Address book unexpectedly quitting

Whenever I go to add a new contact in Address Book, it "unexpectedly quits".
I've tried moving the preferences folder to the desktop, then logging out and logging back in to see if it was a preference problem, but it didn't do anything. Then I tried taking out the Library>Application Support>AddressBook folder and putting it on the desktop, then log out and log back in to see if it was something with the contacts, but that still didn't work. So I don't know what to do. If you have any ideas.. please post!
Thanks!
Brien

Date/Time: 2006-07-11 21:33:55.747 -0400
OS Version: 10.4.7 (Build 8J135)
Report Version: 4
Command: Address Book
Path: /Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/MacOS/Address Book
Parent: WindowServer [1040]
Version: 4.0.3 (477.6)
Build Version: 366
Project Name: AddressBook
Source Version: 4770600
PID: 1075
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000000
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907bec88 CFArrayGetValueAtIndex + 276
1 com.apple.CoreText 0x90263a38 TSplicedFontDescriptor::CopyCharacterSet() const + 96
2 com.apple.CoreText 0x90242c8c TPhysicalDescriptor::CopyAttribute(TCFStr const&) const + 720
3 com.apple.CoreText 0x9021f22c TPhysicalDescriptor::CopyAttribute(__CFString const*) const + 352
4 com.apple.AppKit 0x936f18d8 -[__NSFontTypefaceInfo _nominalCharacterCoverage] + 112
5 com.apple.AppKit 0x936f1764 -[__NSSharedFontInstanceInfo _characterCoverage] + 264
6 com.apple.AppKit 0x93742a04 -[NSMutableAttributedString(NSMutableAttributedStringKitAdditions) fixFontAttributeInRange:] + 992
7 com.apple.AppKit 0x93742410 -[NSMutableAttributedString(NSMutableAttributedStringKitAdditions) fixAttributesInRange:] + 68
8 com.apple.AppKit 0x93aabfec __NSCreateRenderingContextForString + 232
9 com.apple.AppKit 0x93726144 _NSStringDrawingCore + 1260
10 com.apple.AppKit 0x93725c28 _NXDrawTextCell + 620
11 com.apple.AppKit 0x937256e0 -[NSTextFieldCell drawInteriorWithFrame:inView:] + 464
12 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94ccd694 -[ABPeopleTableTextFieldCell drawInteriorWithFrame:inView:] + 1452
13 com.apple.AppKit 0x937253bc -[NSTextFieldCell drawWithFrame:inView:] + 316
14 com.apple.AppKit 0x9377ffc8 -[NSTableView _drawContentsAtRow:column:clipRect:] + 756
15 com.apple.AppKit 0x9377f854 -[NSTableView drawRow:clipRect:] + 220
16 com.apple.AppKit 0x9377f610 -[NSTableView drawRowIndexes:clipRect:] + 108
17 com.apple.AppKit 0x9377ec98 -[NSTableView drawRect:] + 1144
18 com.apple.AppKit 0x93713858 -[NSView _drawRect:clip:] + 2128
19 com.apple.AppKit 0x93712e18 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:] + 404
20 com.apple.AppKit 0x937123e0 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 196
21 com.apple.AppKit 0x937129a8 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 1676
22 com.apple.AppKit 0x937129a8 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 1676
23 com.apple.AppKit 0x937129a8 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 1676
24 com.apple.AppKit 0x937129a8 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 1676
25 com.apple.AppKit 0x937129a8 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 1676
26 com.apple.AppKit 0x937129a8 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 1676
27 com.apple.AppKit 0x93733044 -[NSThemeFrame _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 192
28 com.apple.AppKit 0x9370c054 -[NSView _displayRectIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:] + 384
29 com.apple.AppKit 0x93701348 -[NSView displayIfNeeded] + 248
30 com.apple.AppKit 0x937011b8 -[NSWindow displayIfNeeded] + 180
31 com.apple.AppKit 0x93701064 _handleWindowNeedsDisplay + 200
32 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907db73c __CFRunLoopDoObservers + 352
33 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907db9dc __CFRunLoopRun + 420
34 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907db47c CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 268
35 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x931eb740 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 264
36 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x931ead4c ReceiveNextEventCommon + 244
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38 com.apple.AppKit 0x936cdae4 _DPSNextEvent + 384
39 com.apple.AppKit 0x936cd7a8 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 116
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-- the code ---
global MsgTitle
on run
set MsgTitle to "Search for Duplicates in Address Book Contacts"
display dialog ¬
"This Script takes a while to finish" & return & "maybe 10 min or More..." & return & "Depending on the Address Book Contacts." & return & return & "Hence Allow it to run for the while" with title MsgTitle ¬
with icon 1 ¬
buttons {"Continue"} ¬
giving up after 5
set question to display dialog "Select the Duplicate Search Parameter " with icon 1 with title MsgTitle ¬
buttons {"Contact Name", "Contacts on Phone & Email Id's", "Quit"} default button 3
set rtnValue to button returned of question
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tell me to quit
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on GetDup_byName(theGroupName)
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save "Address Book"
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save "Address Book"
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save "Address Book"
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set ListEmail_Uniq to {}
set ListEmail_Dup to {}
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set No_EmailList to {}
set No_dataList to {}
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repeat with i from 1 to count of ListofEmailID
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set theEmails to item i of ListofEmailID
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repeat with i from 1 to count of ListofPeople
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end Get_dup
on quit
--set MsgTitle to "Change Email ID's Domain Name"
save application "Address Book"
display dialog "Contact Srikanth Kamath at [email protected] for any Help" with title MsgTitle with icon 1 buttons "OK"
continue quit
end quit

