Address Book Images?

Has anyone been able to get their contact images from Address Book to sync with their iPhone?
It appears that in order to have a caller ID image you currently have to take a new one via the iPhone camera unless I'm missing something obvious.

It works for me, but weirdly I checked an entry in favorites and it didn't show, so I went to the Contacts tab and it was there, then when I looked at favorites again it was there. Strange.
I also was able to get contact photos from my synced photos, scaled and cropped, and was surprised to see that the photos thus assigned to the contact synced back to the mac.

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Not a life or death problem, I have multiple accounts in Mail App - some using POP3, Some using IMAP. The IMAP accounts don't show Address Book images at all. The POP3 accounts are fine.
Odd one, any ideas why?

For the best Mac compatibility with Exchange, I suggest you use Microsoft Entourage, part of Microsoft Office.

Address Book Images Folder = 3 gigs and 30,000 files

Can anyone tell me why Address Book's images folder (Library/Application Support/Address Book/Images) gets to take up 3 gigs of space and contain more than 30,000 files? I like to have photos for people and companies in my address book, but I can't imagine why an address book with 354 cards would have a supporting images folder that friggin huge. Is this just bad programming on Apple's part? Using Quicklook, I can see that there are several images that are duplicated with different file names. What actions generate these duplicates? Is there a way to clean up this folder without completely dumping the contents?

HI Paul,
There's no way that is right.
Your profile indicates you are running 10.4.8 but you posted in the 10.6 Snow Leopard forum? If you have updated to 10.6 please click My Settings on the right side of this page and update your profile. Thanks. (iMac G5... PowerPC)?
Unless you have copy/pasted information for Address Book and contact information from the internet or e-mail, that's the only way I can think that could happen.
I don't see why you can't delete those images if they aren't in use.
If you are running 10.4, try installing the 10.4.11 combo update.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/macosx_updates/macosx10411comboupdat eppc.html
As with any update, repair disk permissions.
Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.
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How to NOT use address book image as user icon?

Is it possible to not use my address book image as the user account icon in MacOS X?

I have the same issue and did not find any work around...
I use my address book on 2 machines (my macbook pro a@ work, my iMac @home).
But I want to have my user access with another icon @work (actually,my company logo)...
Despite removing it from the address book, it keeps on coming back...
Any hint will be welcome...

How do I stop iChat/Address Book image picker attempting to connect to unavailable server?

I'm using Mac OS X Lion. In iChat, if I click on my personal image then select Modify Image, I get the image picker that allows you to change the image, take a picture from iSight, etc. In Address Book, I can get to this same or similar window when I double-click on the personal image placeholder.
In both cases, a spinner starts up in the lower left corner and after a few seconds I get an error stating that "the connection to server XXXX has failed." This message will pop up continuously until I close the program. The server that it is trying to connect to is a local Mac OS X Snow Leopard server that used to be part of the network but no longer exists.
By setting up a DNS entry to get it to attempt to connect to a server that does exist and using Little Snitch, I've been able to deduce that it is NetAuthSysAgent trying to make a TCP connection to port 139 TCP (netbios-ssn).
First, I find it odd that a Mac program trying to connect to a Mac server would use NetBIOS. I also find it odd that either of these programs would need to connect to the server.
I have a new OS X Lion server but I no longer join to its directory services. As the issue seems to be some configuration left over from when I was connected to that server, I tried joining the new server and then unjoining to see if that would clean up the settings, but that did not help.
Performing a find . -type f -exec grep -l "<server name>" {} \; revealed two files:
.viminfo
~/Library/Application\ Support/SyncServices/Local/TFSM/com.apple.Keychain/data.syncdb
The latter was a SQLite database that did not revel anything very legible.
I've search high and low for a setting that points to this old server name to no avail.

First off I want to thank you for sticking with me through this, it's nice to have somebody to shoot ideas around with, it made me think up ideas, what I'm trying to say is, by just writing this down in this thread I solved my own problem. Linc I already deleted almost all of the Login items previously, as I did have the same idea, that something in that spot was trying to connect to the desktop through the network, that didn't work, but for some people it could be a problem. When you first mentioned, "make sure that new windows don't open to a folder on the server.", that comment made me look around for any folders connected to the server, then in my last comment I mentioned the word "alias", turns out that was the problem. In my users folder on the Macbook Pro, I had 2 folders that were alias folders, one was the download folder and the other was the Movie folder, I made new folders and put copies of everything into the folders, then threw away the alias folders and renamed the two new folders I created with their original names, presto no more problem.
Must be getting old, cannot remember making any alias folders, but I probably did, probably had some great idea to save hard disk space on the Macbook Pro, only has 250 GB disk, the Mac Pro has over 8 Terebytes of space so I thought I'd use it probably, bad idea, sometimes I get too Geeky for my own good. Again, Thanks Linc for sticking with me on this.
There were interesting ideas on the internet, seems other people have run into similar problems, one suggestion was the terminal to check for any "open processes". link was here, if interested.... http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/25639/why-is-my-mac-constantly-trying-t o-connect-to-another-server
I'm going to mark your last comment as being helpful, as actually all of it was helpful in forcing me to find those pesky alias folders.

