Re: Free Macintosh Software
On Jan 22, 2025, at 5:39 PM, Michael Russo <pwrks@...> wrote:
There’s so much work represented here - hours and hours. Thank you for putting all this information and the links and reviews in one place and sharing it with the rest of us. What a blessing! Thank you so much! Nowadays most people, when they see my Web site, feel entitled to it. They don’t give a thought to the fact that I put a lot of work and time into creating it. In fact, rather than thinking to say “thanks”, often folks do the opposite and contact me and want to sh_t on what I’ve done, or they want MORE than what is offered. So I’m really appreciative of those of you who have had the class and manners to say thanks. I’m happy that I can provide something that some folks really enjoy. By the way, the amazing products from 4LightData have been discontinued. The developer’s development platform (4D) has been discontinued. I will de-list them when I get a chance. __________________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice __________________________________________________
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Re: Free Macintosh Software
Randy,
There’s so much work represented here - hours and hours. Thank you for putting all this information and the links and reviews in one place and sharing it with the rest of us. What a blessing!
Michael Russo
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On Jan 22, 2025, at 7:35 PM, Susan Tropeano via groups.io <stropeano@...> wrote:
Thanks Randy! I forgot all about this great resource. I’ll be checking out the updates!
On Jan 22, 2025, at 8:53?AM, Randy B. Singer via groups.io <randy@...> wrote:
?Hi everyone! I'm excited to announce that my most popular Web site:
FREE MACINTOSH SOFTWARE
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has been extensively updated, and there are now 210 pieces of free software listed!! It is an embarrassment of riches! (Or lack of riches, depending on how you look at it!)
Among the updated listings are several exciting new programs which utilize artificial intelligence, business collaboration programs, an app that will allow you to run iOS apps on your Macintosh, an app to teach you keyboard shortcuts, an app that's always available to allow you to take notes, an app that will instantly transcribe dictation, etc.
If you haven't gone through all of the listings recently, it's worth looking through them again. There are sure to be free apps that you will find that will prove to be invaluable, for newbies and graybeards alike.
Please spread the word about the Web site to others!
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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice
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Re: Free Macintosh Software
Thanks Randy! I forgot all about this great resource. I’ll be checking out the updates!
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On Jan 22, 2025, at 8:53?AM, Randy B. Singer via groups.io <randy@...> wrote:
?Hi everyone! I'm excited to announce that my most popular Web site:
FREE MACINTOSH SOFTWARE
at:
has been extensively updated, and there are now 210 pieces of free software listed!! It is an embarrassment of riches! (Or lack of riches, depending on how you look at it!)
Among the updated listings are several exciting new programs which utilize artificial intelligence, business collaboration programs, an app that will allow you to run iOS apps on your Macintosh, an app to teach you keyboard shortcuts, an app that's always available to allow you to take notes, an app that will instantly transcribe dictation, etc.
If you haven't gone through all of the listings recently, it's worth looking through them again. There are sure to be free apps that you will find that will prove to be invaluable, for newbies and graybeards alike.
Please spread the word about the Web site to others!
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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice
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Re: New contacts not showing up on iPhone
Sometimes It takes time, but in my case, the Calendar entry of an important doctor’s appointment didn’t sync after several days.?
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On Jan 21, 2025, at 17:18, Dutch Junge via groups.io <dutch@...> wrote:
? It finally synced. ?I guess I just didn’t wait long enough.
Dutch On Jan 21, 2025, at 6:11?PM, Brent via groups.io <whodo678@...> wrote:
I just had a similar problem with my iPhone XR, iOS 18.2.1 and my late 2012 Mac mini, macOS 10.15.7 not syncing new entries in to my Calendar. On occasion it takes a few minutes to sync, but this was over an hour. I have had an on going issue with Contacts duplicating entries in the past and not syncing new entries currently.
I checked what Settings/Prefs I could find. Settings have gotten bloated on Apple devices. I opened the two app on my phone, Mac and iCloud account, and checked several entries on both apps. In the notes I added which device had the correct device, until most of the entries were synced and correct.?
But not all, so I called Apple Support. The rep had me check the various settings, for both , then noticed that the iPhone had a message about 14 duplicate entries. I said that I would fix those after the call, as finally they all synced.?
