Address Book - downloading vCard no longer displays updated/new contact

On 10.5.6 and earlier, if I had an option in an application to Download a users vCard, I could click it, be given the option to add, review or merge with an existing contact. Address book would display the new/updated contact for verification/editing.
On Snow Leopard 10.6.1 (Address Book 5.0), everything pretty much works the same except I am not taken to that new/updated contact. I must manually scroll or search for the contact to see if it is acceptable. With 1500+ records, it is kind of a drag.

Add me to this problem:
Not only is the new contact not displayed, it's placed in the Last Import group, and there's no way to remove it. Deleting from that group deletes the record in ALL GROUPS.
Subsequent vcf/vcard downloads are simply added to Last Import, along with previously imported records.

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Moving Mail, Address Book and Keychains from Old Computer to New Computer

My issue: Moving mail, address book and keychains from Panther (old machine) to Leopard (new machine). Old machine (500mh G4 power pc) will not connect directly via firewire to new machine (iMac intel). So, I have to move the files manually via a firewire hard drive.
I am looking for a document that will tell me exactly which files to move. Can someone please help me find this document? Thank you. Dale
P.S. I have no issues with installing Leopard. I only need to move the mail, address book and keychains from old to new machine. No .mac account is available.

for address book: go to your old mac, launch ab, and go to file>export and export your contacts as vcards, select all cards before that, then bring that export file to the new mac, and launch ab there, then go to file>import as vcards and you should be set as far as contacts are, but not as far as groups if you have extensive groups. that would be the safe option. the other option is to go to homefolder/library/application support/address book and move that folder to the new mac. the only question i have is... is the database structure and files the same between panther and leopard, which is why i suggest the first option of import/export of vcards.
for mail, in your old panther go to homefolder/library/mail and move that mail folder to the new mac. make a copy of that folder, then move one copy to the same location in the new mac.
for keychain, in your old panther go to homefolder/library/keychain, you want to bring the file that is in that folder to your new mac. make a copy of that folder, then move one copy to the same location in the new mac.
once that is done, you may have to do some more steps with mail, once you launch mail, such as importing mailboxes. let me know if that is the case.
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Sync between MacBookPro and iPhone 3G does not sync properly. Calendars duplicate events but worse is that only contacts from Address book from letter T onwards sync. Any contacts on iPhone which are not on Mac are lost during sync.

Sync between MacBookPro and iPhone 3G does not sync properly. Calendars duplicate events but worse is that only contacts from Address book from letter T onwards sync. Any contacts on iPhone which are not on Mac are lost during sync.
Solutions?

No, I never really found an easy solution. I believe it is an issue with some corruption in the iTunes database on the specific device. In my case, both my iPad and iPhone now show duplicate stream songs if viewed through iTunes on my Mac, but they show different songs. A couple years ago I had a similar issue on my iPhone, and Apple support suggested I back up the phone, completely reset it, and then restore it from the backup. It did work, so I imagine it would probably work for my current issues with the iPhone and iPad. But resetting and restoring an iPad or iPhone always makes me a little nervous that something will get lost. When I did reset/restore the iPhone, I do have to say, the restore process was 100% perfect and I did not lose any data at all even though Apple support said I might. If you try to go that route, I would suggest backing the device up both to a computer through iTunes, and to the iCloud so that you have a double backup.
None of this really resolves the issue with how the iTunes databases are becoming corrupted on the apple devices though, so it is very likely to happen again until they fix it. I have been unable to determine if there were any specific actions or conditions which caused the corruption to happen in the first place.
Might be worth another call to Apple support, or dropping in the local Apple store if you have one near by.

