Address book to Appleworks list transfer problems

I am trying to export a list of address book entries into either a spreadsheet or the Address List assistant (in Appleworks). I tried saving the address book entries as a vcard group and then open that in the spreadsheet but didn't work, vcards are not in appleworks format and would not open. I tried dragging entries one by one but that didnt work either. Any suggestions?

Look at the Appleworks & Address Book thread, which could also be located about 4-5 entries down from where you posted yours.

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Recently upgraded to 10.6 and now on 10.6.3 - 2 Problems which are probably related:
1 - I cannot save changes to an edited Distribution List- I select the desired email address (ie it's in bold) and then click OK. When I go back to edit the list the changes have not been saved and it seems to randomly make changes to the selections.
2 - I have a (Smart) Group in Address Book and when I use that group in Mail the wrong email is selected for some of the members of the group - ie the emails used by Mail does not always match the selections in the Distribution List
Used to work fine in 10.5

Oh no!
until now I though, it was my fault, but it seems to be a bug. I have the same problem with the distribution list. In my system, the mails are allways sent to the upper emailadress, even if the lower adress is highlighted.
Did anybody file allready a bug-report to apple?
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My address cards in address book show two separate groups. They are in alphabetical order. How do I merge them into one group? The +merge group+ selection in addressbook menu is greyed out.
I am also getting duplicate cards being created in my mobileme sync address book. And I don't know how to stop it from happening.
Sorry if these topics have been already discussed but I did a search under AddressBook and could not find any previous discussions about these.

I solved this problem. I had to manually retype cards that were in the list after the " # "symbol into the main stack. Once that was done, I highlighted all the cards in the group after the " # ">Edit>Delete.
This left all my cards now in one stack, which I could now Archive.
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Please help -- Address Book Crashing on Launch, causing problems with Mail

