How to transfer contacts and calendar from Nokia Lumia 530 to Mac OS X

Transfer contacts and calendar from your Nokia Lumia 530 to the cloud server

We used PhoneCopy.com service for this guideline. Using it, your can backup your contacts from your Nokia Lumia 530 easily. The whole backup, including the settings, can be done in several minutes.

This guideline also works for similar devices like Nokia Lumia 526, Nokia Lumia 535, Nokia Lumia 720T, Nokia Lumia 735, Nokia Lumia 830, Nokia Lumia 920T, Nokia Lumia Icon.

Download the PhoneCopy application from windowsphone.com. If you do not have a PhoneCopy account yet, press "Register new account" and create it by filling in "Registration" and then press "Sign up".

If you already have a PhoneCopy account, fill in your username and password. To export your contacts, press "Export to PhoneCopy.com". If you want to upload your merged contacts back to the same Windows Phone 8.1, it is necessary to delete all contacts there first.

And now it's time to transfer data to your Mac OS X

Download PhoneCopy for Mac to your Mac, which you can download free of charge. After downloading and installation press Synchronize and select Sign In (use existing account).

Fill in your username and password. Press Synchronize".

Select synchronization direction. Press Server -> this device.

Contacts from PhoneCopy.com server will be copied to your device in few seconds.

Now you can easily edit your contacts and other resources online in your PhoneCopy profile. You have access to your contact even if you forget your phone at home.

Some additional tips:

You can easily remove duplicate items among your contact list or SMS messages. Just go to the Contacts (or SMS) section and choose More Actions -> Search for duplicates. Detailed wizard will help you to solve this kind of problem easily.