Address book in Lion tries to send updates to wrong URL in carddav server

As the title says. We have lion with address book. Out of the box.
We have a caldav carddav server that has been used with older macs no problem, and iphones work perfectly also with the server.
This is the problem.
The account is set up on the address book app, and the initial connection works perfectly.
After adding username, password and server address, the address book application finds the correct contacts at the following URL:
/principles/users/[email protected]
You can see this url if you go to the preferences/accounts. You cant edit the URL, which is strange, as you can in iCal (ical works perfectly BTW)
Initial read from the server is fine.
If we change a contact on the server, then click on the address book application, you see the spinner for a second, and the new changes can be seen.
If you make a change on the address book, the changes are NOT reflected on the carddav server.
Both Macbook and server on on same LAN
Server ip address is 10.200.200.51
The port is 8008
The principle URL is /principals/users/[email protected] (which is shown in the address book app as correct)
However, when the address book is changed, and it tries to update the server we see the following on the macbook logs as it is trying to update the server:
You will notice it looks like the address book is trying to connect to a folder that does not exist on the server.
>>>>>>>>
16/02/2012 14:57:53.190 Address Book: [CardDAVPlugin-ERROR] -_handleCompletedAction: Error Domain=CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain Code=500 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain error 500.)" UserInfo=0x7f93250cf470 {CoreDAVHTTPHeaders=<CFBasicHash 0x7f93250c9cb0 [0x7fff72a28fc0]>{type = immutable dict, count = 8,
entries =>
          0 : Case Insensitive Key: Server = <CFString 0x7f93250c5370 [0x7fff72a28fc0]>{contents = "Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS)"}
          1 : Case Insensitive Key: X-Powered-By = <CFString 0x7f93250c1f00 [0x7fff72a28fc0]>{contents = "PHP/5.1.6"}
          2 : Case Insensitive Key: Connection = <CFString 0x105ad7b50 [0x7fff72a28fc0]>{contents = "close"}
          3 : Case Insensitive Key: Content-Type = <CFString 0x7f93250a6050 [0x7fff72a28fc0]>{contents = "application/xml; charset=utf-8"}
          6 : Case Insensitive Key: Date = <CFString 0x7f9325025970 [0x7fff72a28fc0]>{contents = "Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:57:53 GMT"}
          8 : Case Insensitive Key: Content-Encoding = <CFString 0x7f93250bdfb0 [0x7fff72a28fc0]>{contents = "gzip"}
          10 : Case Insensitive Key: Content-Length = <CFString 0x7f93250cf110 [0x7fff72a28fc0]>{contents = "188"}
          12 : Case Insensitive Key: Vary = <CFString 0x105addb10 [0x7fff72a28fc0]>{contents = "Accept-Encoding"}
16/02/2012 14:57:53.191 Address Book: [CardDAVPlugin-ERROR] -_handleAddsOrModifies:http://user%[email protected]:8080/adressbooks/user%40domain.com/person al/
Error Domain=CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain Code=500 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain error 500.)" UserInfo=0x7f93250cf470 {CoreDAVHTTPHeaders=<CFBasicHash 0x7f93250c9cb0 [0x7fff72a28fc0]>{type = immutable dict, count = 8,
entries =>
          0 : Case Insensitive Key: Server = <CFString 0x7f93250c5370 [0x7fff72a28fc0]>{contents = "Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS)"}
          1 : Case Insensitive Key: X-Powered-By = <CFString 0x7f93250c1f00 [0x7fff72a28fc0]>{contents = "PHP/5.1.6"}
          2 : Case Insensitive Key: Connection = <CFString 0x105ad7b50 [0x7fff72a28fc0]>{contents = "close"}
          3 : Case Insensitive Key: Content-Type = <CFString 0x7f93250a6050 [0x7fff72a28fc0]>{contents = "application/xml; charset=utf-8"}
          6 : Case Insensitive Key: Date = <CFString 0x7f9325025970 [0x7fff72a28fc0]>{contents = "Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:57:53 GMT"}
          8 : Case Insensitive Key: Content-Encoding = <CFString 0x7f93250bdfb0 [0x7fff72a28fc0]>{contents = "gzip"}
          10 : Case Insensitive Key: Content-Length = <CFString 0x7f93250cf110 [0x7fff72a28fc0]>{contents = "188"}
          12 : Case Insensitive Key: Vary = <CFString 0x105addb10 [0x7fff72a28fc0]>{contents = "Accept-Encoding"}
>>>>>>>>>
What is interesting is that ical works perfectly (in both directions)
Im not sure if the '%40' in the address book app for the '@' symbol is an issue??
The server path url in address book is not editable as it does not sit in a editable field, unlike it is in ical.
Either way, both the ical and address book find the principle URL correctly, but the address book app then uses a different url when it tries to connect to upload changes made on the address book app.
Any help would be really appreciated!! :-) Maybe there is a way to change the URL in a settings file somewhere???
thanks