Well, most of those duplicates were very old. They got created when upgrading OSes or upgrading new devices. Some were not really duplicates but when moving the files, the phone numbers got rotated one number. The top number became the bottom one if there were multiple numbers. Or one was a company entry and the others were individuals in different departments or even different locations. Some of the duplicates had previously been manually combined and the extras deleted, but I still needed to hit the merge entries button to clear then now.?
It has only been a couple of days and no new entries on either app, so I can’t say the issue is resolved, but I hope so.
Calendar and Contacts are highly linked, but why duplicates in one would affect syncing on the other makes no sense, at least to a human.
Brent ?
On my Mac mini running 10.15.7?
On Jan 21, 2025, at 10:38 AM, Ben Rosenthal via < ben@...> wrote:
Have you tried restarting both devices? Is this iCloud?, or who is the provider of the contacts account? Can you verify that the new contacts are making it to the server? On Jan 21, 2025, at 09:18, Dutch Junge via <dutch@...> wrote:
?I’ve added a couple of contacts on my MacBook Pro running the latest OS but they are not showing up on my iPhone 15 also running the latest iOS
Can’t figure out why
Dutch
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Hi everyone! I'm excited to announce that my most popular Web site:
FREE MACINTOSH SOFTWARE
at:
has been extensively updated, and there are now 210 pieces of free software listed!! It is an embarrassment of riches! (Or lack of riches, depending on how you look at it!)
Among the updated listings are several exciting new programs which utilize artificial intelligence, business collaboration programs, an app that will allow you to run iOS apps on your Macintosh, an app to teach you keyboard shortcuts, an app that's always available to allow you to take notes, an app that will instantly transcribe dictation, etc.
If you haven't gone through all of the listings recently, it's worth looking through them again. There are sure to be free apps that you will find that will prove to be invaluable, for newbies and graybeards alike.
Please spread the word about the Web site to others!
__________________________________________________
Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice
__________________________________________________
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FREE MACINTOSH SOFTWARE
at:
has been extensively updated, and there are now 210 pieces of free software listed!! It is an embarrassment of riches! (Or lack of riches, depending on how you look at it!)
Among the updated listings are several exciting new programs which utilize artificial intelligence, business collaboration programs, an app that will allow you to run iOS apps on your Macintosh, an app to teach you keyboard shortcuts, an app that's always available to allow you to take notes, an app that will instantly transcribe dictation, etc.
If you haven't gone through all of the listings recently, it's worth looking through them again. There are sure to be free apps that you will find that will prove to be invaluable, for newbies and graybeards alike.
Please spread the word about the Web site to others!
__________________________________________________
Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice
__________________________________________________
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Mac mini M4 Hub and Stand!
For those of you who purchased the almost irresistible M4 Macintosh mini, you might find this hub/stand to be the perfect thing to go with it.
The hub/stand fits under your mini, and it provides the missing USB-A ports that you will likely need to attach legacy printers and scanners. Plus it allows you to add an internal NVME SSD (including up to a wildly fast 40Gbps NVME), perfect for those who purchased the base-spec Mac mini!
RayCue New M4/2024 Mac Mini Hub & Stand with NVMe
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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice
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Re: printer incompatibility
On Jan 21, 2025, at 7:01 AM, kurt youngmann <tgobbi@...> wrote:
According to a notice from Canon, my printer will be incompatible with the next software update. I’m hoping someone has a suggestion regarding what I should consider for a replacement. My needs are very simple: I print only in black & white & have almost no other uses than printing. Which Canon model do you have? Does that model support AirPrint? Do you need a printer that connects to your computer wirelessly? If worse came to worse, instead of having to purchase an entire new printer, you could just purchase a commercial driver for your printer: Printfab ($49) __________________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice __________________________________________________
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Re: New contacts not showing up on iPhone
It finally synced. ?I guess I just didn’t wait long enough.
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On Jan 21, 2025, at 6:11?PM, Brent via groups.io <whodo678@...> wrote:
I just had a similar problem with my iPhone XR, iOS 18.2.1 and my late 2012 Mac mini, macOS 10.15.7 not syncing new entries in to my Calendar. On occasion it takes a few minutes to sync, but this was over an hour. I have had an on going issue with Contacts duplicating entries in the past and not syncing new entries currently.
I checked what Settings/Prefs I could find. Settings have gotten bloated on Apple devices. I opened the two app on my phone, Mac and iCloud account, and checked several entries on both apps. In the notes I added which device had the correct device, until most of the entries were synced and correct.?
