Exporter for Contacts 2
Exporter for Contacts 2
For Mac
The premier Mac app to export your Address Book contacts to CSV, Excel and Outlook.
2.5.2 (2025-11-15)
 · 
macOS 12 Monterey or newer
 · 
  4.8

Export Mac Contacts to CSV

Apple's Contacts app can only hand you vCards – Exporter for Contacts 2 turns your Mac Address Book into a proper CSV file instead. Choose the exact fields you want, export entire accounts or single groups, and open the result in Excel, Numbers, Google Sheets or any CRM. No subscription, everything stays on your Mac.

How to export Mac contacts to CSV

  1. Open Exporter for Contacts 2 and select the accounts, groups or individual contacts you want.
  2. Pick the fields to include with the Simple Field Chooser – or the Custom Export Layout Editor for full control.
  3. Choose CSV as the export format and adjust delimiter and encoding if needed.
  4. Save the file – ready to open in Excel, Numbers, Google Sheets and more.

Choose exactly which fields land in your CSV

Export only the columns you actually need. Multi-value fields like several phone numbers or e-mail addresses can be split by label or combined into a single cell, and you decide the column order.

Built for hundreds and thousands of contacts

Whether you have 50 contacts or 15,000, the export runs in one pass. There's no per-contact fiddling and no row limit to worry about.

Your data never leaves your Mac

All conversion happens locally. Unlike online converters, Exporter for Contacts 2 collects no data, so your address book stays private.

What users say

"Finally a seriously good solution for generating CSV or Excel files right out of your Mac's contact app! It's shocking Apple doesn't offer this natively."

"I got my single column of email addresses within a minute. I have 5000 contacts, it handled it no problem."

Get Exporter for Contacts 2 on the Mac App Store

Free to try with an unlimited number of contacts – one-time purchase, no subscription.

Frequently asked questions

Can macOS export contacts to CSV on its own?

No. Apple Contacts only exports vCards. Exporter for Contacts 2 reads your contacts and writes a real CSV file with the fields you choose.

Can I choose which fields go into the CSV?

Yes. Use the Simple Field Chooser for quick exports or the Custom Export Layout Editor to define exactly which fields and columns are written.

Does my data stay private?

Yes. All conversion happens locally on your Mac; nothing is uploaded.

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