I have a similar issue. My initial iCloud sync works fine and then when I try to merge a contact I get an error. My iCloud doesn't sync after the initial sync it seems.
8/1/14 8:36:48.940 AM Contacts[5237]: [MIGRATION] ### PREPARING MERGER WITH 3 USERS, 0 GROUPS
8/1/14 8:36:48.946 AM Contacts[5237]: [MIGRATION] ### DOWNLOAD FROM https://first%[email protected]/XXXX/carddavhome/card///first%[email protected]/XXXX/carddavhome/card/ ###
8/1/14 8:36:54.852 AM Contacts[5237]: [MIGRATION] ### MERGE BATCH: Server People: 3, Server Groups: 0, Changed People: 1, Changed Groups: 0, Removed People: 1, Removed Groups: 0 ###
8/1/14 8:36:59.274 AM Contacts[5237]: [MIGRATION] ### ------ SUMMARY ------ ###
8/1/14 8:36:59.276 AM Contacts[5237]: [MIGRATION] ### Local People: 3 ###
8/1/14 8:36:59.277 AM Contacts[5237]: [MIGRATION] ### Local Groups: 0 ###
8/1/14 8:36:59.279 AM Contacts[5237]: [MIGRATION] ### Server People: 3 ###
8/1/14 8:36:59.280 AM Contacts[5237]: [MIGRATION] ### Server Groups: 0 ###
8/1/14 8:36:59.282 AM Contacts[5237]: [MIGRATION] ### Merged People: 1 ###
8/1/14 8:36:59.284 AM Contacts[5237]: [MIGRATION] ### Merged Groups: 0 ###
8/1/14 8:36:59.286 AM Contacts[5237]: [MIGRATION] ### Removed People: 1 ###
8/1/14 8:36:59.287 AM Contacts[5237]: [MIGRATION] ### Removed Groups: 0 ###
8/1/14 8:36:59.289 AM Contacts[5237]: [MIGRATION] ### Local People Upload: 3 ###
8/1/14 8:36:59.290 AM Contacts[5237]: [MIGRATION] ### Local Groups Upload: 0 ###
8/1/14 8:36:59.292 AM Contacts[5237]: [MIGRATION] ### --------------------- ###
8/1/14 8:36:59.294 AM Contacts[5237]: [MIGRATION] ### UPLOAD TO https://first%[email protected]/XXXXX/carddavhome/card///first%[email protected]/XXXXX/carddavhome/card/ ###
8/1/14 8:37:00.146 AM Contacts[5237]: [CardDAVPlugin-ERROR] -_handleAddsOrModifies:https://first%[email protected]/XXXXXXX/carddavhome/card///first%[email protected]/XXXXXXX/carddavhome/card/ Error Domain=CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain Code=503 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain error 503.)" UserInfo=0x60000747c680 {CoreDAVHTTPHeaders=<CFBasicHash 0x60000ce7c400 [0x7fff7a1fef00]>{type = immutable dict, count = 8,
entries =>
0 : Connection = <CFString 0x600003228500 [0x7fff7a1fef00]>{contents = "close"}
1 : Content-Type = <CFString 0x60000345ea20 [0x7fff7a1fef00]>{contents = "text/plain; charset=UTF-8"}
2 : Retry-After = <CFString 0x7fff7a1f4880 [0x7fff7a1fef00]>{contents = "60"}
3 : X-Apple-Request-UUID = <CFString 0x60000a861cc0 [0x7fff7a1fef00]>{contents = "bcc676c4-43fd-4c45-8537-8d9dc8a0d1c9"}
5 : X-Responding-Instance = <CFString 0x6000016986f0 [0x7fff7a1fef00]>{contents = "carddav:20400501:nk11p04me-carddav005:8001:14E35:141037"}
6 : Date = <CFString 0x600005c5a460 [0x7fff7a1fef00]>{contents = "Fri, 01 Aug 2014 00:36:58 GMT"}
8 : Content-Encoding = <CFString 0x600003238840 [0x7fff7a1fef00]>{contents = "gzip"}
12 : Transfer-Encoding = <CFString 0x7fff79353ea0 [0x7fff7a1fef00]>{contents = "Identity"}
8/1/14 8:37:00.150 AM Contacts[5237]: [MIGRATION] ### ERROR Error Domain=CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain Code=503 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain error 503.)" UserInfo=0x60000747c680 {CoreDAVHTTPHeaders=<CFBasicHash 0x60000ce7c400 [0x7fff7a1fef00]>{type = immutable dict, count = 8,
entries =>
0 : Connection = <CFString 0x600003228500 [0x7fff7a1fef00]>{contents = "close"}
1 : Content-Type = <CFString 0x60000345ea20 [0x7fff7a1fef00]>{contents = "text/plain; charset=UTF-8"}
2 : Retry-After = <CFString 0x7fff7a1f4880 [0x7fff7a1fef00]>{contents = "60"}
3 : X-Apple-Request-UUID = <CFString 0x60000a861cc0 [0x7fff7a1fef00]>{contents = "bcc676c4-43fd-4c45-8537-8d9dc8a0d1c9"}
5 : X-Responding-Instance = <CFString 0x6000016986f0 [0x7fff7a1fef00]>{contents = "carddav:20400501:nk11p04me-carddav005:8001:14E35:141037"}
6 : Date = <CFString 0x600005c5a460 [0x7fff7a1fef00]>{contents = "Fri, 01 Aug 2014 00:36:58 GMT"}
8 : Content-Encoding = <CFString 0x600003238840 [0x7fff7a1fef00]>{contents = "gzip"}
12 : Transfer-Encoding = <CFString 0x7fff79353ea0 [0x7fff7a1fef00]>{contents = "Identity"}
}, exiting ###

