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As I may have mentioned, I am now the proud owner of a new iPhone 16e.
I am still getting to grips with it but one issue is that some of the contacts are duplicated. I transferred data from my previous Android
phone (using the app). The problem seems to be that I now have two
sources for contacts: my Google account and iCloud. I assume I need
to choose and disable the other. As I now have an iPhone and iPad, my thinking is to use iCloud. However, there are far more contacts in
Google than iCloud. Should I copy all the contacts from Google to
iCloud replacing duplicates then link the device to iCloud (only)? Am
I missing something? Or would I be better to delete the iCloud
contacts and transfer the Google contacts in their entirety?
I am also using the Google calendar (which I must have linked to my
iPad in the past) that results in all the birthdays etc being
duplicated. Is there a benefit in using Apple's calendar for
consistency?
Am I right that Safari by default uses Google Chrome as its search
engine? Is this okay?
As always, any wisdom appreciated.
As I may have mentioned, I am now the proud owner of a new iPhone 16e.
I am still getting to grips with it but one issue is that some of the contacts are duplicated. I transferred data from my previous Android
phone (using the app). The problem seems to be that I now have two
sources for contacts: my Google account and iCloud. I assume I need
to choose and disable the other. As I now have an iPhone and iPad, my thinking is to use iCloud. However, there are far more contacts in
Google than iCloud. Should I copy all the contacts from Google to
iCloud replacing duplicates then link the device to iCloud (only)? Am
I missing something? Or would I be better to delete the iCloud
contacts and transfer the Google contacts in their entirety?
I am also using the Google calendar (which I must have linked to my
iPad in the past) that results in all the birthdays etc being
duplicated. Is there a benefit in using Apple's calendar for
consistency?
Am I right that Safari by default uses Google Chrome as its search
engine? Is this okay?
As always, any wisdom appreciated.
On 21/07/2025 14:13, Scott wrote:
As I may have mentioned, I am now the proud owner of a new iPhone 16e.
I am still getting to grips with it but one issue is that some of the
contacts are duplicated. I transferred data from my previous Android
phone (using the app). The problem seems to be that I now have two
sources for contacts: my Google account and iCloud. I assume I need
to choose and disable the other. As I now have an iPhone and iPad, my
thinking is to use iCloud. However, there are far more contacts in
Google than iCloud. Should I copy all the contacts from Google to
iCloud replacing duplicates then link the device to iCloud (only)? Am
I missing something? Or would I be better to delete the iCloud
contacts and transfer the Google contacts in their entirety?
I am also using the Google calendar (which I must have linked to my
iPad in the past) that results in all the birthdays etc being
duplicated. Is there a benefit in using Apple's calendar for
consistency?
Am I right that Safari by default uses Google Chrome as its search
engine? Is this okay?
As always, any wisdom appreciated.
Use both? more duplication the better for backup.
In terms of pure megabytes, the amount of storage for these items must
be quite small - and probably not much of an issue on the device
handling both, and searching for contacts.
If you put whatsapp on it, it will hoover up these contacts and you will
yet have another list.
And I'm also on MS Exchange Mail, another list.
And then, there is the lowly little contact list that lived on your SIM >card.
Is that still a thing?
On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 18:50:33 +0100, Adrian Caspersz
<email@here.invalid> wrote:
On 21/07/2025 14:13, Scott wrote:
As I may have mentioned, I am now the proud owner of a new iPhone 16e.
I am still getting to grips with it but one issue is that some of the
contacts are duplicated. I transferred data from my previous Android
phone (using the app). The problem seems to be that I now have two
sources for contacts: my Google account and iCloud. I assume I need
to choose and disable the other. As I now have an iPhone and iPad, my
thinking is to use iCloud. However, there are far more contacts in
Google than iCloud. Should I copy all the contacts from Google to
iCloud replacing duplicates then link the device to iCloud (only)? Am
I missing something? Or would I be better to delete the iCloud
contacts and transfer the Google contacts in their entirety?
