The management of contacts It becomes vital when you change her cell phone because, if done correctly, it allows you to have the column intact on the new mobile phone and without too much difficulty. There are various ways to import contacts on the iPhone, and much also depends on the type and file format in which these contacts are saved.
One of the most popular formats, in which contacts are saved, is certainly the format CSV. It is a format similar to “Excel“But in which the information is separated from a comma or a point and comma. Often when you want to backup the contacts of the phone on the computer, these contacts are saved in a CSV file. Even from iCloud, if you want to export contacts, the latter can be saved in CSV as well as described in this guide.
Below we will see how to import contacts from CSV files on an iPhone. The procedure is simple if appropriate tools are used. Happy reading!
How to import CSV contacts on iPhone?
If you have a CSV contact file, the easiest and fastest way to import them correctly on your iPhone is to use the program Tuneg. It is a software widely used by users to manage iPhone from the PC. Here are the main steps to follow.
Software installation
Download the PC version Windows or Mac OS X.
After installing and starting the program on your computer, you will see an initial screen that will ask you to connect your iPhone (via USB) to the computer.
Connect iPhone to the PC
Use the original USB cable to connect iPhone to the PC. Once connected, the image of your iPhone will appear in the program (or only the name and technical details), as can also be seen from fig. following:
By clicking on the tab INFORMATION It will be possible to view all the contacts already saved in the device:
At this point all you have to do is click on the button Import and choose “from CSV File“:
Select the CSV file from your computer and click OK to confirm the contact of contacts on your iPhone. Make sure the contacts in the CSV file are written correctly.
As you can see it is very simple and very few minutes are enough for import CSV contacts on iPhone. The procedure is practically identical if you want to import VCF (VCARD) contacts on iPhone or if you want to synchronize Outlook contacts with iPhone.
Import CSV contacts on iPhone via iCloud
It is also possible import CSV contacts on iPhone with iCloud. With this method, however, you will first have to convert CSV to VCF (i.e. VCARD). iCloud does not support CSV. Here are the steps to follow.
Step 1. Synchronize the contacts of your iPhone with iCloud.
Step 2. Transform the CSV contact file into VCard. Find more info in driving on how to convert CSV to VCARD.
Step 3. Access a iCloud.com and access. There, choose Contacts.
Step 4. Click the gear icon in the corner and choose VCARD. Select the file VCard that you downloaded and click Open.
Step 5. Now CSV contacts are imported into iCloud. After synchronized them with your iPhone, the process will be finished.
