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Sync Outlook Contacts & iPhone

I can sync all contacts but I don't want to do that' I only want to sync selected groups.

The problem is that when I check "sync contacts with outlook" in iTunes, it automatically highlights the button for "all contacts" and won't allow (fades out) the choice for "selected groups".

It also fades out the option of "put new contacts created on the is iphone into the group _________"

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  • Anonymous Oct 14, 2008

    I don't want all 11,000 contacts in my phone, only certain ones. It won't even let me choose by folder, never mind categories.

  • Anonymous Oct 29, 2008

    Finaly realized that contact folders and groups are not the same but haven-t solved the problem anyhow.

    To create a new group right-click on the existing group bart and select "new group"

  • nikolas13 Nov 24, 2008

    same problem. I have lots of different folders for different purpose and some contain the same vcards which then appear multiple times in the iPhone contacts list...

  • Anonymous Jan 07, 2009

    Do not need and do not want all of my contacts in my phone. How to select group from outlook?

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You need to creat "Folders" in outlook and move all contacts to the different folders. These "Folders" are then recognized as "Groups" in iTune and you can sync Contacts by Groups.

iTune does not recognize Outlook's "Categories", or even Outlook's "Groups"; iTune only recognizes "Folders" as groups.

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When you create a new Contacts Folder you have to make sure that you create as a subfolder of the main contacts folder (in the create window you are shown the file tree).

I had the folders moved in different groups as well but I am not sure that it made a difference.

Please note that you have to leave outlook and itunes on for a few minutes before they synch and iTunes see the new folders.

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It's quite easy to sync Outlook contacts as you like if you use the third-party transfer tool:
https://www.leawo.org/tutorial/how-to-export-outlook-contacts-to-icloud-1361.html?=1400

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