Address Book no longer editable
I recently had to have my hard drive replaced. The Apple Authorized Service Center that did the job also restored my data, though there have been many problems with this. One of those problems is that my Address Book contents were lost. I was able to restore those from my Time Machine backup. However, for some reason my Address Book is now not editable. The Edit button is disabled.
I added myself as a read/write user to the permissions on all files related to the Address Book, which did not solve the problem (I assume I had permissions before I did this anyway, because my user profile is an Administrator, and Admin already had read/write).
I am serving in the Peace Corps and am still overseas, so I do not have access to my operating system disks; thus, I cannot just reinstall. Is there anything else I can do to fix this problem?
Replying to my own message to add details:
I found and read the long thread at ADDRESS BOOK - NO EDIT. Should have posted this there. Anyway, just wanted to say, that I did choose "Apply to enclosed items" when I adding myself to permissions. Still uneditable. Then I selected my user name and chose Make "(me)" the owner.
That worked! So, no need to respond to this. Dead thread. Thanks anyway!
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