, for this to be possible, you must ensure the iCloud logged in on your Mac system is the same as that logged in on your iPhone device.
Step 1: Turn on your Mac system and open ‘System Preferences. Then click on iCloud and sign in to your iCloud account using the correct details.
Step 2: Select ‘Contacts’. By doing so, all contacts on your Mac PC will be synced to the iCloud instantly.