But not all, so I called Apple Support. The rep had me check the various settings, for both , then noticed that the iPhone had a message about 14 duplicate entries. I said that I would fix those after the call, as finally they all synced.?
Well, most of those duplicates were very old. They got created when upgrading OSes or upgrading new devices. Some were not really duplicates but when moving the files, the phone numbers got rotated one number. The top number became the bottom one if there were multiple numbers. Or one was a company entry and the others were individuals in different departments or even different locations. Some of the duplicates had previously been manually combined and the extras deleted, but I still needed to hit the merge entries button to clear then now.?
It has only been a couple of days and no new entries on either app, so I can’t say the issue is resolved, but I hope so.
Calendar and Contacts are highly linked, but why duplicates in one would affect syncing on the other makes no sense, at least to a human.
Brent ?
On my Mac mini running 10.15.7?
On Jan 21, 2025, at 10:38 AM, Ben Rosenthal via < ben@...> wrote:
Have you tried restarting both devices? Is this iCloud?, or who is the provider of the contacts account? Can you verify that the new contacts are making it to the server? On Jan 21, 2025, at 09:18, Dutch Junge via <dutch@...> wrote:
?I’ve added a couple of contacts on my MacBook Pro running the latest OS but they are not showing up on my iPhone 15 also running the latest iOS
Can’t figure out why
Dutch
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Re: printer incompatibility
I forgot to ask Canon said would be the issue, incompatible is an awfully big bailiwick. Is it going from 32-bit to 64-bit or what?
In 2009 I needed a new printer. I had an Apple branded HP laserwriter, about 15 years old and high mileage by the previous owner, Disney Studios. Built like a tank, and a mechanical part finally broke that I could not source.?
So I bought a HP LaserJet P1006. Turns out that was one of the periods when HP dropped all Mac support and drivers. It took a little experimentation, but I figured out the install sequence of the old driver and which files to drop. About 12-18 months later, they released an updated driver. But I had already figure it out.?
I also have two unsupported scanners, a flat bed and a auto feed. The drivers no longer function, so I just use Image Capture, years after support was dropped.
There are generic drivers for both printers and scanners, you just have to look, and maybe buy them.
Brent ?
On my Mac mini running 10.15.7?
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On Jan 21, 2025, at 11:25 AM, Jerald Levinson via < levinson@...> wrote:
I have an old Canon MG2922 (2010?) connected to 2 MBAs, one 2015 (Big Sur) and the other a 2020 M1 (Sequoia). Canon supports this printer on System 9 through Sequoia, to date.?
I saw the same message, but I think it said “may” be incompatible in the future. In any event, I will keep using it until either it dies or becomes no longer supported. At the rate Canon supports its printers, I think that will be for a long time yet.?
What computer/OS are you using? What model is your Canon printer?
My needs are like yours, B/W printing on rare occasions. If I were to have to replace this printer, I’d go with a Brother laser. Reliable, inexpensive, easy to maintain, long-term support.
Jerry On Jan 21, 2025, at 7:01?AM, kurt youngmann < tgobbi@...> wrote:
According to a notice from Canon, my printer will be incompatible with the next software update. I’m hoping someone has a suggestion regarding what I should consider for a replacement. My needs are very simple: I print only in black & white & have almost no other uses than printing. (I’m an old man with limited technical savvy).
Thanks for any help!
Kurt Youngmann
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“We may have all come?on different ships, but?we're in the same boat?now.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Re: New contacts not showing up on iPhone
Yeah, but then when it finally syncs, you will have duplicate entries. This is something very basic that should not need a workaround.?
Brent ?
On my Mac mini running 10.15.7?
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On Jan 21, 2025, at 10:54 AM, Dutch Junge via < dutch@...> wrote:
Strangely enough I’ve found a work around. ?If I send the contact from the laptop to my iPhone as message I can then create a new contact and it shows up in the phone Dutch On Jan 21, 2025, at 12:18?PM, Dutch Junge via <dutch@...> wrote:
I’ve added a couple of contacts on my MacBook Pro running the latest OS but they are not showing up on my iPhone 15 also running the latest iOS
Can’t figure out why
Dutch
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Re: New contacts not showing up on iPhone
I just had a similar problem with my iPhone XR, iOS 18.2.1 and my late 2012 Mac mini, macOS 10.15.7 not syncing new entries in to my Calendar. On occasion it takes a few minutes to sync, but this was over an hour. I have had an on going issue with Contacts duplicating entries in the past and not syncing new entries currently.
