Change the iOS Contact Card on Your MacBook Air

When you first configure your MacBook Air, particularly if you already have contacts stored in iCloud, then the iOS operating system will automatically choose your default contact card.

This is the information that it will use to automatically populate certain programs and settings.

But if the default contact card is incorrect, or if you want to change it to some new information, you may find yourself wondering how to set a new default contact card in iOS.

So continue reading below to learn how to make that change and have your default contact card switched to the new information of your choosing.

Setting the Contact Card on Your MacBook Air

My interest in this topic stemmed from an initial problem when I was importing new contacts.

iOS kept pre-filling my information with information from another contact card that I had stored in iCloud.

It wasn’t immediately obvious how to change this setting so after some digging, I found how I needed to go about using a different contact. Simply follow the information below to learn how to make that change on your own MacBook Air.

Step 1: Click the System Preferences icon in the dock at the bottom of your screen.

open system preferences menu

Step 2: Click the Users & Groups option in the System section on the System Preferences window.

open users and groups menu

Step 3: Click the Open button to the right of Contacts Card at the center of the window.

open the contacts card menu

Step 4: Click the contact card from the list of contacts that you want to use as your contact card.

Step 5: Click Card at the top of the window, then click the Make this My Card option.

how to change the contact card on your macbook air

You should now have a silhouette to the right of the contact card that you just selected, and iOS will use the information on that card to pre-fill any information that requires a contact card.

Now that you know how to change the contact card on your MacBook Air, you can ensure that the information associated with your laptop is correct.

If you have been wondering about how to set up and use iCloud on a Windows PC, you should read this article about changing iCloud settings with the iCloud Control Panel.

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