Address Book locks up

Running 10.3.9. I can add new addresses to Address Book via Safari, but I cannot do anything IN Address Book. Selecting any menu item or attempting to edit addresses locks the app. I reinstalled 10.3.9 but no change. I just read that a couple of specific fonts need to be installed for correct functioning. Could that be the problem? I can scroll through the address list, but nothing else.

Fixed it myself by lading Helvetica. I had Helvetica Neue loaded, but not regular.
Now may I say that it's pretty lame to have an app that won't function because a font isn't loaded. At the very least it should display a message alerting you of the problem and it's resolution. I understand it's fixed in Tiger, but there are still a bunch of us not running Tiger for various reasons. A free patch would be nice.

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Address Book locks up -- not responding

OK, at wit's end here. Address Book locks up with spinning beachball every time it opens and I need to force quit it. Here's what I've tried after search through these forums:
Deleted plist file
Deleted all files in Application Support (after backing them up)
Repaired permissions on disk
Verified disk
Reinstalled Address Book
Resolved all duplicate fonts
At one point in the process, I opened Address Book executable in the app's package and the Terminal gave message that said "Can't ABACQUIREFILELOCK Framework/AddressBook/ABAddressBook.m:2746"
Now it doesn't say that, but "/Applications/Address\ Book.app/Contents/MacOS/Address\ Book; exit"
No crash logs in Console.
Happens in every user account.
Any ideas?
Thanks
20" iMac G5 (PowerMac8,1) Mac OS X (10.4.8)
20" iMac G5 (PowerMac8,1) Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I had to do forced powerdown. That tell us anything?
Yes, your Disk is corrupted... the first thing Safe Boot does is try to fix the Disk.
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
Unfortunately, Disk Utility can't fix all that much, and the only other Apple Options are erasing the HD, or installing OSX to a second drive, then using Migration Assistant to move stuff over to the new HD.
You must repair the HD, if Disk Utility or fsck should fail to repair it, your best bet is DiskWarrior from Alsoft, you'll need the CD to boot from if you don't have another boot drive...
http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/

Address Book Locks up on BACKUP

I posted earlier, and tried a number of remedies, but still have this problem:
When I try to Backup my Address Book (about 900 entries), Address Book locks up (Spinning Beach ball of Death). The SBBoD starts about 10 seconds after I click Save for the BU. So, I do a force quit. Strangely, however, I am still able to save that particular BU. So, it is locking after the BU is saved (this is fortunate, because 2X in last month my Address Book has locked up while using, and I've lost all entries, and end up with a new, fresh, but EMPTY address book).
I Have tried the following:
** Deleted the Address Book preferences from User Library
** Have run , successfully, these 3: Repair Permissions, and Check HD, and Repair disk from the original 10.4 disks. No problems
** Did a complete archive and reinstall 10.4
Also, I created TEST user, and was able to BU that address book. However, it only had 4 entries in it.
Ideas?
JON

I had to do forced powerdown. That tell us anything?
Yes, your Disk is corrupted... the first thing Safe Boot does is try to fix the Disk.
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
Unfortunately, Disk Utility can't fix all that much, and the only other Apple Options are erasing the HD, or installing OSX to a second drive, then using Migration Assistant to move stuff over to the new HD.
You must repair the HD, if Disk Utility or fsck should fail to repair it, your best bet is DiskWarrior from Alsoft, you'll need the CD to boot from if you don't have another boot drive...
http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/

Address Book Locking Up

Since the security update for duo core, the address book app locks up and consumes 100% cpu. Anybody seen this?

Both of you will have some file corruption issues before the security update.
To be on the safe side, first duplicate the following folder for backup purposes: yourhome/Library/ApplicationSupport/AddressBook
Run Disk Utility to repair permissions. If that did not help,
drag the following file to the desktop:
yourhome/Library/ApplicationSupport/AddressBook/AddressBook.data
rename the following file:
yourhome/Library/ApplicationSupport/AddressBook/AddressBook.data.previous to AddressBook.data
restart AB
if that doesn't help,
drag the following file to the desktop:
yourhome/Library/Preferences/com.apple.addressbook.plist
and restart AB
but you may have to rebuild your groups.
If nothing helped, you can put the dragged files back to their original positions and we'll have to come up with something else.
Once you have it up and running again, use the build in Backup feature of AB regularly (under File menu).

Address Book lock up due to a smart group

I accidently created a smart group in Address Book which seems to trigger an infinite loop or lock condition. As a result, it's impossible for me to perform any action in the address book (including modifying or deleting the problematic smart group), since the whole application locks up as soon as I start it.
Smart group (match all):
- Card is member of any group
- Card is not member of group X
- Card is not member of group Y
Is there any way to delete a smart group from the command line? Also, how can I report this bug?
Here's a screenshot of the smart group properties: http://www.joaopinheiro.org/tmp/addressbook.png
Thanks!

I have found two solutions to this problem, so I'm linking them here in case someone else runs into the same problem:
- http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1389583
- http://www.obdev.at/articles/2008-09-16/mac-os-x-10.5.5-causing-address-book-iss ues.html

Address book locking

Is there option to lock notes in Address Book. Say that with a contact write a note, and after I can see this note only when enter the code?
Maybe some master code for all the notes in address book?
If not, it would be a great option for the upgrade. to insert a new field that can be locked
Regards.

