Contacts

To view contacts on your iPod or iOS based device, click "Contacts" in the TouchCopy category list.

TouchCopy contains an iPod Contacts manager that allows you to Add, Copy, View, Modify and Delete Contacts that are viewable directly on your iPod. TouchCopy provides a complete Contact Manager solution for standard click-wheel iPods.

For iOS devices, TouchCopy enables you to save your contacts from your device to your PC or Mac. On the PC you can copy contacts directly to your Windows Contacts or Microsoft Outlook. The instructions below also provide details on how to transfer contacts copied by TouchCopy to another iOS device.

Copying your iPod and iOS device Contacts (Exporting vCards)

In TouchCopy, press the Contacts button in the top control panel. This will display the contacts stored on your device.

TouchCopy has the ability to export your contact information of your iPod or iOS device into vCard format so that you can put your contacts into other programs. vCards are files that contain contact information about a person or company that can be understood by just about any Address Book or E-Mail program available. For example, vCards can be generated or imported into Windows Address Book, Outlook Express, Yahoo address book etc.

To copy your device contacts, select one or more contacts from the list of contacts in TouchCopy and click the "Copy as vCard" button. To select all your iPod Contacts, use the Ctrl+A key combination. Then simply select the folder you want to save your vCards into. TouchCopy enables you to create a separate Contacts folder to save your contacts to.

Importing saved vCards to another iOS device

Once you copied your contacts as vCards using TouchCopy, you can use your email or your address book program to import these vCards. If you are using Microsoft Outlook, open the folder where your contacts were copied and select them all using the Ctrl+A key combination, and drag and drop them to Contacts in Outlook. Outlook will open each contact and then click on Save and Close button to save each contact to your Outlook Contacts.

You can then use iTunes to sync Contacts you imported to Outlook or another address book program to another iOS device. Connect your other iOS device to your computer, open iTunes and chose your device under DEVICES in iTunes. Click on the Info tab in iTunes and check "Sync Contacts", chose your address book program and click on the "Sync" button.

Copying Contacts to Windows Contacts

This functionality is only available for Windows 7 and Windows Vista.

To copy contacts directly to your Contacts folder in Windows 7 or Windows Vista, select the contacts required and click, "Copy to Window Contacts". TouchCopy will export the selected contacts to your Windows Contacts.

Copying Contacts to Microsoft Outlook

To copy contacts directly to your Microsoft Outlook contacts manager, select the required and click, "Copy to Outlook".

Using the Contact manager (click-wheel iPods only)

In TouchCopy, press the Contacts button in the top control panel.
This will display the Contact Manager. To return to the music listings, press the Contacts button again or press the "Back To Music" button. You can toggle between the music listings and viewing contacts by pressing the Contacts button - even while copying or playing music.

The iPod Contact manager includes a control bar :-
( PC Version only )

For iOS based devices the control bar will only display "Copy as vCard" button in TouchCopy.

Adding Contacts

When you click the Add button you are able to enter a new contact to your iPod by directly entering the details of that contact. When you're done entering in your new details click "Done" and the new contact is added to the list.

Deleting Contacts

Select one or more contacts from the list of contacts and hit delete to remove those contacts from your iPod.

Contacts that have been put on your iPod by programs other than TouchCopy cannot be deleted by TouchCopy. Such contacts are flagged with the contact locked icon -

Exporting vCards

TouchCopy has the ability to export your contact information of your iPod into vCard format so that you can put your contacts into other programs. To do this, select one or more contacts from the list of contacts in Contact Manager and click the "Export vCard" button. To select all your iPod Contacts, use the Ctrl+A key combination. Then simply select the folder you want to save your vCards into.

Importing vCards to your iPod

Adding contacts on your iPod is only available in the PC version of TouchCopy.

Also, You can add a contact to your iPod using TouchCopy by importing a vCard file into the iPod Contact Manager. Click the "Import vCard" button and selecting the file, or files, you need to import.

vCards can also be imported into TouchCopy by drag and dropping vCard files onto the Contact list within Contact Manager.

Editing Contacts On Your iPod

Editing contacts on your iPod is only available in the PC version of TouchCopy.

You can edit the details of any Contact added or imported to your iPod using TouchCopy by selecting that note from the contact list and clicking the "Edit" button. This function can only be performed on one contact at a time.

Contacts that have been put on your iPod by programs other than TouchCopy cannot be edited by TouchCopy. Such contacts are flagged with the contact locked icon -

Viewing Contacts On Your iPod

To view contacts on a click wheel iPod select Extras from your main iPod menu, then select Contacts. Your click wheel iPod will need to be disconnected from your computer before you can access the main iPod menu.

 

 

 

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