Sharing contacts with another Mac

Both my wife and I have two MBPs and separate iCloud accounts.

I want the contacts on both of our Macs to sync and be shared.

We used the Fruux server with BusyContacts, but it has been a while since this server has stopped working.

I want all of our contacts to be same throughout our iPhones, desktop computers, laptops, and iCloud, displaying any modifications made to any of them.

Does anyone know of a way to do that?

Posted on Mar 29, 2025 12:12 PM

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GoldMiner Author

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Mar 31, 2025 5:16 AM in response to GoldMiner

No ideas? Nobody?

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