Step 2: The first thing you need to do is enter your account details for your Google account and your Mac iCloud account. Or search for “Contacts Sync for Google Gmail” on the Mac App Store:
Step 1: Download the app from the Apple Store here: Gmail and iCloud are synched in the cloud by ‘Contacts Sync for Google Gmail.’ Then Gmail synchronises with your Android phone while iCloud syncs with your desktop computer (and iOS devices), which means everything is kept in sync. Once Gmail (on the web) and iCloud (on the web) are in sync it flows down to everything else (your phone and computer) automatically. The synchronisation is being done ‘in the cloud’. Note that this is not syncing your Apple computer directly with your Android phone. ‘Contacts Sync for Google Gmail’ synchronises your contacts between Gmail and iCloud. ‘Contacts Sync for Google Gmail’ connects these 2 worlds of iCloud and Gmail together. The problem is that Apple and Google are sworn enemies so iCloud will never play nicely with Gmail. I’d like to be able to send out bulk emails or a group SMS message to these people from my Android phone. I find this app really handy because I have a stack of groups that I have created in my Apple Contacts. replace your iCloud contacts with your Google ones) or both way.
This means that any contacts or groups you create in Gmail or on an Android device are available on your iPhone and OSX and iCloud, and vice versa. It synchronises your Apple Contacts (from iCloud) with your Google contacts. I just wanted to make a quick note that it’s 3 years since I wrote this article and this is still the best sync utility for OSX and Google contacts.
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