How To Find Out When A Contact Was Changed On Iphone

How iCloud keeps information up to date across all your devices

With iCloud, you tin can shop files and data in the cloud then y'all tin admission them on all your devices. You lot encounter the same information everywhere.

For each device, you lot can choose which apps use iCloud (like Contacts, Mail, Reminders, or Keynote) and which iCloud features are turned on (like iCloud Photos, iCloud Drive, or iCloud Backup), and you can alter those settings at whatever time. Run across Set up iCloud on all your devices and Apps and features that use iCloud.

Shop data in iCloud and access it everywhere

If yous plough on iCloud for an app or characteristic, yous shop information in the cloud instead of locally on your device. Because it'southward stored in iCloud, you tin admission it anywhere y'all're signed in with your Apple tree ID. To come across the same data on each device, just sign in with the same Apple tree ID.

For example, if you lot sign in to your iPhone with your Apple ID and plow on Contacts in iCloud settings, the contacts you create in the Contacts app on your iPhone are stored in the cloud.

If you besides sign in to your Mac with your Apple ID and turn on Contacts in iCloud settings, yous encounter those iCloud contacts in the Contacts app on your Mac.

Because your information is stored in the deject, if you lot make a change in i identify, y'all see it everywhere. So if you add a new contact or modify a contact's e-mail accost on your iPhone, those changes are saved in iCloud. The next time your Mac goes online, you can encounter the updated contacts in the Contacts app on your Mac.

For some apps and features, you can utilise iCloud to share and interact. The content you lot share stays up to date for everyone. See Use iCloud to share and collaborate.

If you take a device without iCloud turned on

If you lot take a device that's not signed in with your Apple ID or that has iCloud turned off for an app or feature, you lot don't meet information stored in iCloud on your device.

For example, if you don't turn on iCloud for Contacts on your iPad, you don't see your contacts stored in iCloud in the Contacts app on your iPad. You only see the contacts yous create on your iPad.

If you don't want to turn on iCloud for an app or feature on your device, yous can access some information stored in iCloud from a web browser. See Sign in and utilize iCloud.com.

If yous turn off iCloud for an app or feature on a device

If you plow off iCloud for an app or feature on a device, information on that device is no longer kept up to engagement with your other devices. Even so, you tin can still see upward-to-appointment data on iCloud.com and on your devices that have iCloud turned on for the app or feature.

Depending on the app or characteristic, when y'all turn off iCloud, yous may be asked if you lot want to save a re-create of the data on your device. You can always make a copy of the information yourself before turning off iCloud. See the Apple Back up article Archive or make copies of the information yous shop in iCloud.

For example, if you make up one's mind to plough off iCloud for Contacts on your iPhone, you can do one of the following:

Make a copy of your iCloud contacts on your iPhone: Y'all see copies of your contacts in the Contacts app, but they won't exist kept up to engagement with your other devices. If you update a phone number on your iPhone, information technology only changes on your iPhone. And if you update an electronic mail accost on some other device with iCloud turned on, you lot come across the updated email address on iCloud.com and any other device that has iCloud turned on, but you don't meet the update on your iPhone.
Delete all iCloud contacts from your iPhone: All your iCloud contacts are removed from your iPhone. Yet, you can nonetheless access them on iCloud.com and on whatever device that has iCloud turned on for the Contacts app.

To learn about what happens when you sign out of a device, see the Apple Back up article Sign out of iCloud on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple Tv, or Mac.