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Hi All,
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keywords ---- Outlook 2010 Offline Addrress Book update OAB Exchange 2007 cache mode wireless mouse Windows 7 W7 hung manual OAB update scheduled / automatic OAB update
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Hi folks,
This question would perhaps be more at home in the Apple Developer Connection Forums, but as I can't access those without a paid ADC account, I thought I'd try here on the off chance someone knows.
In short, I'm writing an application that does clever things with vcards, and it would be great if it could export them to Address Book.
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Message was edited by: JavaScript

Thanks, but right now I can't afford the $500 I'd have to spend in order to buy the sufficient level of ADC membership to use the developer forums. I just thought I'd ask here on the off chance, as I know there are sometimes a few developers lurking around.
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In all previous versions of Address Book, the user could simply type 'T' to instantly go to contacts with last names that start with 'T' (and businesses that start with 'T').
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Thanks for your response Ernie. You are correct in that whenever you type a series of letters, Address Book (as it always has) finds every single thing with that combination of letters - Names, businesses, adjectives, people's dogs' names, letters in product serial numbers, etc. This is useful for finding a subject on the Web, or finding all documents related to 'iPhoto' on your Mac, etc., but not useful, quick or convenient when trying to find one person to call in your Address Book (which is what people use Address Book for).
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Outlook had this nice feature allowing v card attachment for any contact in the address book to be attached to outgoing email. Will Thunderbird ever have something equivalent? Currently using Select Address book Text add on but still not V Card attach simplicity.

There is an addon which can help.
MoreFunctionsForAddressBook.
* https://freeshell.de/~kaosmos/morecols-en.html
Download file to desktop or downloads file.
In Thunderbird
Tools > Addons
or
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click on gear wheel icon and select 'Install addon from file'
locate the file you downloaded and click on Open
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Press Ctrl key and select contacts to highlight, then right click on highlighted contacts and select Send as vcard'.
This opens a new Write message with that contact(s) added as vcard attachment(s).
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When I look up the 250+ new features of Mac OSX Lion, under address book, there's a new feature that interests me.
"Address Book lets you quickly access the social network profiles for your contacts, including Facebook. Press and hold an email address to select the appropriate profile."
Somehow I can't get it to work. What do I do?

Make sure it's on the Template (see the entry for Twitter):
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I have upgraded to Lion so that I can use iCloud.
when I select a contact in the address book, I can't tell what account it is in,
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This seems like a very basic function,yet if I want a contact to be on iCloud, it
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Happy to help.
Some good news:
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http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/features.html#contacts
http://www.apple.com/osx/apps/#contacts
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