Any way to change location for new contact item?

thecomputerguy

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I have a client using Office 365 with an Exchange account but still prefers to use her iCloud account for contacts/calendar. I've tried to get her to export that data into her main exchange account and she doesn't want to do that yet.

The issue is when she wants to add a new contact by default it will add it into her exchange contacts, which I believe is normal behavior. She can only get the contact into her iCloud by copy/pasting the items or going through a few more clicks by using the 'save to other folder' option.

Is there a way she can just create a new item from scratch or from adding a contact from an email and have it dump directly into iCloud her iCloud calendar?

When you try to change the default data file in account settings you get an error saying that you use a 97-02 data file if you have an exchange account configured.

I guess ultimately the best option is to export the data and have her use the main exchange calendar/contact list.
 
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What platform and applications is she using? Windows and Outlook, Mac and built in apps? iPhone? Android? Web interface?
 
On the iPhone you can set the default Contacts in Settings. Better yet, on the iPhone do not turn on Contacts for the Exchange account. Only account on the iPhone that can sync contacts should be iCloud.

But on Outlook and Windows? It's a kludge. You'd need to use the iCloud for Windows software. Not sure how that would play with Exchange or how you'd make it default.
 
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