Problem:
Address Book crashes on launch. Mail crashes on launch as soon as it tries to access address book. Can't use either program.
History:
First noticed problem after an out-of-hard-disk space problem. Had about 2 GB left on the 80 GB hard drive in my 1 GHz iMac G4. Was comparing two very large TIFF files in Photoshop when it crashed because it had used up all the available scratch disk space. Mail and Address Book were also open at the time, along with a number of other apps.
After re-starting, Mail began crashing on launch. There had been a message open at the time of the first crash, and it appeared that the crash was happening as soon as Mail went to Address Book to find the sender's image for that message. The crash report showed that Address Book was the thread that failed.
Tried to launch Address Book; crashes on launch.
Both applications refuse to launch.
(Have also noticed that Safari crashes when entering text in a field -- good thing I have an iBook to use to post this plea for help!)
Attempted Solutions:
Scoured these discussions for suggestions.
Trashed preferences, re-started & re-launched; no luck.
Repaired permissions and disk repeatedly until squeaky clean
Used Pacifist to re-install sync services, address book, mail; no luck
Re-run Combo Update PPC 10.4.6; no luck
Have now done a full Archive and Install, re-installed the 10.4.6 combo update and the most recent security update, and verified permissions and disk.
Problem still persists -- which suggests it's something in my User library, I presume, but I'm out of ideas. Very tired and frustrated -- please help!
I've copied the most recent pertinent information from Address Book's Crash Log and posted below. Let me know if I need to post anything else, or logs from other apps. Thanks for taking the time to look into my problem, everyone!
Crash Report:
Date/Time: 2006-06-17 09:21:16.256 -0400
OS Version: 10.4.6 (Build 8I127)
Report Version: 4
Command: Address Book
Path: /Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/MacOS/Address Book
Parent: WindowServer [71]
Version: 4.0.3 (483)
Build Version: 115
Project Name: AddressBook
Source Version: 4830000
PID: 285
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNINVALIDADDRESS (0x0001) at 0xe183c1fc
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c85708 c4_FormatB::Define(int, unsigned char const**) + 212
1 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c82db4 c4_HandlerSeq::Prepare(unsigned char const**, bool) + 372
2 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c83ae8 c4_FormatV::SetupAllSubviews() + 160
3 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c851e0 c4_FormatV::Get(int, int&) + 44
4 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c85150 c4_Handler::GetBytes(int, c4_Bytes&, bool) + 44
5 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c85108 c4_Sequence::Get(int, int, c4_Bytes&) + 88
6 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c85058 c4_ViewRef::operator c4_View() const + 76
7 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c844a4 c4_Storage::Description(char const*) + 96
8 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c85c04 c4_Storage::GetAs(char const*) + 100
9 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c86e6c cacheViews + 240
10 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c811f4 -[ABAddressBook nts_OpenContactManagerWithMode:cacheSchema:] + 452
11 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c7fd50 -[ABAddressBook nts_InitDefaultContactManager] + 1052
12 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c7f88c +[ABAddressBook nts_SharedAddressBook] + 76
13 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c7f7c0 +[ABAddressBook nts_CreateSharedAddressBook] + 76
14 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c7f6e4 +[ABAddressBook sharedAddressBook] + 80
15 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c9d990 -[ABUIController setupAsPeoplePicker:] + 300
16 com.apple.AddressBook 0x00008e68 0x1000 + 32360
17 com.apple.AppKit 0x936d3e50 -[NSIBObjectData nibInstantiateWithOwner:topLevelObjects:] + 928
18 com.apple.AppKit 0x936c003c loadNib + 240
19 com.apple.AppKit 0x936bfa94 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) _loadNibFile:nameTable:withZone:ownerBundle:] + 716
20 com.apple.AppKit 0x93716f64 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibFile:externalNameTable:withZone:] + 156
21 com.apple.AppKit 0x937aa930 -[NSWindowController loadWindow] + 204
22 com.apple.AppKit 0x937aa654 -[NSWindowController window] + 92
23 com.apple.AddressBook 0x00009224 0x1000 + 33316
24 com.apple.AddressBook 0x00008f68 0x1000 + 32616
25 com.apple.Foundation 0x92931ad8 nsnotecallback + 180
26 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90803010 __CFXNotificationPost + 368
27 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907fb0ec _CFXNotificationPostNotification + 684
28 com.apple.Foundation 0x9291bee0 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 92
29 com.apple.AppKit 0x936bc338 -[NSApplication _postDidFinishNotification] + 112
30 com.apple.AppKit 0x936bc224 -[NSApplication _sendFinishLaunchingNotification] + 92
31 com.apple.AppKit 0x936bbd6c -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpen:] + 264
32 com.apple.AppKit 0x936bb914 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 92
33 com.apple.Foundation 0x92932ae4 -[NSAppleEventManager dispatchRawAppleEvent:withRawReply:handlerRefCon:] + 380
34 com.apple.Foundation 0x92932944 _NSAppleEventManagerGenericHandler + 92
35 com.apple.AE 0x914f2960 aeDispatchAppleEvent(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*, unsigned long, unsigned char*) + 208
36 com.apple.AE 0x914f27fc dispatchEventAndSendReply(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*) + 44
37 com.apple.AE 0x914f2654 aeProcessAppleEvent + 284
38 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x931db0e0 AEProcessAppleEvent + 60
39 com.apple.AppKit 0x936ba05c _DPSNextEvent + 856
40 com.apple.AppKit 0x936b9b48 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 116
41 com.apple.AppKit 0x936b608c -[NSApplication run] + 472
42 com.apple.AppKit 0x937a6bfc NSApplicationMain + 452
43 com.apple.AddressBook 0x00008a98 0x1000 + 31384
44 com.apple.AddressBook 0x00008588 0x1000 + 30088
45 com.apple.AddressBook 0x00009f68 0x1000 + 36712

I'm no expert on Address Book, but I can tell you that the files involved in the crash could be HOME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.AddressBook.plist and anything in HOME/Library/Application Support/AddresBook/. It looks like you have ignored this latest folder so far. I would try moving both items to the Desktop, restart, and see whether that stops the crashes.

When renaming an address book through properties, I can no longer see the new address book in my list. Where did it go?

I have about 30 different address books. Some of them where old but i didn't want to delete them. I no longer wanted them at the top of my list so I went to properties and added "z-" to the folder name to have them at the bottom of the list. Now I can't see the address books that I renamed. What happened to them and how do I get them back?

