Teams People on MAC OS Tahoe does not show all my contacts

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Teams People on MAC OS Tahoe does not show all my contacts

Malcolm Kenward 0

My contacts are in my MAC OS contacts.

When installing MS Teams and trying to select People to join a team, many contacts are missing and some are duplicated.

How do I set-up teams to use my MAC OS contacts?

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Hendrix-C 19,985 Microsoft External Staff Moderator

Hi @Malcolm Kenward,

For your concern, may I confirm that when you mentioned "my MAC OS contacts", do you refer to built-in Apple Contacts app in MacOS? If that's the case, unfortunately, Teams desktop app mainly uses People app and Teams/organization directory contact, and Teams for Mac does not directly support MacOS Contacts as its contact source.

If your goal is to import Apple Contacts into Teams, I suggest you should try importing them into Outlook first since Outlook does support bulk import through CSV file while Teams/Teams People doesn't. After that, you can check whether the contacts appear in Teams search/People for that same mailbox:

Go to Contacts app on your Mac > Select the contacts you want to export
Go to the Numbers app > open a new spreadsheet > drag the selected contacts into the Numbers spreadsheet
Choose File > Export to > CSV file
After that, go to Outlook > People > Import > drag the CSV file there

Please understand that my initial response does not always resolve the issue immediately. However, you can try these steps and let me know if it works. If not, please let me know and we can work together to find the best possible way for your case.

If you have any questions or need further assistance, please feel free to share them in the comments on this post so I can continue to support you.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. I'm looking forward to your reply.

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Hendrix-C 19,985 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-06-22T22:57:01.4766667+00:00

Good day @Malcolm Kenward,

Hope things are running smoothly on your end.

Following up on the support thread we've been working on. If you need assistance with anything else, kindly respond to this post, and I will be happy to help.

I want to make sure everything is working as expected and that your experience remains uninterrupted.

Thank you for your patience and understanding throughout the troubleshooting process.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Malcolm Kenward 0 Reputation points

2026-06-23T10:14:15.82+00:00

Before reinstalling Teams desktop, I'll try out your advice in Teams on MS Edge. I stopped using Outlook once I moved to a MAC (when my MS Surface Pro got trashed after a couple of updates snd attempts to recover failed - I've yet to try a reinstall of W11 to fix it). I guess I'll need to delete all MS Outlook contacts as these are probably what's appearing in MS Teams.
Hendrix-C 19,985 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-06-23T21:06:00.2366667+00:00

Hi @Malcolm Kenward,

Greatly appreciate your update.

You can give it a try and let me know if the issue is resolved. If it still persists, please don't hesitate to reach out again and I will be happy to assist you further.

Wishing you a wonderful day ahead.