Importer for Contacts 4+

Convert CSV + Excel to vCards

Stefan Keller

    • 4.8 • 332 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Importer for Contacts is a powerful Mac application capable of converting Excel files and CSV files to vCards. The application can also restore address book groups from vCards and import contacts directly into Apple Contacts.

Unless unlocked with an In-App Purchase, Importer for Contacts allows the import of 10 records to give you a chance to check if the app does fit your needs.

FEATURES

- Imports Excel files (.xlsx)
- Imports CSV files that Apple Contacts refuses to open
- Imports vCards with automatic list/group restoration (if the vCards contain that information)
- Maps fields automatically and remembers field mappings for future imports.
- Lets you also save field mappings as separate import setups to make repeated imports easier
- Supports custom labels (lets you also create one on-the-fly)
- Can perform automatic list/group assignment. Lists/groups that do not already exist will be created. In your import file, simply add a column with a comma-separated list of list/group names that the contact should be a member of.
- Supports line breaks in CSV and tab-delimited text file fields (street addresses, notes, etc.) if the file is properly formatted
- Fields not supported by Contacts can be added to the "Note" field
- Provides a powerful feature to extract comma- or new-line separated labelled value lists from an import field. For example, if your import file contains a field with several phone numbers in the form "work: (123) 456-789, home: (987) 654-321", map this to the "Phone" contact field and choose "Extract from field" from the "Label" popup menu. Importer for Contacts will then split the text into separate values, assigning the provided label to each of them accordingly.
- Comes with an interactive preview to make it easier to determine the character encoding of the import file – helpful if you don't know which encoding was used or if you have no idea what a character encoding is.

Importer for Contacts is a native MacOS application and supports all fields of a Mac/iOS Address Book contact, including custom labels. It is a must for anyone who regularly needs to import data into Apple Contacts. If you want to *export* data from Apple Contacts to different formats (so the opposite way), have a look at Exporter for Contacts from the same developer.

For questions, suggestions, and bug reports please contact the author. Please don't use the review system of the App Store to ask questions.

What’s New

Version 1.7.6

In addition to the existing option to detect existing duplicate contacts, you can now also have imported duplicate contacts added to a group called ‘NEW DUPLICATES’ so that you can simply delete them manually after a successful import if you prefer to keep the old duplicates.

Ratings and Reviews

4.8 out of 5
332 Ratings

332 Ratings

Slam025 ,

Most in-depth / easiest to use contact app out there

A few months ago my boss lost all of her contacts on her phone. I was tasked with with finding a way to take all of her contacts from a software she uses, and then import them into her contacts with almost every field filled. I tried so many different apps and none of them would import ALL the info she had on these contacts. I tried this one and it was doing much better than the rest, but still wasn’t exactly what I needed. I emailed the developer, and it turned out they had been working on a beta that did EXACTLY what I needed. They ended up emailing me that software and minus a few bugs (it was still a beta), it did everything! The beta that I used I believe is a past version now, but it saved me from entering in about 15 fields for each contact with about 6,500 contacts on a phone. This app will do EVERYTHING you need.

A_Conley ,

Excellent app, worth it to convert Contact Files!

I made the mistake of not making my iCloud account the 'default' place to store contacts so for years I was storing contact with other internet account. It was beginning to get frustrating and I wanted all my contacts in one place, preferably my iCloud account! This fixed me right up!!!

Neo442 ,

The only contact conversion app you need

Got this to convert excel sheets to vcf groups. Worked like a charm! Once you import the first sheet and rearrange the categories, it remembers what you used, so if the spreadsheets are all the same, you click a few buttons, and all your groups are done! Well worth the few dollars spent!

App Privacy

The developer, Stefan Keller, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.

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