I checked what Settings/Prefs I could find. Settings have gotten bloated on Apple devices. I opened the two app on my phone, Mac and iCloud account, and checked several entries on both apps. In the notes I added which device had the correct device, until most of the entries were synced and correct.?
But not all, so I called Apple Support. The rep had me check the various settings, for both , then noticed that the iPhone had a message about 14 duplicate entries. I said that I would fix those after the call, as finally they all synced.?
Well, most of those duplicates were very old. They got created when upgrading OSes or upgrading new devices. Some were not really duplicates but when moving the files, the phone numbers got rotated one number. The top number became the bottom one if there were multiple numbers. Or one was a company entry and the others were individuals in different departments or even different locations. Some of the duplicates had previously been manually combined and the extras deleted, but I still needed to hit the merge entries button to clear then now.?
It has only been a couple of days and no new entries on either app, so I can’t say the issue is resolved, but I hope so.
Calendar and Contacts are highly linked, but why duplicates in one would affect syncing on the other makes no sense, at least to a human.
Brent ?
On my Mac mini running 10.15.7?
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On Jan 21, 2025, at 10:38 AM, Ben Rosenthal via < ben@...> wrote:
Have you tried restarting both devices? Is this iCloud?, or who is the provider of the contacts account? Can you verify that the new contacts are making it to the server? On Jan 21, 2025, at 09:18, Dutch Junge via <dutch@...> wrote:
?I’ve added a couple of contacts on my MacBook Pro running the latest OS but they are not showing up on my iPhone 15 also running the latest iOS
Can’t figure out why
Dutch
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Re: printer incompatibility
ah yes, don't think my kids could type on the selectric typwriter...?
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Re: New contacts not showing up on iPhone
Sure, that’s a workaround alright. It has nothing to do with syncing as you are creating a new contact on iPhone. It would be good to get your syncing working again the way it’s supposed to work.
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On Jan 21, 2025, at 10:54, Dutch Junge via groups.io <dutch@...> wrote:
Strangely enough I’ve found a work around. If I send the contact from the laptop to my iPhone as message I can then create a new contact and it shows up in the phone
Dutch
On Jan 21, 2025, at 12:18?PM, Dutch Junge via groups.io <dutch@...> wrote:
I’ve added a couple of contacts on my MacBook Pro running the latest OS but they are not showing up on my iPhone 15 also running the latest iOS
Can’t figure out why
Dutch
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Re: printer incompatibility
Kurt Youngmann,
One question, resulting from my own 40 years of being a Mac user, is “Whose software update will make your Canon printer become incompatible?” If it is Canon’s software, it is not YOUR problem unless you install it. If it is the next MacOS update that renders your Canon printer obsolete, it is not your problem unless you install it. If your printer is working to your satisfaction, your question is whether losing it is worth whichever “update” you decide to install.
I suspect it is a “scare tactic” used by Canon to get you to buy a new Canon printer. Apple usually does not warn the users of the many different brands of peripherals that they are about to make their equipment obsolete. Also, how many companies are going to warn you about another company’s software causing you a problem with their product you bought?
CR
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Re: printer incompatibility
I have an old Canon MG2922 (2010?) connected to 2 MBAs, one 2015 (Big Sur) and the other a 2020 M1 (Sequoia). Canon supports this printer on System 9 through Sequoia, to date.?
I saw the same message, but I think it said “may” be incompatible in the future. In any event, I will keep using it until either it dies or becomes no longer supported. At the rate Canon supports its printers, I think that will be for a long time yet.?
What computer/OS are you using? What model is your Canon printer?
My needs are like yours, B/W printing on rare occasions. If I were to have to replace this printer, I’d go with a Brother laser. Reliable, inexpensive, easy to maintain, long-term support.
Jerry
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On Jan 21, 2025, at 7:01?AM, kurt youngmann <tgobbi@...> wrote:
According to a notice from Canon, my printer will be incompatible with the next software update. I’m hoping someone has a suggestion regarding what I should consider for a replacement. My needs are very simple: I print only in black & white & have almost no other uses than printing. (I’m an old man with limited technical savvy).
