Contacts Sync - Random Effects

[Gene1]

In syncing, I'm finding some contacts duplicated ... in whole or in part - on both my computer & iPhone.
Not yet seeing any pattern or controllable reason for this behavior.
How to correct?

(nb, this is post #1 for me, very new to CL/DJO, liking them ... and trying to learn how to properly control them so I can stick with Outlook.
Thanks for your patience!)

[DejaKevin]

In syncing, I'm finding some contacts duplicated ... in whole or in part - on both my computer & iPhone.
Not yet seeing any pattern or controllable reason for this behavior.
How to correct?

Hi Gene,

Welcome to the forums. Duplicates are relatively common and occur as a result of additional sync services running on your device. On an iPhone, iCloud is the most likely culprit. Navigate to Apple Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > iCloud, and then disable the toggle switch for contacts. Repeat this action for the other accounts on your device (Google, Facebook, Skype, etc).

[Gene1]

Hi Kevin --
I (think!) I've done that - they were all off except for Passbook, which I switched off - I don't knowingly use iCloud.
Will watch/gene --

[Gene1]

All Apple Settings/iCloud options are now switched "Off" (as I noted, only Passbook) was "on".
For testing, I manually cleaned the "A" and "B" folks in my Outlook Contacts and have re-sync'd a few times.
What I noticed is that the record for a personal friend has been deleted from both the DJO and Outlook without my authorization, and I found a few duplicates (which could be my inattention).
Will continue detailed testing ... and try to recover my friend's info.
Any testing suggestions will be welcome - I do not yet hypothesize a pattern.
I'll get to curiosities in the Calendaring transfers when I get a handle on Contacts :-)

[Gene1]

I updated my signature block - forgot to save it. So this entry is simply to let you see that.
thanks