Address Book "images" folder is 64GB

Hi..
I am hoping someone can assist me. The "images" folder in "user\Application Support\Address Book\" is 64GB and contains over a million items. All items are photos with random names like "41464863-F2BB-4BF2-9494-8161D45F0312.jpeg". (Not all item have the jpeg suffix.
Looking through the console messages I have identified that the items are created when I sync
8/01/10 8:35:15 AM SyncServer[809] [110f20] |SyncManager|Warning| client com.apple.isyncDU.ipod.A270017485642 not added to plan because it isn't syncing any entities in the plan
8/01/10 8:35:35 AM AddressBookSync[823] AddressBookSync (client id: com.apple.AddressBook) error: Exception running AddressBookSync: Invalid parameter not satisfying 'uniqueId != nil'
8/01/10 8:35:35 AM com.apple.syncservices.SyncServer[809] 2010-01-08 08:35:35.303 AddressBookSync[823:903] AddressBookSync (client id: com.apple.AddressBook) error: Exception running AddressBookSync: Invalid parameter not satisfying 'uniqueId != nil'
If anyone can shed any light as to how I stop this issue it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Alex

The "random" names are UUIDs for the person they are attached to.
I'm not sure how to fix it, but I would consider [resetting sync services|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1627].

Address Book Images Missing

Almost all of my images in the Address Book have disappeared. The few that are there are the last 3 or 4 I added. When I look in Application Support/AddressBook/Images folder, I can actually find the missing images. However the UUID doesn't match the contact file in the Metadata folder.
1) What could cause this to occur?
2) Is there any way to fix it?
Thanks in advance for any advice.

I've had the same thing happen to me, too. I'm guessing it happened sometime in the last few weeks. I can find the folder with the images but they aren't showing up in the address book or mail. What happened?

Address Book images not syncing via .Mac sync

i recently decided to get serious about attaching images to my contacts in address book. the images sync perfectly with the iphone, but they dont sync at all between the other copies of address book on the various macs in my home. the addresses (text) sync just fine -- but not the images.
what am i missing, here?

I had the same problem. My Mac's address book (including images) were synced via Missing Sync from my Windows Mobile phone. None of the images transferred to the iPhone. I then went into each Address Book entry and manually resized the image (edit, dc on the image and drag the slider to resize the image) and then resynced. Now all is perfect!
One side note- if you assign a contact image on the Mac or PC and sync to the phone, the image is shown in a small thumbnail on the top line of the phone when that person calls, etc... If instead you assign a photo on the iPhone itself using the "select current photo" option, then the photo is shown full screen instead of thumbnail! I copied all of my "CallerID" photos to an iPhoto photo album, synced that album to the phone, then manually assigned a photo to a contact on the phone and now they are full screen. Very cool!

Address Book Images Gone Funky

Adding images to Address Book contacts just results in a random part of the image showing.
In iOS I can add images just fine, and they show up in Address Book ok.
It's never done this before.
Any ideas??

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Address book image

please help, how do i transfer an image from my address book to use. it is the only place that i have this image

Simplest is probably to open the folder Library/Application Support/AddressBook/Images in your Home directory. There you will find a series of image files with long UID-style file names. If you select the first file you will get a preview of it in the directory window; scroll down through the files with the down-arrow key until you find the one you want. Copy it, rename it with a jpg extension and then do with it what you will.
The quality will not be great.
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Address Book Image Capture

Hello sorry for posting this again but this bug really annoys me and I need some help:
While using address book; when I want to set custom image using isight cam, cam preview doesn't work (it captures but without a preview). Cam works fine in other applications but why it doesn't work in address book?
Thanks Again...

That's odd, because I checked it (with an external iSight) and it worked fine. I can't suggest why it's not working: you'; just have to smile nicely

ISync and Address Book images

I have two Macs, one at home and one at the office.
If I upload photos for thmy Address Book entries on either computer, they do not sync from one computer to the other. Addresses, names, phone numbers, etc. are all updated when the computers sync, but not the photos.
How do I resolve this problem? Any suggestions?

Now it works! I didn't upgrade anything, but all is fine now.

Address book images have vanished

This has happened to others, and to me before, there was some solution; does anyone remember what it was?
thanks

David,
You should have a copy of one of your address books that works...
Rather than trying to revert to your previous address book, try this:
1. Locate a copy or copies of your AddressBook.data
(the main file for this lives in your Users/'yourname'/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/AddressBook.data
2. Try replacing your "AddressBook.data" and then opening up your Address Book. You must quit your Address Book before replacing the AddressBook.data so when you open up the Address Book again, it will read the AddressBook.data that you just put in.
3. You can keep replacing this AddressBook.data until you get the correct one you are looking for. Make sure it is named, "AddressBook.data".....
I always try and keep a copy of this AddressBook.data on a separate computer or external hard drive as a backup. You can even burn this on a CD to keep a copy.
Give that a try and let us know if this worked.

Cannot change images in address book

I have a very vexing problem that I cannot solve and would appreciate some help.
I am running OSX 10.7.2, although I had the same problem with Snow Leopard. I have an iMac 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 with 8 gig of RAM, although I don't thing that's relevant.
For some address book records, every time I change the photo, it reverts to the original photo. And it happens almost immediately. All I have to do is update the photo, navigate to a different contact and back again, and the photo has reverted. I can't even clear the image. I keeps returning. I have tried the following:
1. Confirmed that all synching is OFF. I am not using iCloud, I am not syncing contacts with Spanning Sync or Bento or any other app.
2. Trashed all address book preferences.
3. Trashed all images in User/Library/Application Support/Address Book/Images. They all magically reappear when I relaunch AB.
4. Tried steps 2 and 3 in combination.
5. Repaired my disk permissions.
6. Tried launching AB in 32 bit mode.
Nothing works! Very frustrated and would appreciate any help.
Thanks.

I can't help,but I have tried to get photos into Address Book (when they are supposed to appear in Mail as well). I have succeeded with two photos but the third will not appear anywhere. I have given up on this. Its a nice feature but not essential and not worth the effort.

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I added an image to a contact card, and was wondering if the file must stay on my hard drive for it to show in Address Book.

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