Make hidden files and folders visible:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Show_hidden_files_and_folders
'''First locate all address book filenames in thunderbird.'''
* In Thunderbird:
* Help > Troubleshooting Information
* click on 'show folder' button
a new window opens.
If you were going to alter anything you would need to close Thunderbird, but on this occasion you are just looking for information.
* organise the list by 'Type'
* look for all files that have MAB File type
each file will have a .mab extension and these are the address books.
Two address books are default address books called:
abook.mab = Personal Address Book
history.mab = Collected Addresses.
Other addressbooks maybe called eg: abook-1.mab
* Make a list of all the address book.mab filenames. Careful.. as spelling is important.
'''Now to check what filename = what desciption in config editor'''
* In thunderbird:
* Tools > Options > Advanced > General tab
* click on 'config Editor' button
it will tell you to be careful :)
now to locate info for each address book.
'''How to search for each address book using info gained from checking the Profile folder.'''
In top search type: abook.mab
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ldap_2.servers.pab.filename; abook.mab
notice the 'pab' in ldap_2.servers.'''pab'''.filename
In top search type: pab
you will now be able to locate:
* ldap_2.servers.pab.description; Value = Personal Address Book
* ldap_2.servers.pab.dirType; Value = 2
* ldap_2.servers.pab.filename; Value = abook.mab
* ldap_2.servers.pab.position; Value = 2
Using the above method will identify which .mab file in profile uses what info in config Editor.
'''You can do this same method to check to see if the 'Z addressbook name' is in the list and which .mab file is assigned to that description.'''
In top search type the name you assigned: Z addressbook name
it should return a line:
* ldap_2.servers.XXXX.description; Value = Z addressbook name
make a note of the XXXX part in description
In top search type: XXXX - whatever the actual description XXXX said to get the 'description', 'dirType', 'filename' and 'position'
'''Please report back on results.'''
Did you locate:
eg: ldap_2.servers.XXXX.description; Value = Z addressbook name
or was this still listed as old name without the Z part?
Did you locate all of these 'description', 'dirType', 'filename' and 'position' for each of the missing address books?
or were only some of these shown? Tell us what you found.
Did you find that there were .mab files in Profile folder but they were missing in Config Editor or in Config Editor but not in Profile folder?
Please state what was found. You can copy paste from the config editor.

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iTunes is now not showing the list of address book categories at all.
Have reset iSync history, rebuilt permissions and now out of ideas..

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Here's a place to report syncing bugs; maybe if Apple hears from enough of us these synching issues will get higher priority:
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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.
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After two weeks, the sync stopped working. I didn't changed nothing on the computer. Suddenly I noticed that the contacts sync doesn't work anymore.
iCal and Mail are still working great. the problem is only with Address Book.
I searched Google Help. I reset the Sync Services, soft and hard, still not working. I'm not using iCloud or any other sync.
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can anyone answer this?
at some point, I remember being able to do this. 10.5.x maybe? With 10.6 . . . .
I do recall, however, that I stopped doing it because the sync went haywire. I did it the other way around: I have all my contacts in Address Book, so I exported them and uploaded the vCards to Gmail, after deleting all Gmail contacts. That's not such a great option. Surely this is well-automated by now?

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Good morning all, my instincts tell me this is an issue on the exchange server but my hopes are someone clever will see something so here we go:
Address Book syncing to exchage had been working flawlessly with a larger exchange contact list (~1000). Then it just stopped. But only for one user (the only one who needs it).
Other than the manditory MS security updates, the only change to this user's windows environment has been the introduction of Office 2003 on his desktop PC.
I have created an additional acct on the mac and still no luck. As a test I altered the address book > exchange sync settings for different exchange users and everything worked on both thte new & old mac account. Therefore it's on the exchange/AD server or possible some system level setting specific to this user on the mac (sounds like a stretch, huh)...
No changes have been made to Outlook Web Access and the user's active directory account has not been altered--syncing just stopped around the time of 10.4.7 & outlook 2003 on the PC.
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