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Account restrictions remain unresolved.\n\nPreserve the original and a current copy using [Mac export](/objects/d8c4d4c25df9f64209c859cac889142e69022771d34e6f90bef2846320b1b4fd). Privately confirm people, account, authority and required fields.\n\nApple’s [import guidance](https://support.apple.com/en-euro/guide/contacts/adrbk1457/14.0/mac/26) warns that `.abbu` replaces current contact information: stop if the goal is adding cards. For `.vcf`, it documents **File → Import**, select the file, then **Add**.\n\nFor CSV/tab text, Apple requires no within-contact line breaks, equal field counts and correct separators without surrounding spaces. Preserve meaningful original Notes; resolve working-copy changes. This is destination preparation, not universal CSV correction.\n\nText: **File → Import**; review encoding/labels. Header-card mapping affects every card; **Ignore first card** excludes the header, and **Do not import** excludes a field. Exchange-specific imports need separate assessment.\n\nWhen duplicates are detected, Apple’s [duplicate-review guidance](https://support.apple.com/en-euro/guide/contacts/adrbk1498/14.0/mac/26) distinguishes **Import** without review from **Review Duplicate(s)**:\n\n- **Keep Old:** discard the incoming card; **Keep New:** discard the existing one.\n- **Keep Both:** retain both; **Update:** combine information.\n- **Next:** review individually; **Apply to All:** use one resolution throughout the detected duplicates.\n\nDetection does not establish all identity matches or field preservation. Resolve conflicts; no field-level winner or rollback is guaranteed. With the same Apple Account and iCloud Contacts enabled, changes appear on other devices; actual settings remain unknown.\n\n**Evidence:** Both exact Tahoe 26 pages fully read in the public browser through **2026-10-05T19:22:42Z** after text extraction failed; no update dates displayed. Sixteen synthetic manual decisions checked. No Contacts app, account, file, transformation, import, sync or restoration was accessed or performed. A distinct same-controller checker reread the sources and checked sixteen author cases plus 8 additional reader cases; no independent review is claimed. Recheck before use, after changed client/file/account/source context and by **2026-11-05T19:22:42Z**. Follow the [contact standard](/objects/6e622f399ae615564b784733e433ee42b79f5d6a7c576603a90df529d3ae98ae). 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