If you want to transfer contacts from iPad to Mac for backup when you decide to update the system of your iPad, you may want to know how to realize your goal. In fact, there are many ways which can assist you to export contacts from iPad to Mac. If you want to know how to sync contacts from iPad to Mac, you can check out this guidance to help you. There I will tell you three simple methods to solve the problem.

Part 1: Transfer Contacts from iPad to Mac via Sync Before OS X v10.8.5

As for how to sync contacts from iPad to Mac, if your Mac system is before OS X v10.8.5, you can use iTunes to export contacts from iPad to Mac. This method is so easy to handle. If you want to have a try, please check out the following steps.

1. Download and launch iTunes on Mac. Plug your iPad into Mac with a USB cable and run iTunes if it has not popped out automatically.

2. Click the iPad icon and then tap “Settings > Info”.

3. Put a checkmark beside “Sync Contacts” and select the contacts that you want to sync.
Note: If you have enabled iCloud contacts on your iPad, the interface in iTunes will show you a paragraph telling you that the contacts have been synced to iCloud.

4. Click on “Apply”. Your contacts on iPad will soon be synced to iTunes on Mac.

Click on Apply

To transfer contacts from iPad to Mac via the sync function of iTunes is easy. If you want to view and edit your iPad contacts on Mac by exporting the contacts in vCard files, you can continue to read the following two methods to help you to transfer contacts from iPad to Mac

Part 2: Export Contacts from iPad to Mac via iCloud.com After OS X v10.8.5

If your Mac system is after OS X v10.8.5, you can take advantage of iCloud.com to help you to export contacts from iPad to Mac. First you need to sync the iPad contacts to iCloud, and then you need to export the synced contacts to Mac. Let’s check out the detailed introductions.

Step 1: Sync Contacts from iPad to iCloud

1. Connect your iPad to a Wi-Fi network, and then navigate to “Settings” app and then type in your “Name/Apple ID”.

2. Tap “iCloud”, and then enable “Contacts” by clicking on this panel. The iPad contacts will be synced to iCloud.

enable Contacts

Step 2: Export iPad Contacts to Mac from iCloud.com

After you have synced your iPad contacts to iCloud, you can export them to vCard on Mac for your to edit and view.

1. On Mac computer, open a browser and log into your iCloud account on iCloud.com. You need to use the same Apple ID and password as you used on your iPad.

log into your iCloud account

2. Click on “Contacts” to check all iPad contacts that have been synced to iCloud.

check all iPad contacts

3. Go back to the main interface of iCloud.com and click on the little clog (Settings) icon on the bottom left. Click on “Select All” to choose all iPad contacts. Then you need to click on “Settings” icon again to tap “Export vCard”. In the pop-up panel, it will direct you to save the contacts, then you need to save the .vcf file to a folder on Mac.

choose all iPad contacts

After that, you can successfully solve how to sync contacts from iPad to Mac. You can use this solution with no difficulty at all. Now your iPad contacts on Mac can be edited and viewed more conveniently. If you want to transfer contacts from iPad to Mac with a third-party program, I will recommend you a professional one in the third part. Continue to read this guidance if you want to know how to sync contacts from iPad to Mac with it.

Part 3: Transfer Contacts from iPad to Mac with Leawo iTransfer for Mac

Apart from iTunes and iCloud.com, I would like to recommend you take advantage of Leawo iTransfer for Mac to help you to export contacts from iPad to Mac. If your Mac system is OS X 10.6 and later, you can use this tool to solve the problem. This tool enables users to transfer files among iDevices, iTunes and computers, which can help users with 12 kinds of files transfer without iTunes. The following guidance will show you how to sync contacts from iPad to Mac with Leawo iTransfer for Mac.

iTransfer

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1. Launch Leawo iTransfer and Connect iPad to Mac

Run Leawo iTransfer and connect iPad to Mac with the USB cable. When the tool has detected your iPad, your iPad libraries will show in the left side of the interface.

Launch Leawo iTransfer and Connect iPad to Mac

2. Tap “Contacts” Library

Navigate to “iPad > LIBRARY” and select “Contacts” to click on. The contacts on your iPad will show in the right side of the interface.

Tap Contacts Library

3. Choose Contacts and Export

Tick the contacts that you want to export to Mac, and tap the “Export” button. In the pop-up window, you need to name the exported contacts file. Choose a folder on your Mac to save them and select “*.contacts” as the file type. Then click on “Save”. The program will begin to transfer contacts from iPad to Mac. When the process is over, you can get your contacts on your Mac folder.

Choose Contacts and Export

As mentioned above, you can use Leawo iTransfer to export contacts from iPad to Mac directly with a few clicks. Moreover, if you encounter other transfer problems, you can also take advantage of this tool. You can now download and install this fantastic program to help you.