Why has iOS 16 eliminated the ability to filter which groups of contacts show up? Now groups are lists, and you see alllll the contacts or the one tiny sublist you select. As many problems as I had managing groups, at least I could choose which I wanted to see. You've gone backwards. When can we expect to filter again?
There is a problem where I believe the interaction of Siri and it’s increasingly intrusive functionality, has caused my settings both as my Apple ID photo and my phone settings to change - without any warning or control in my part. I was considering wiping my iPhone and MacBook and restoring my devices. However I am not convinced it will prevent this from happening again.
This app is absolute trash and those responsible for it should hang their heads in shame. I wanted to write out Christmas Cards. So I went to export a list of contacts to csv to print and do my cards. Two hours later, searching the web, and contacting support I find that Contacts App has no export to csv. Sure you can export ONE contact at a time through the (another useless product) Numbers. But you cannot bulk export. That is a feature available in the 90’s on other services. Again. This app is absolute trash.
I’ve used this app heavily for years. A great feature is that the “notes” section acts as a database.
If you put the word “musician” in the notes section, you can search on the word musician and have all those contacts appear.
However, over the last 4 or 5 months, the app randomly closes in seconds after I open it. If I search for a contact or get as far as reading my notes on a contact, the app suddenly closes.
Sometimes I have to open it on my laptop just so I can search it or update something before it closes on me. Very frustrating. Otherwise I would give it a higher rating.
Contacts is a normal app with basic features. But, that isn’t a bad thing at all. On the app you are able to change peoples picture, and add some information as well. There’s many features on this app that are special, but many you could do on the regular face time app. Though, I know you don’t need the app, but I have a hard time on the face time app and struggle. It’s all way easier on contacts! Plus, there’s probably over a million apps that you can save peoples numbers and change the profile picture, but Apple chose this app to come with the phone either because they made it wich means it has 5 star quality, or it is the best app out of them all wich is quite self explanatory. Anyways, overall this app is amazing and very helpful. Some more fun updates could be used, but that’s only a recommendation I hope is put into your consideration. Please right back.
My contacts have been duplicating for over a year. I was so excited when I noticed the newest feature allowing me to merge all the duplicates.
Now- when I enter the app, it lags to the point I have to close & open multiple times before it generates a total amount of duplicates, when I select “merge all” it freezes the screen and I have to close it AGAIN and the cycle continues
I don’t like the new layout of it either I didn’t want all these categories😕
I have 5+ lists (or groups) of contacts on my iphone. I don’t want or need to see them all at once. Prior to the update to iOS 16 I was able to choose which groups to see when I opened Contacts. Now I can only choose 1 group at a time or show all of my contacts all of the time. Unfortunately, none of the apps in the App Store appear to be any different, even the ones that I’d have to pay for. Apple needs to take a step backward & fix this.
iPhone:
1. Every time I delete a contact the contact reappears.
The add contact feature doesn’t add an entered contact immediately and sometimes not at all. Repeating the entry often results in multiple of the same entry days to weeks later.
2. Contacts from every active email account i have migrating to the contacts list without my consent. I can’t find an option to change this huge mess in settings. I do not want zillions of obsolete or rarely used phone numbers and email addresses on my contact list. Worst of all, I can’t delete any of the unwanted contacts without them reappearing. And if I could delete them permanently, I’d have to delete thousands of contacts one by one. Yes, thousands. Imagine 15 years of email correspondence with customer services appearing on your contact list! This is a serious problem.
MacBook Pro:
1. I cannot access contacts in my MacBook Pro. My Apple account password is not recognized in settings to activate and access my contacts. Frustrated, I tried entering every password associated with Apple products including my MacBook password. Nothing works! This as been an ongoing issue since I purchased my MacBook Pro in 2019!
NOTE: All my Apple devices are healthy and updated to the latest firmware/software.
I set my default Contacts folder to be my personal Exchange account. But, every time I download and install a system update, the default Contacts folder gets changed to be my work Exchange account.
If I don’t catch this, I then spend days putting personal contacts into my work account, where I don’t want them to be.
The Contacts app needs to do a better job of serializing during a system update and keep in mind - PEOPLE CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE EXCHANGE ACCOUNT!
Apple hasn’t made Contacts better in many years. There are no alternatives. Like it or lump it. The only reason we keep it is that there are no apps that store and process the same data. The alternative (for us) is to go to the gmail website and fiddle with contacts there. Tedious. Contacts app? 😑
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