Export Mac Contacts to Numbers
Apple suggests dragging contacts onto a Numbers sheet – but for large address books it often crashes or quietly drops fields. Exporter for Contacts 2 is the reliable alternative: export your Mac contacts to an Excel file that Numbers opens directly, with exactly the columns you choose. No subscription, everything stays on your Mac.
How to export Mac contacts to Numbers
- Open Exporter for Contacts 2 and select accounts, groups or individual contacts.
- Choose the fields you want with the Simple Field Chooser or the Custom Export Layout Editor.
- Export as Excel – Numbers opens .xlsx files out of the box.
- Double-click the file to open it in Numbers.
A fix for the drag-and-drop that fails
No more partial results or crashes on big address books. The whole selection exports in one pass, so every contact actually makes it into the sheet.
Keeps the fields drag-and-drop loses
URLs with multiple values, labels and other details that vanish when you drag contacts into Numbers are all preserved – you decide which columns appear.
Opens directly in Numbers
The Excel export opens straight in Numbers (and in Excel or FileMaker), with no fiddly CSV import and none of the usual encoding or date headaches.
What users say
"This worked where Apple didn't. Apple claims you can drag-n-drop your contacts onto a Numbers spreadsheet … it keeps crashing if I do my whole address book. But with Exporter, in a single click all of my contacts exported as a CSV."
"I tried dragging my Apple contacts to a Numbers spreadsheet but they would all not come over … Worked like a charm, saved me hours."
Free to try with an unlimited number of contacts – one-time purchase, no subscription.
Frequently asked questions
Why doesn't drag-and-drop into Numbers work for me?
Apple's drag-to-Numbers method often crashes on large address books and drops fields. Exporter for Contacts 2 exports everything reliably in one pass.
How do I open the export in Numbers?
Export as Excel; Numbers opens .xlsx files directly, so you just double-click the file.
Does my data stay private?
Yes. All conversion happens locally on your Mac; nothing is uploaded.