Chapter 7

Organizing Contacts

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Add, share, and delete contacts

Bullet Sync Contacts with iCloud

Bullet Assign a photo to a contact

Bullet Add social media information

Bullet Customize contacts profiles

Bullet Search for a contact

Bullet View a contact’s location in Maps

Contacts is the iPhone equivalent of the dog-eared address book that used to sit by your phone. The Contacts app is simple to set up and use, and it has some powerful features beyond simply storing names, addresses, and phone numbers.

For example, you can pinpoint a contact’s address in iPhone’s Maps app. You can use your contacts to address email and Facebook messages and Twitter tweets quickly. If you store a contact record that includes a website, you can use a link in Contacts to view that website instantly. In addition, of course, you can ...

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