Address Book - Missing "On My Mac" account. Not able to add contact or import

Hello world,
Should you not be able to add new contacts on the address book (because Menu File -> New Card will not do anything)
or import an address archive from another mac (because the app will just hang or just run forever),
then check the settings Preferences -> Accounts.
If you no not see the "On my Mac" - Local entry (like in the screenshot below) then you are probably just missing a folder named
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/YahooSync.framework
It is about 4.8 MB, if you have a second mac, just copy it from there and restart Address Book.
Just wanted to share this (two days) experience with all of you, because the hints found on the web (like chaning file rights or ACLs removals) do not solve the issue : )
Have fun,
Arthur

If your contacts are in sim card that could explain it as sim card can not hold as many details as phone memory.

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