TuT 3 Ways to Sync Outlook Contacts to iPhone

Vlen123 · February 15, 2016

Method 1: Sync Outlook Contacts to iPhone with iCloud

Note: please back up your Outlook .pst file first before you start syncing Outlook contacts to iPhone and make sure the iCloud control panel for Windows has been already installed on your computer. otherwise please Download and install iCloud Control Panel to your computer.

Step 1: Run iCloud and sign in your iCloud ID and password.
Step 2: Copy the default Outlook .pst file to iCloud, and set iCloud .pst as your default. Take care of the syncing and updating of changes on your contacts list between your iPhone and Outlook.
Step 3: In iCloud primary window, tick Contacts with Outlook, and then click "Apply".
Step 4: From your iPhone screen, go to Settings > iCloud, sign in your iCloud account. then turn on Contacts to enable syncing contacts with Outlook.

Method 2: Sync Outlook contacts to iPhone through Exchange

This method is only available under the circumstance that your iPhone is connected to your internal corporate network, maybe your company have an Exchange server you can sync Outlook contacts with.

Step 1: Set up your Outlook account by using Exchange.
Step 2: On your iPhone screen, head to "Settings" > "Mail, Contacts, Calendars". ( Note: If this is your first time to have setup items in this area, simple select “Exchange“, otherwise, please select “Add Account” > “Exchange“.
Step 3: Fill in your email, user name and password and click "Next“.
Step 4: Now, your iPhone will contact the Exchange Server and you need to enter the address of the server.
Step 5: Select information you want to sync with your Outlook account from options "Emails", "Contacts", "Calendars", "Notes".

Method 2: Sync iPhone Contacts to Outlook with Syncios Free iPhone Manager

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to the computer and run this Syncios Free iPhone Manager.

Step 2. Export iPhone contacts to Outlook.

Click Information tab on the left panel of Syncios iPhone Manager , press Contacts icon, all contacts on your iPhone will be listed in the main window, choose the contacts you need and press Backup option. Simply select " to Outlook 2003/07/10/13".

Now, you could sync your iPhone contacts to Outlook successfully.

Updated February 15, 2016 by Vlen123

tchkng · February 15, 2016

Method 4: For those who want to sync everything: contacts, calendar, reminders and notes -- use AkrutoSync (akruto.com). When Apple iOS 9 broke notes sync for good, I had to look for another way to do it. Besides, I had enough of iTunes sync not working. I didn't want to use iCloud since I prefer to keep my information on my computer. Came across Akruto and works great.