Hello Srikanth Kamath,
I'm not sure you're still following this thread, but anyway here's sample code I said I'd post later.
--SCRIPT2
main()
on main()
script o
-- input data
property xx : {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} -- list of parents
property yy : {{"g", "h"}, {"a", "b"}, {"b", "e", "f"}, {"e"}, {"c", "d"}} -- list of children per parent
-- work list
property pp : {} -- list of children tagged by parent; i.e, lits of {child, parent}
property qq : {}
property rr : {}
-- (1) build list of children tagged by parent
repeat with i from 1 to count my xx
set x to my xx's item i
set y to my yy's item i
repeat with p in y
set end of my pp to {p's contents, x}
end repeat
end repeat
--return pp -- {{"g", 1}, {"h", 1}, {"a", 2}, {"b", 2}, {"b", 3}, {"e", 3}, {"f", 3}, {"e", 4}, {"c", 5}, {"d", 5}}
-- (2) sort tagged list by child as key
msort(my by_key1, my pp)
--return pp -- {{"a", 2}, {"b", 2}, {"b", 3}, {"c", 5}, {"d", 5}, {"e", 3}, {"e", 4}, {"f", 3}, {"g", 1}, {"h", 1}}
-- (3) retrieve parents with duplicate child
(* retrieve list of {child, parent} for duplicate child *)
set my qq to uniq(my eq_key1, my pp, {_dup:true})
--return qq -- {{"b", 2}, {"b", 3}, {"e", 3}, {"e", 4}}
(* retrieve list of parent *)
repeat with q in my qq
set r to q's item 2
if r is not in my rr then set end of my rr to r
end repeat
return rr -- {2, 3, 4}
end script
tell o to run
end main
on by_key1(x, y)
msort's comparator for list of lists
key = item 1, ascending
returns true iff x and y are out of order
return x's item 1 > y's item 1
end by_key1
on eq_key1(x, y)
uniq's comparator for list of lists
key = item 1
returns true iff x and y are considered equal
return x's item 1 = y's item 1
end eq_key1
on msort(cmp_, aa) -- v1.2f2
Basic recursive merge sort handler having list sorted in place.
handler cmp_ : comparator
* cmp_(x, y) must return true iff list element x and y are out of order.
list aa : list to be sorted in place
script o
property parent : {} -- limit closure to minimum
property xx : aa -- to be sorted in place
property xxl : count my xx
property yy : {}
property cmp : cmp_
on merge(p, q, r)
property xx: source list
integer p, q, r : absolute indices to specify range to be merged such that
xx's items p thru r is the target range,
xx's items p thru (q-1) is the first sublist,
xx's items q thru r is the second sublist.
(p < q <= r)
local i, j, k, xp, xr, yi, yj, ix, jx
if r - p = 1 then
set xp to my xx's item p
set xr to my xx's item r
if my cmp(xp, xr) then
set my xx's item p to xr
set my xx's item r to xp
end if
return -- exit
else
if p < q - 1 then merge(p, (p + q) div 2, q - 1)
merge(q, (q + r + 1) div 2, r)
end if
At this point, sublits xx[p, q-1] and xx[q, r] have been already sorted (p < q <= r)
if my cmp(my xx's item (q - 1), my xx's item q) then
else -- xx[p, q-1] & xx[q, r] are already sorted
return
end if
set yy to my xx's items p thru r -- working copy for comparison
set ix to q - p
set jx to r - p + 1
set i to 1
set j to q - p + 1
set k to p
set yi to my yy's item i
set yj to my yy's item j
repeat
if my cmp(yi, yj) then
set my xx's item k to yj
set j to j + 1
set k to k + 1
if j > jx then
set my xx's item k to yi
set i to i + 1
set k to k + 1
repeat until k > r
set my xx's item k to my yy's item i
set i to i + 1
set k to k + 1
end repeat
return
end if
set yj to my yy's item j
else
set my xx's item k to yi
set i to i + 1
set k to k + 1
if i > ix then
set my xx's item k to yj
set j to j + 1
set k to k + 1
repeat until k > r
set my xx's item k to my yy's item j
set j to j + 1
set k to k + 1
end repeat
return
end if
set yi to my yy's item i
end if
end repeat
end merge
on cmp(x, y)
(* primary comparator *)
return x > y
end cmp
local d, i, j
if xxl ≤ 1 then return
if cmp_ = {} then set my cmp to cmp -- comparator fallback
my merge(1, (xxl + 1) div 2, xxl)
end script
tell o to run
end msort
on uniq(eq_, aa, {dup:dup}) -- v0.21
handler eq_ : comparator eq_(x, y) that returns true iff x and y are considered equal
list aa : pre-sorted list
(precisely, a list organized such that any duplicate items are adjacent to each other)
boolean _dup : option whether return unique items or duplicate items
return duplicate if true, unique otherwise.
script o
property parent : {} -- limit closure to minimum
property xx : aa
property yy : {}
property eq : eq_
on eq(x, y)
(* primitive comparator *)
x = y
end eq
if eq_ = {} then set my eq to my eq -- comparator fallback
local t, x, _on
if (count my xx) < 2 then return my xx's contents
if _dup then
set _on to false
set t to my xx's item 1
repeat with i from 2 to count my xx
set x to my xx's item i
if eq(x, t) then
set end of my yy to t
set _on to true
else if _on then
set end of my yy to t
set _on to false
end if
set t to x
end repeat
if _on then set end of my yy to x
return my yy's contents -- return duplicate elements
else
set t to my xx's item 1
set end of my yy to t
repeat with i from 2 to count my xx
set x to my xx's item i
if eq(x, t) then
else
set end of my yy to x
set t to x
end if
end repeat
return my yy's contents -- return uinque elements
end if
end script
tell o to run
end uniq
--END OF SCRIPT2
In order to apply it to your current Address Book problem, replace the main() handler with something like the following one.
--SCRIPT2a (part)
on main()
script o
-- input data
property xx : {} -- list of parent; given later
property yy : {} -- list of children per parent; given later
-- work list
property pp : {} -- list of children tagged by parent; i.e, lits of {child, parent}
property qq : {}
property rr : {}
-- (0) get input data from AB
tell application "Address Book"
tell people
set xx to its id
set yy to its every email's value
end tell
end tell
-- (1) build list of children tagged by parent *)
(* omitted (same as the previous) *)
-- (2) sort tagged list by child as key
(* omitted (same as the previous) *)
-- (3) retrieve parents with duplicate child
(* omitted (same as the previous) *)
-- (4) group the retrieved people in AB
tell application "Address Book"
repeat with r in my rr
add person id r to group "duplicate email"
end repeat
end tell
end script
tell o to run
end main
--END OF SCRIPT2a
Good luck,
Hiroto
Message was edited by: Hiroto

