Address book has a secret life? Double entries.

I notice that quite a few of my records now have double entries — not for ALL of the info, but like just for mobile phone numbers or work numbers. And not all records have these. Strange. Anyone else seeing this?

This can happen if you sync 2 address books for the following reason:
In establishing Address Books on 2 computers or editing any item the 2 AB's will have part of the entry different if a different typing of the info occurs, eg one phone no has international format, the other doesn't or one has spaces between numerals, the other doesn't. This is because the computer reads them as being different information. Hence in the syncing process it will add the 'different' information. I'm not aware of a technique other than great care in entry of info of avoiding this.
Neville

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