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Old 10-12-2011, 10:27 PM
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Deleting multiple contacts at once on iPhone?

I dunno what just happened, but I synced my iPhone contacts to my laptop and now have a bajillion duplicates. Please someone tell me there's a way to delete multiple contacts at once as opposed to going through each one individually??
Dammit. Sometimes I just wish I could use a Rolodex.....
 
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you are SOL. has happened to me on more than one occasion.
 
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Old 10-12-2011, 10:52 PM
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you are SOL. has happened to me on more than one occasion.
Hmm...not what I wanted to hear, Mark. Grrrrr.....Guess I better get started on my deleting. Gonna take me forever. How can this be prevented in the future?
 
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Old 10-12-2011, 11:24 PM
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Sounds odd. You may want to check your iTunes preferences. I am not sure how that happened but like you said you don't want that to happen again. If that isn't obvious go to a store and they will be glad to help. Do it before the 14th though. The stores will be mobbed with 4S consumers. GL
 
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Old 10-12-2011, 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by smokinghot4cars
Sounds odd. You may want to check your iTunes preferences. I am not sure how that happened but like you said you don't want that to happen again. If that isn't obvious go to a store and they will be glad to help. Do it before the 14th though. The stores will be mobbed with 4S consumers. GL
Odd indeed. Now the duplicates are in my Address Book on my laptop. Why isn't there a way to delete them off the computer and then resync?? Stupid Apple.....
 
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Old 10-13-2011, 01:02 AM
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Do you happen to have mobileme?
 
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Old 10-13-2011, 01:05 AM
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Do you happen to have mobileme?
Nope.
 
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Same thing happened to me twice...I'm introverted so don't have many contacts/friends.


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Can't you just restore it from a backup you made before this?
 
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Old 11-14-2011, 09:22 AM
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Can't you just restore it from a backup you made before this?
Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He must sit there and delete them one by one... then you tell him he could have just used his back up files
 


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