Lost address book, found file named AddressBook.data.previous

My address book is gone. I found AddressBook.data.previous in Application Support under my account, but I can't open it and can't drag it to the Application. Any help? Is this my missing data?
Best to all.

With the Address Book application quit and using the Finder go to Home > Library > Application Support > AddressBook > AddressBook.data.previous.
If there is an Address Book.data file, move this to the Desktop. Change the name of AddressBook.data.previoius to AddressBook.data
Say a quick prayer of cross your fingers and launch Address Book.
If your contacts are not available, now is the time to start maintaining a backup or if you do, start including Address Book data with your backup which is quite easy.
As the menu bar, go to File and select Back Up Address Book. The default name for the backup file is Address Book - (and the date). A very easy process.
If you need to recover all contacts from this backup, at the menu bar go to File and select Revert to Address Book Backup selecting the backup file.
Before making a large number changes/edits, deletions or additions to existing data, update your backup file immediately beforehand.

Transferring files from Address Book to Outlook for Mac 2011

I know that this topic has been addressed, but I have a strange problem with what should be a straightforward process.
Whenever I highlight all the entries in Address Book and drag them to an empty folder on my desktop, Address Book creates a single file titled, "vCards.vcf." This file is quite large, which leads me to suspect that it somehow contains all the names in my Address Book, but nothing I have tried - or read - has given me the slightest clue how to use this file to move the names over to Outlook. Likewise, nothing I have tried has been successful.
In the past, whenever I highlighted all the names in Address Book and dragged them to a folder on my desktop, a vCard for each name appeared in the folder, so this development has really surprised me.
Any idea as to what I am doing wrong?

The single file does indeed contain all of the vCards in one file.
I don't know about Outlook '11, but all the Windows versions of Outlook cannot handle a multi-contact vCard. I would imagine Outlook '11 to be the same.
It's been creating multiple vCards for a while (perhaps just since Snow Leopard, but I can't remember).
Entourage has been able to sync with the Address Book for quite some time. Try looking in the Outlook prefs for that option.

