


There are programs or devices that do not accept multi-contact vCard files, or only read the first contact.
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How to split or merge VCF format Splitting one multi-contact.
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VCF contacts imported to Mac OS X Contacts (Address Book). That happens when an entry is invalid, missing some key data, or not valid for the importing purposes. If some entries were corrupted or could not be imported, you will see "there were problems importing." message as you can see on the screenshot below. Compared to Windows, Mac OS X has no trouble with multi-contact VCF files. When you double click on a vCard file in Finder, you will be asked whenever you want to add contacts to your Contacts (Address Book). Much like Windows Contacts, Outlook is unable to properly import VCF file that contains multiple vCards. vcf file opens Outlook and imports the contact directly to your contacts. If you have Microsoft Outlook installed (part of Microsoft Office suite), the VCF format is automatically associated with the program. That's why most programs for Windows that deal with contacts, usually export your contacts into multiple. When you open one such file, all of the contacts will be launched one by one after each, so if you are unlucky and open one with 200+ entries you would have to press two hundred times on cancel button. Double-clicking on a vCard file open a properties windows that lets users view the card with option to add it.Įven in Windows 10 and 8, there are still problems when opening multi-contacts vCard, much like they were in previous versions. In Windows operating system, vcf file extension is associated by default with Windows Contacts program. How to open VCF format Opening vCards in Windows If you are interested, you can find more information about vCard formats on its Wikipedia Entry.

The later versions 3.0 and 4.0 contain more data and support more features. There are several versions of this format, with the most common and simple being the version 2.1. You can view it with any text editor (such as Windows Notepad) and read the information yourself. VCF format is basically a specially formatted text file.