There are no security options in Address Book. So, no there are no 'master codes' for all the notes in address book.

8320 address book lock up

My address book is stuck on the "Find" page under one of the catagories. I can't access any listings. Any ideas how to get it back to the main page?

wpersons wrote:
I gave this three tries but no luck. Address book still comes up with the "Find:" page under one of the catagories.
I don't understand.. and it is locked so you cannot type anything in the FIND section?
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Address book locked

Good morning (I'm italian) everyone.
I'm having hard times using my 3Gs because of a BIG problem it shows since the update to iOS5: the address book is locked... I can't add a new contact, delete or modify an existing one etc... Just to be as clear as I can: I actually CAN do these actions, but when I go back to the address book, there's no update...
I solved this problem the first time by doing a complete restore via iTunes... And now it's back... Since I don't want to restore again, I'm asking you if there's a PERMANENT solution to this problem...
P.S.: my iPhone is NOT jailbroken...

That sounds like [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=495911 this bug].
As usual, before going any further and trying anything, [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-tb#w_backing-up-a-profile please make a backup of your profile]. Did I mention [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-tb#w_backing-up-a-profile a backup] would be ideal? Oh, and [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-tb#w_backing-up-a-profile please make a backup of your profile].
Among the last comments there is a suggestion to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=495911#c117 recreate the panacea.dat file in your profile].
This is done automatically next time you start Thunderbird, and is a safe operation (''[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Files_and_folders_in_the_profile_-_Thunderbird search for "''panacea''" on this page]'').
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8330 address book lock up

I have a Curve 8330. It has locked onto one entry in my address book (outlook) and i cannot get out of it or beyond it. I have pulled the battery, pulled and reinstalled the sim card, turned it on and off. when i turn it on and try to access the contacts list, it comes up with the same name.

Derrald wrote:
, turned it on and off. when i turn it on and try to access the contacts list, it comes up with the same name.
No no no, don't turn the BlackBerry off and on... Do a simple reboot on the BlackBerry in this manner: With the BlackBerry device POWERED ON, remove the battery for a minute, and then reinsert the battery to reboot. A reboot in this manner is prescribed for most glitches and operating system errors, and you will lose no data on the device doing this.
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8130 smartphone Address book locked up

when I click on the address book icon, nothing happens. It was working just fine earlier when I loaded my ACT database into it. If anyone has suggeston on what to do, please respond.
Thanks,
Mike

Same problem here - what software needs to be updated? Where do I find it? Last time I updated the software it took me 2 days to get my phone operational again
Update - read something on the Crackberry.com forums......just removed the battery & the address book was fine when the phone re-started.........................all else fails - reboot!
Message Edited by ShawnBrat on 07-21-2008 08:20 PM

Address Book Locked from Editing

I have certain addresses in my Curve 8900 Blackberry that I cannot delete or edit from my phone. Where do these addresses originate? How can I delete them?

Hi! Please see How to clear the address book database on the BlackBerry smartphone. Cheers!
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Address Book does not save

I am having problems with Address Book in OX Lion.
Background:
I am in the process of moving my contacts from outlook to address book. I have copied the vcards to my mac and are adding the ones I want one at a time.
I have had several instances where the address book locks up and is non responsive and I had to do a force quit on the application.
Secondly, when I add an address, new ones do not show up in email. I added an address and then tried to address an email to that person and it did not appear. Thirdly, I edited an existing contact to add phone numbers. I then closed the application (command Q) and then re-opend it and neither the new contact or the phone numbers added to the existing contact apperared.
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1) When does the content of address book get saved? In my Address Book, the save menu pick is greyed out and command s does not work.
2) When should I expect new content to appear to other applications like Mail?
The lack of clear and consistant operation is giving me a real headake. I have done hours of work on contacts to then discover most of my work did not stick.
Any education on how it works, or should work is appreciated.
Direct answers to my question is also appreciated.
- Dave

I visited the local Apple store in order to get support from a local expert. They showed me how to export from Outlook as a CSV file and then import into the address book. This is not as good as using vcards because you have to be very carefull with the mapping of fields. I made a mistake with this and had to go in and manually edit each imported contact. The vcards are formatted correctly from the start.
I am still looking for a resoultion to my original issue, or a simple fool-proof method of moving contacts from Outlook to Address Book.

HT2486 how to delet contacts from address book

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Does anyone know how to delete contacts from address book, other than your IPhone deletion? I cannot delete them from the computer. Also, I noticed after syncing, not all my contacts are on my phone. Any advise or help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Liza

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Time Machine Locked after MacBook Air reformatted. My MacBook Air was overfull due to an Address book issue (duplication) so after many attempts to clear space, I ended up wiping out the system and reloading Lion.

Time Machine Locked after MacBook Air reformatted. My MacBook Air was overfull due to an Address book issue (duplication) so after many attempts to clear space, I ended up wiping out the system and reloading Lion. This resulted in the Time Machine thinking that it was now connected to a different computer. Apparently this diables the existing information.
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The path already (unsuccessfully) taken;
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Time Machine Locked after MacBook Air reformatted. My MacBook Air was overfull due to an Address book issue (duplication) so after many attempts to clear space, I ended up wiping out the system and reloading Lion. This resulted in the Time Machine thinking that it was now connected to a different computer. Apparently this diables the existing information.
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The path already (unsuccessfully) taken;
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