Address Book dynamic contact list?

How do I get Address Book to show all the Open Directory users as contacts? I don't want to just import a snapshot of contacts, but instead have Address Book reflect any changes to the Open Directory user information. Thanks.

Has anyone else needed this functionality? Or has had this problem?

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Address book : provide contact list import/export from other software

There should be an easy way to import contact information from Gmail accounts, Hotmail, and so forth. They're providing efficient ways to export their database, so it shouldn't be too hard for developers to add this usual feature.
I would agree that the contact export/import procedures usually offered are not user-friendly. But it's not user-friendly either to recreate a contact list of 200+ contacts manually.
I hope this feature will be added in a near future. Thanks. Rodan

Thanks, I'll definitely use this bugreporter in the future.
Concerning this case, I've just found this feature is already implemented.
Address Book > File > Import
Strange I couldn't find any documentation about it online. Well, here it si now, I hope people will see it. Bug closed anyway. :-)

TB v. 24.0: Changed ISP's; ~ new email in Server Settings & Outgoing Server & all Address Books and Contacts; TB still showing old email ID for Fwd & Rply

TB v. 24.0, Win 7 Pro. Changed ISP's. I use Outlook 2007; wife uses TB, same box. Changed TB username & e-mail address in Server Settings & Outgoing Server & set as Default. Changed e-mail address in all address books and Contact lists. Now TB still showing old e-mail address in <From> when Reply or Forward. This is confusing recipients, who have been sending their replies off to a now-nonexistent account. Checked Windows Contacts - empty. Checked my Outlook 2007 - all Contacts changed appropriately. How do I kill that old e-mail address in TB when it isn't even listed any more - except when we try to Reply or Forward?

When you got the new email address and changed ISP's, you needed to create a new mail account for that new existing email address.
When a mail account is created there are many preferences setup to be able to manage and run that mail account. Trying to track down and modify all of those within the either the config editor or prefs.js is not only time consuming, but you could easily cause further problems if any error is made.
So I suggest you fix the original account by reentering all the old data. Then create a new mail account for the new exisitng mail address.
* File > New> Existing mail account.
or
* 3bar menu icon > New Message > Existing Mail account.
when you have both mail accounts in your left folder pane, you can choose to move any wanted emails from the older mail account into suitable folders in Local Folders. This will save a copy of emails.
Then you can delete the old account, leaving saved emails in Local Folders and only one new mail account.
To remove mail account:
* Tools > Account sEttings
* select old mail account
* click on 'Account Actions'
* select 'Remove Account'
* click on OK

How to select multiple addresses from the contacts list to send an email?

How do I select multiple addresses from the contacts list at one time to send an email. Each time I select one, the address book closes and I have to touch the "+" key to open it back to select another address. Is there a way to select all of them at one time instead of making a group? Thanks.

Yes, once you select a person from your Contacts app, you either need to select more from the '+' button or you can tap in the 'to:' field and type in the first few letters of a contact and select from the list. Kinda bummer but gotta make do.

How can I broadcast a changed email address to my contacts list

how can I broadcast a changed email address to my contacts list?

There is one thing to be careful about though when using the "Send Updates" feature in Address book to notify your contacts about address/contact info changes.
Addressbook will automatically include your personal vCard at the end of the email message that goes out to your list. I did not realize this at the time and it royally burned me. My default address card had a lot of extra personal information contained within it that I did not want people to see. There was no indication that the vCard would automatically be included nor any way to disable this feature just before sending the "update" email. As a result, my list received my private information and the only thing I could do was to send a new email to the list manually, minus the vCard attachment, requesting that they please delete the first email in favor of this new one. I'm hoping that most will disregard the vCard, though I fear the damage has been done.
I later discovered that the preferences now include a checkbox for enabling/disabling a "private me card", which allows you to control which content is included in your vCard information. This is handy now, but I wished the default had been to have vCards turned off / not included automatically, since it was a feature I didn't discover until AFTER my updates had been sent!
Running OS 10.7.5

HT2486 is address book and contact the same program

I need to build and print a mailing list, is Address Book and Contact the same program on my Macbook Pro? I was considering getting Bento4 - not sure what to do

Tbugs2 wrote:
is Address Book and Contact the same program on my Macbook Pro?
Yes.
Address Book came with OS X 10.7 Lion and earlier versions of OS X.
Contacts comes with OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
Apple changed the application name.

IPad 2. I want to COPY an address in my contacts list to PASTE into email

iPad 2. I want to COPY an address in my contacts list to PASTE into an email. How do I do that? When I try it just zooms me away to the MAPS location. Help!

