# Outlook on Mac and Mac Contacts-- how to share

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-on-mac-and-mac-contacts-how-to-share/659739>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 30, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-on-mac-and-mac-contacts-how-to-share/659739 "2013-05-30T18:27:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-on-mac-and-mac-contacts-how-to-share/659739/1 "2013-05-30T18:27:08Z")

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I tried googling this, and didn’t get anywhere.

Why does Outlook on my Mac not automatically recognize the contacts I have in my Mac Contacts Application?

And since it doesn’t, how do I import them into Outlook?

I have iOS 10.8.3 and Outlook for Mac 2011.

Thanks in advance for help!

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**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-on-mac-and-mac-contacts-how-to-share/659739/2 "2013-05-31T05:17:30Z")

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Drag _All Contacts_ from Address Book to your desktop. It will create a vCard file. Open Outlook and drag the vCard file (All Contacts.vcf) from your desktop into your Outlook address book.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-on-mac-and-mac-contacts-how-to-share/659739/3 "2013-05-31T13:18:35Z")

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Wow, that worked!

Can I do that in reverse?