I am also using the Google calendar (which I must have linked to my
iPad in the past) that results in all the birthdays etc being
duplicated. Is there a benefit in using Apple's calendar for
consistency?
Am I right that Safari by default uses Google Chrome as its search
engine? Is this okay?
As always, any wisdom appreciated.
Use both? more duplication the better for backup.
In terms of pure megabytes, the amount of storage for these items must
be quite small - and probably not much of an issue on the device
handling both, and searching for contacts.
If you put whatsapp on it, it will hoover up these contacts and you will >>yet have another list.
And I'm also on MS Exchange Mail, another list.
And then, there is the lowly little contact list that lived on your SIM >>card.
Is that still a thing?
If you use both, are you not then at risk of duplicate contacts, which
is the problem I am trying to solve?
As I may have mentioned, I am now the proud owner of a new iPhone 16e.
I am still getting to grips with it but one issue is that some of the contacts are duplicated. I transferred data from my previous Android
phone (using the app). The problem seems to be that I now have two
sources for contacts: my Google account and iCloud. I assume I need
to choose and disable the other. As I now have an iPhone and iPad, my thinking is to use iCloud. However, there are far more contacts in
Google than iCloud. Should I copy all the contacts from Google to
iCloud replacing duplicates then link the device to iCloud (only)? Am
I missing something? Or would I be better to delete the iCloud
contacts and transfer the Google contacts in their entirety?
I am also using the Google calendar (which I must have linked to my
iPad in the past) that results in all the birthdays etc being
duplicated. Is there a benefit in using Apple's calendar for
consistency?
Am I right that Safari by default uses Google Chrome as its search
engine? Is this okay?
As always, any wisdom appreciated.
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> Wrote in message:
On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 18:50:33 +0100, Adrian Caspersz
<email@here.invalid> wrote:
On 21/07/2025 14:13, Scott wrote:
As I may have mentioned, I am now the proud owner of a new iPhone 16e. >>>>
I am still getting to grips with it but one issue is that some of the
contacts are duplicated. I transferred data from my previous Android
phone (using the app). The problem seems to be that I now have two
sources for contacts: my Google account and iCloud. I assume I need
to choose and disable the other. As I now have an iPhone and iPad, my
thinking is to use iCloud. However, there are far more contacts in
Google than iCloud. Should I copy all the contacts from Google to
iCloud replacing duplicates then link the device to iCloud (only)? Am
I missing something? Or would I be better to delete the iCloud
contacts and transfer the Google contacts in their entirety?
I am also using the Google calendar (which I must have linked to my
iPad in the past) that results in all the birthdays etc being
duplicated. Is there a benefit in using Apple's calendar for
consistency?
Am I right that Safari by default uses Google Chrome as its search
engine? Is this okay?
As always, any wisdom appreciated.
Use both? more duplication the better for backup.
In terms of pure megabytes, the amount of storage for these items must >>>be quite small - and probably not much of an issue on the device >>>handling both, and searching for contacts.
If you put whatsapp on it, it will hoover up these contacts and you will >>>yet have another list.
And I'm also on MS Exchange Mail, another list.
And then, there is the lowly little contact list that lived on your SIM >>>card.
Is that still a thing?
If you use both, are you not then at risk of duplicate contacts, which
is the problem I am trying to solve?
Yes. If you wan't to avoid duplication, use one cloud account.
iCloud is reasonable if you have other iStuff. Sync other devices
to that using CardDAV.
Similar for calendar except CalDAV. You can use Google Calendar or
iCloud.
I sync contacts on iPhone, Android tablet (K9 mail), and
Thunderbird on Linux to a single NextCloud account using
CardDAV.
Be aware that you can use Chrome browser on you iPhone (and iPad)
if you prefer. It still uses Apple's Webkit so not fully
Google. I use Firefox, so it syncs with other devices. The main
disadvantage is that some links (eg from Apple Mail, or wallet
additions) open in Safari anyway.