Good Afternoon Njc999,
Here are two quick ways to copy a contact's email address so that you can paste it into an email or a field in another application.
Open the Contacts application, select the contact, and then click Edit. This will allow you to copy any information you need from your address book.
Contacts: Edit or delete contacts and groups
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11598
Select "Copy Address" from the drop down menu beside the sender's name in an email you have received or sent.
See the dropdown arrow beside the name John Appleseed in the image below. Click on the drop down arrow in one of your email messages to see the "Copy Address" option.
Mac Basics: Use Mail on your Mac - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204093
Cheers,
- Judy

How do I save an email address to my contact list?

I receive an email of importance and would like to know the easiest way to save this address to my contact list.

Hello!
What is the email that you are using?
Greetings!

After upgrading from Mavericks to Yosemite I can no longer find in Mail the icon (looks like the Add To Contacts icon without the mark) I used to press in order to obtain an e-mail address from my contact list. What procedure should I use now in or

After yesterday upgrading from Mavericks to Yosemite I can no longer find in Mail the icon (looks like the Add To Contacts icon without the + mark) I used to press in order to obtain an e-mail address from my contact list. What procedure should I use now in order to quickly add an address to an e-mail that I wish to send?
Bob

On the right of the To: field you will see a circled plus sign:
Click it.

Why are messages being marked as junk when I have the addresses in my Contacts list?

Almost all incoming messages are marked as junk in two of my accounts. I have 3 other mail accounts without this problem and work normally.
I've added the address to my contacts list and turned off or deleted all junk filters and options. I've rebuilt the Global index and none of this has helped. A few messages have gone directly to my junk folders for these accounts but mostly they stay in the Inbox.
I'm sure its probably someplace in my profile but I don't know what it could be or how to find out.
Thunderbird version 24.6.0
Mac OSX 10.9.4
Thanks.

All they seem to do is furnish the software you can download for Windows OS only. I'm using Mac. They may have something that filters their local email accounts but I've never set up the email account I have with them in Thunderbird. I'll check that account and see if there are any filters..
I have 3 different email accounts set up, two for 2 websites and gmail. One of the website accounts works just fine. The others have the problem.
Thanks

Address Book crash - Contacts gone

Hey there, I have been tracking some of the discussion in the board regarding the fact that the adress book crashes out of a sudden ... force quite... and then all the contacts are gone.
I have exactly the same problem. Just within normal usage, meaning adding contacts or looking for some the address book crashes and everything is gone.
another problem is that my .mac sync is not working properly. once (three month ago) all my addresses have been uploaded but since then no sync has been done. eventhough that the automatic sync of the address book is checked and so forth.
so probelm is pretty clear. Address book crashes -> contacts are gone and impossible to update my addressbook on my .mac account.
anybody has an idea?

When I look under "Accounts" in the Adress Book preferences, there is an option for syncing with Mobile Me, Google, and Yahoo in the right column.
Hope this helps!

HT201412 what do you do when your phone numbers no longer have the contact persons name just a number. Also names are missing from the address book where contacts are.

what do you do when your phone numbers no longer have the contact persons name just a number. Also names are missing from the address book where contacts are.

I, too, love everything about my phone. The other day I tried to crash my Z10 by running multiple apps and having videos running in the background. Do you think my Z10 showed any signs of slowing down? Nothing doing! It ran as smooth as silk. I'm very impressed.
Cheers.
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Address book loosing contacts

Help! Ever since installing this lousy Lion OS i have had many problems one of which is my address book loosing contacts without any action by me. They have simply disappeared.

Please. iCloud, not Icloud (joking...)
Well, I do use iCloud and I am pretty happy with it. It bahaves very well even on heavy operations like mass deduplication or re-import of data.
I would suggest synchronizing the iPhone only with iCloud and not using iTunes sync mechanism. But this may be completly unrelated to your problem.
You noticed that behavior completely randomly, is it reproductible ?

Can i set up address book from existing list ?

i want to set up address book from existing list
in addition to address i want to include phone #, email

Can you provide more information? Are you trying to gather data via a form to built an address book? You can make a form and ask for people phone number, email, address... I'm not sure what is your 'existing list'. Is it in an excel document? You would have to merge the data collected via the form manually to you existing list.
Gen

Any way to make address book sort contacts in 2 (or more) languages?

Any way to make address book sort contacts in 2 (or more) languages?
It is very very annoyin that address book sorts contacts only in one language (the one selected as as a system wide) and puts any entries in other languages under #

Fast Contacts well let you sort by nickname or a lot of other ways. It's on sale - free today!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fast-contacts/id286543435?mt=8

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