Thanks for any help!
Kurt Youngmann
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“We may have all come?on different ships, but?we're in the same boat?now.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Re: How to CANCEL Gemini?
FYI: I got the pdf file in the previous message but couldn’t open it. Got this message:? The file “how to cancel a subscription to google gemini.pdf” could not be opened.It may be damaged or use a file format that Preview doesn’t recognize.
Acrobat Reader couldn’t open it, either. Nor?Firefox, Safari, UnArchiver.
I was able to read it in DropBox.
Jerry
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On Jan 21, 2025, at 9:41?AM, Steve Kane via groups.io <skane-l@...> wrote:
Ok here is a link to the pdf on dropbox: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/54u4b1zkylkuviymv5t3a/how-to-cancel-a-subscription-to-google-gemini.pdf?rlkey=s7zh92nfqqa66xqkqpgs7n7yq&st=zrejbgwb&dl=0__;!!PvDODwlR4mBZyAb0!XTmZCvybQJNSyLZfDvFweiCuN8U6LYDCkpsDGgyDDTUnUWx5gNJx4wauBN2AKoRYJmyytvVbeNFwfzuXQOALFE-y1T424GU$ On Jan 21, 2025, at 11:38?AM, Steve Kane via groups.io <skane-l@...> wrote:
Hmmm. I printed a pdf, which is attached. I don't know if it will pass through iomug. If it does not I will put it on dropbox and post a link.
On Jan 21, 2025, at 10:59?AM, Jerald Levinson via groups.io <levinson@...> wrote:
Clicking on that link gave me a “Thread does not exist” message. More irony. ?
On Jan 21, 2025, at 8:53?AM, Steve Kane via groups.io <skane-l@...> wrote:
?Ah the irony. Asking one AI how to cancel another AI. This is what perplexity.ai says:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.perplexity.ai/search/how-to-cancel-a-subscription-t-7EKRTeyBQ.Ggy0KmDBJSbg__;!!PvDODwlR4mBZyAb0!T-CH_r1J0EB6cdD4UHRHO63utjhZytmUOzI-9ZRNuw4223fZc8n-hdniaMSoKcVMk9epCBmA3MsgjllX5JGM6JK3GJP0M-c$
On Jan 21, 2025, at 10:04?AM, John via groups.io <OceanCity@...> wrote:
If you happen to know the 'secret' of how do I cancel or unsubscribe my subscription to Gemini I would greatly appreciate it. ?I have spent hours searching, Googling all the normal ways in which Gemini is billed, including the in-app 'Settings' at the bottom left there should be a way to manage or cancel but there is no entry to manage or cancel. Even in my Google One account I can see YouTube, but not Gemini. This is really frustrating. If you happen to know any tricks please advise.
TIA,
John
<how to cancel a subscription to google gemini.pdf>
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Re: New contacts not showing up on iPhone
Strangely enough I’ve found a work around. If I send the contact from the laptop to my iPhone as message I can then create a new contact and it shows up in the phone
Dutch
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On Jan 21, 2025, at 12:18?PM, Dutch Junge via groups.io <dutch@...> wrote:
I’ve added a couple of contacts on my MacBook Pro running the latest OS but they are not showing up on my iPhone 15 also running the latest iOS
Can’t figure out why
Dutch
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Re: New contacts not showing up on iPhone
On Jan 21, 2025, at 12:18?PM, Dutch Junge via groups.io <dutch@...> wrote: I’ve added a couple of contacts on my MacBook Pro running the latest OS but they are not showing up on my iPhone 15 also running the latest iOS
Can’t figure out why?
Dutch Sometimes it takes a bit to sync, although normally not.
Make sure you have "All Contacts" and "All iCloud" selected in the Contact's app prefs. Also, go to the very bottom to see the number of contacts to prove the totals.
Cheers, John
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Re: New contacts not showing up on iPhone
Have you tried restarting both devices? Is this iCloud?, or who is the provider of the contacts account? Can you verify that the new contacts are making it to the server?
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On Jan 21, 2025, at 09:18, Dutch Junge via groups.io <dutch@...> wrote:
?I’ve added a couple of contacts on my MacBook Pro running the latest OS but they are not showing up on my iPhone 15 also running the latest iOS
Can’t figure out why
Dutch
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