Recovering Address Book data. Apple Address Book phantom entries keep returning, even after deleting the data files and prefs lists. Where are they coming from? How can I get the original data back? [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Sep 25, 2009 - 6 answers

How are journalists and related professionals managing their contact lists these days? Dead tree contact books or digital wizardry, I want to know about both. [more inside]
posted by embrangled on Apr 30, 2009 - 11 answers

My main computer is a Mac (iBook) and I use the Address Book and Apple Mail. I also manage the email list for a group, and I need to be able to export the list of email addresses to either Excel (preferably) or Word. I haven't figured out how to do that. [more inside]
posted by bibbit on Apr 13, 2009 - 2 answers

How to remove the built-in auto-complete entries from AOL's email client? [more inside]
posted by gemmy on Mar 27, 2009 - 2 answers

If actions are doubtlessly mightier than words, would this person be considered trustworthy? [more inside]
posted by johannahdeschanel on Dec 29, 2008 - 45 answers

What is the best / easiest shared cross platform shared address book solution out there? [more inside]
posted by cowmix on Oct 10, 2008 - 2 answers

Is there a way to make using my calling card with my mobile phone suck less? [more inside]
posted by Tbola on Aug 19, 2008 - 7 answers

I've set up mail2web as an Exchange server on my iPhone purely for my contacts from Apple Addressbook, but it doesn't seem to pick up the groups the contacts should be in. is this possible at all? Or am I doing something fundamentally wrong?
posted by spyke23 on Aug 6, 2008 - 1 answer

Please recommend a free online address book for my slightly technophobic step-mom. I've found a bunch that might work, but not having any experience with them, I don't know which are safe and which are going to sell her info to spammers. The easier to use, the better.
posted by arcticwoman on Mar 31, 2008 - 6 answers

Any way to have a shared Address Book while using Thunderbird? [more inside]
posted by ethel on Feb 1, 2008 - 3 answers

Creating a shared address book on an LDAP server to be accessed from Mac clients. Can I somehow get the directory to show all of the entries without having to search for one? [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Jan 29, 2008 - 1 answer

I'm looking for an online, free address book that my partner and I can share -- so we should both/each be able to log in to access it, rather than it being linked to just one person's email address. Bonus if it provides a good way to handle address-book entries for, say, a married couple (i.e., two people in one entry), and bonus if the user can choose/configure which fields any given entry contains. Must be usable on a Mac, preferably w/ Safari.
posted by barefoot on Jan 23, 2008 - 11 answers

Some clients of mine have a small consulting business that is rapidly expanding. What started as 1 desktop computer has turned into 4 desktops, 4 laptops (and recently 2 iPhones), and they'll soon be adding some more desktops. They're moving some of the computers out of their home office, and into a "real" office next week and I'm really trying to nail down a good setup for them. I'm looking for your advice on how you've organized a smallish network of Macs, allowing anywhere access of Files, Email, Calendar and Address Book. [more inside]
posted by jeffxl on Jul 25, 2007 - 9 answers

What is the best Address-Book-like app for a Mac? [more inside]
posted by dvjtj on Apr 25, 2007 - 8 answers

Synching various address books? [more inside]
posted by fenriq on Aug 2, 2006 - 1 answer

OhNoesFilter: Is it possible to recover the address book that was lost in an ill-fated sync attempt between my Mac and my Motorola phone? [more inside]
posted by mullacc on Jan 1, 2006 - 2 answers

OK - I just bought an iMac to replace our dying Windows machine at home. I've successfully moved over almost everything - email (thanks to emailchemy), bookmarks, contacts, calendar items, documents. But I'm stuck on one thing - how can I reproduce the groups of contacts from our old windows outlook express address in the OS X address book? I would rather not have to recreate them one address at a time if I can avoid it. Thanks!
posted by sfz on Oct 22, 2005 - 12 answers

I am trying to find some software that exists in my mind, but I don't know if it exists in real life. I want a way to represent the people in my address book as dots on a [US] map, somewhat dynamically. OSX or web-based. Free or cheap, not subscription-based, though I would pay more for the exact right app. [more inside]
posted by jessamyn on Jun 1, 2005 - 7 answers

I've gotten a couple e-mails from bebo.com recently as friends have signed up with the service. Should I join as well? [more inside]
posted by sanitycheck on Mar 28, 2005 - 7 answers

Can I import my address book from hotmail to entourage? [more inside]
posted by mdn on Mar 4, 2005 - 2 answers

How do I get my old, defunct Mozilla Mail address book (as in, I don't have mozilla installed due to a drive failure, but have a backup of my files on my backup USB drive) into Thunderbird?
posted by SpecialK on Nov 3, 2004 - 1 answer

I have several hundred contacts with all sorts of information in my old OS9 outlook, which I must keep using for awhile due to our antiquated network. However, I was able to export my contacts as a "csv" file which seems to be some sort of excel spreadsheet. How do I import it into my OSX address book?
posted by luriete on Oct 14, 2004 - 7 answers

I'm looking for shared, distributed address book software for a small company that hopefully works read/write on the web. Suggestions? (more inside) [more inside]
posted by mathowie on Feb 26, 2004 - 12 answers