diff --git a/routes/contacts_routes.py b/routes/contacts_routes.py
index e045a3a..409184f 100644
--- a/routes/contacts_routes.py
+++ b/routes/contacts_routes.py
@@ -130,21 +130,28 @@ def _parse_vcards(text: str) -> List[Dict]:
         contact = {"name": "", "emails": [], "phones": [], "uid": ""}
         for line in block.split("\n"):
             line = line.strip()
-            if line.startswith("FN:") or line.startswith("FN;"):
-                contact["name"] = _vunesc(line.split(":", 1)[1]) if ":" in line else ""
-            elif line.startswith("EMAIL"):
+            # Strip an optional RFC 6350 group prefix (e.g. "item1.EMAIL;...")
+            # that Apple Contacts / iCloud / many CardDAV servers emit by
+            # default — without this the property-name checks below miss those
+            # lines and silently drop the email / phone. The group token only
+            # precedes the property name, so it is safe to strip for matching
+            # and value extraction, and a no-op for non-grouped lines.
+            name_part = re.sub(r"^[A-Za-z0-9-]+\.", "", line, count=1)
+            if name_part.startswith("FN:") or name_part.startswith("FN;"):
+                contact["name"] = _vunesc(name_part.split(":", 1)[1]) if ":" in name_part else ""
+            elif name_part.startswith("EMAIL"):
                 # Handle EMAIL:foo@bar OR EMAIL;TYPE=...:foo@bar OR EMAIL;PREF=1:foo@bar
-                if ":" in line:
-                    email_addr = _vunesc(line.split(":", 1)[1])
+                if ":" in name_part:
+                    email_addr = _vunesc(name_part.split(":", 1)[1])
                     if email_addr and email_addr not in contact["emails"]:
                         contact["emails"].append(email_addr)
-            elif line.startswith("TEL"):
-                if ":" in line:
-                    phone = _vunesc(line.split(":", 1)[1])
+            elif name_part.startswith("TEL"):
+                if ":" in name_part:
+                    phone = _vunesc(name_part.split(":", 1)[1])
                     if phone and phone not in contact["phones"]:
                         contact["phones"].append(phone)
-            elif line.startswith("UID:"):
-                contact["uid"] = _vunesc(line[4:])
+            elif name_part.startswith("UID:"):
+                contact["uid"] = _vunesc(name_part[4:])
         if contact["name"] or contact["emails"]:
             contacts.append(contact)
     return contacts
diff --git a/tests/test_contacts_vcard_parse.py b/tests/test_contacts_vcard_parse.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32140cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_contacts_vcard_parse.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+"""Regression: _parse_vcards must read Apple/iCloud item-grouped properties.
+
+RFC 6350 property groups (the default emitted by Apple Contacts.app / iCloud and
+many CardDAV servers) prefix the property name with a group token, e.g.
+`item1.EMAIL;type=pref:jane@example.com`. The parser matched property names with
+a bare `line.startswith("EMAIL")` / `"TEL"` / `"FN:"`, so grouped lines never
+matched and the email / phone were silently dropped — breaking contact search by
+email, the email-composer autocomplete, and vCard/CSV export round-trips for any
+address book synced from Apple.
+"""
+from routes.contacts_routes import _parse_vcards
+
+
+def test_apple_item_grouped_properties_parsed():
+    vcf = (
+        "BEGIN:VCARD\nVERSION:3.0\nFN:Jane Doe\n"
+        "item1.EMAIL;type=INTERNET;type=pref:jane@example.com\n"
+        "item2.TEL;type=CELL;type=pref:+15550100\n"
+        "UID:abc-123\nEND:VCARD\n"
+    )
+    c = _parse_vcards(vcf)[0]
+    assert c["emails"] == ["jane@example.com"]
+    assert c["phones"] == ["+15550100"]
+    assert c["uid"] == "abc-123"
+
+
+def test_plain_ungrouped_properties_still_parsed():
+    vcf = (
+        "BEGIN:VCARD\nVERSION:3.0\nFN:John Smith\n"
+        "EMAIL;TYPE=INTERNET:john@example.com\n"
+        "TEL;TYPE=CELL:+15550199\n"
+        "UID:xyz\nEND:VCARD\n"
+    )
+    c = _parse_vcards(vcf)[0]
+    assert c["name"] == "John Smith"
+    assert c["emails"] == ["john@example.com"]
+    assert c["phones"] == ["+15550199"]
+    assert c["uid"] == "xyz"