# Business Card to Contact — Scan a business card into Contacts on Mac

Turn a photo or scan of a business card into a contact card for Contacts. Part of OneMacTools, 151 private tools in one native Mac app (macOS 26 or later); category: On-device AI. Runs on your Mac; nothing is uploaded.

Photograph a card or scan it with your iPhone. OneMacTools reads it on your Mac, finds the name, job title, company, email, phone, website and address, and saves a contact card (.vcf). Double-click it to add it to Contacts. With Apple Intelligence it tells names from company names even more reliably.

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## How to use it
1. **Add the cards.** Drop photos or scans of business cards, one card per image or PDF. Or click Scan with iPhone… to photograph a card with your iPhone.
2. **Choose the files.** In the right-hand panel, decide whether each card gets its own contact file or they all go in one.
3. **Click Make Contact.** Each card is read on your Mac. Emails, phone numbers, websites and the address are found by the data detection built into macOS, and Apple Intelligence picks out the name, job title and company.
4. **Add to Contacts.** Contact cards (.vcf) are saved in a new dated folder in Downloads › OneMacTools. Double-click one to add it to Contacts.

## Options
- **Put all cards in one file:** Off by default, so each card gets its own .vcf, named after the person. Turn it on to get a single Contacts.vcf holding every card, which adds them all to Contacts in one go.

## Tips
- Photograph cards flat, filling the frame, in even light. Tilt glossy cards slightly to avoid glare across the text.
- For a two-sided card, put the front and back in one two-page PDF. The first two pages of a PDF are read as one card.
- Keep one card per photo. Several cards in one picture end up muddled into a single contact.
- Check the new contact in Contacts and fix anything that was misread, especially the spelling of names.
- The whole address goes into the street field. Split it into city and postcode in Contacts if you need to.

## Questions
**How do I scan a business card into Contacts on a Mac?**
Drop a photo of the card onto Business Card to Contact and click Make Contact. Double-click the .vcf it saves, and Contacts adds the person.

**Can I scan a business card with my iPhone?**
Yes. Click Scan with iPhone…, choose your iPhone and photograph the card. The picture comes straight into the tool.

**Can I add a stack of cards at once?**
Yes. Drop all the photos in, one card per photo. Turn on Put all cards in one file to import them all into Contacts with a single double-click.

**What details does it pick up?**
The name, job title, company, email addresses, phone numbers, websites and postal address, when they're printed on the card.

**Why is the name or company wrong?**
Unusual layouts, logos made of text or stylised fonts can confuse it. Edit the contact in Contacts; with Apple Intelligence on, names and company names are told apart more reliably.

**Does it read both sides of a card?**
Yes, if both sides are in one two-page PDF. Separate photos of the front and back are treated as two cards.

**How do I import a .vcf file into Contacts?**
Double-click it, or open Contacts and choose File › Import, then pick the .vcf file.