Removing the entire Address Book

For business and personal reasons (which I am not asking you to critique or improve upon) I have 2 separate Address Books that are swap out every now and again and backed up to separate Archives.
Like this...
- Add a contact to Address Book
- Export... Archive Address Book
- Delete the ~/Library/Application Support/Address Book folder
- Quit Address Book
- Launch Address Book (it should be empty again)
- Import other Address Book
This no longer works in 10.5 for 2 reasons:-
- Addresses added through Mail do not appear until you search for them
- I cannot delete the 'AddressBook-v22.abcddb' file from Trash
(Perhaps these are related.)
Basically, what should be consistent Mac OS X behaviour of deleting prefs to start again no longer works.
What gives Apple? So many bugs in this version that it stinks. Rock on 10.5.2, 10.5.3 and 10.5.4....

I assume you did that using Tiger.
If you want to continue using your Tiger addressbook data file in Leopard then do this:
create a new folder and drag in your Tiger addressbook data file into the new folder. Then add .abbu to the new folders name, of course at the end of.... Now use import in Leopards mail and continue with your past practice.

Address Book won't sync with contacts on mobile.me anymore

I have a iMac 5,1 with MacOSX 10.6.4, mobile.me and an iPhone (4.0.2). For many, many years I have had Address Book which quite happily was in sync with the more recently acquired Contacts in Mobile.me. But now, my Address Book isn't syncing with Contacts. And the Contacts on my mobile phone syncs with the Contacts in mobile.me rather than with Address Book. I've tried all sorts of combinations of syncing to no avail. Can anyone please tell me how to ensure that Address Book syncs with Contacts in mobile.me and I would want Address Book to overwrite Contacts. The huge ongoing number of duplicates is another problem but there are many threads I can see that will help me solve that problem.
Thanks

I am having this problem, too. Gmail is my mothership, all the contacts and groups are hosted there, I just want to pull it down to my iMac and my MacBook.
The process seems to work fine on the iMac, but I sync an iPod to that Mac almost every day. I do not sync a device to the MacBook, and it does not get Address Book updates. I feel strongly that the mobile device plays a role in the sync. I will try to sync an iPod to the MacBook, and see what happens. This is a valid test, but I am not willing to erase my iPod every other day just to keep my Address Book up to date on my laptop. This should work better.
I wish there was a tool for contacts like Calaboration. Calaboration makes my iCal sync both ways to Google, and works breath-takingly well.

How to restore Address Book to the stage before running it for the 1st time

Does anyone know how to do this? Couldn't delete some groups created automatically by Address Book, so thinking of restoring it to the initial stage.

Which Groups are you trying to delete?
Some or all except the primary "All" Group?
Any error message provided when trying to do so?
To restore the Address Book to the initial stage, do the following:
With the Address Book application quit and using the Finder, go to Home > Library > Application Support > AddressBook.
Move the AddressBook folder to the Desktop.
Using the Finder, go to Home > Library > Preferences > com.apple.AddressBook.plist. Move the com.apple.AddressBook.plist file to the Desktop.
Launch Address Book and it should be like launching it for the first time.
I like to move all assocated files to the Desktop first so in case something goes wrong and you want to restore things as they were, you can easily do so.

Sync iPhone contacts to Address Book

Can anyone tell me how to take the contacts from my iPhone and store them in my address book. I never typed my contacts in my address book, and instead of syncing Address Book to iPhone.....I want to do the reverse!
Also, is my contacts already stored on my computer under the backup of my iPhone? If I was to purchase another iPhone, would I just load my contacts that way.....from the backup??
Thanks!

The Revert to Address Book Backup feature opens a backup file created by the Address Book backup feature only.
I'm not sure if any of these files can be used to restore the data but I've got something for you to try.
Why do the the contacts get erased from the iPhone if the computer's address book is empty? Is this a feature or a bug? Seems like a bug.
I don't believe this is a bug - kind of like which was last changed prior to the sync process - in this case if was your Address Book database on your Mac. If there had been at least one contact available on the Address Book on your Mac, I don't believe this would have occurred but since it was empty and the last changed all contacts were lost on the iPhone.
With the Address Book application quit on your Mac, move the recovered AddressBook.data.previous file from the backup drive to the Desktop. Change the name of this file to AddressBook.data or remove .previous from the file name.
Using the Finder, go to Home > Library > Application Support > AddressBook. Move the AddressBook.data file from the Desktop within the AddressBook folder. This will replace the existing AddressBook.data file which is empty.
Cross your finger and then launch the Address Book application to see if most or all of your Address Book contacts were restored.

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