Address book unknown addresses

Can someone tell me why I am getting people's names in my address book that I have never heard of?
Thanks . BGE

Have you added them as "Buddies" in iChat? If no one here can help you figure it out, there is a Mail & Address Book forum:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=753
-Doug

Similar Messages

  • Exporting data from text file to a table using utl_file

    Dear all,
    I have a text file as below and i have a table having 12 columns. Now i need to insert this text file into the table story_books.
    CREATE TABLE story_books
    book_id NUMBER,
    Category VARCHAR2(100 BYTE),
    Book_type VARCHAR2(100 BYTE),
    Name VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Location VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Ownership_code VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Author VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Less_Sel_fact VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Reason VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Buying VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Suspected Book VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Conditions VARCHAR2(700 BYTE)
    -------------------------text file---------------
    Books Out Table: Books
    Book. Type          Name          Location               Ownership Code
    Story               SL          hyd               SS-HYD
    Known Author:     Unknown               
    Less Selling Factors: Thunderstorms     
    Reason:     Unknown               
    Buying (if applicable):
    Not Applicable
    Suspected Book:
    Unknown
    Conditions to increace sales:
    Advertisement in all areas
    i was able to read the data and storing if it is in the same line.But i dont know how to read below data
    Book. Type          Name          Location               Ownership Code
    Story               SL          hyd               SS-HYD
    In this data i have to search for 'Book. type' and then i need to save the word 'Story' to the column 'Book_type'
    Then i need to search for 'Name' and i need to save 'SL' into the column into 'Name'
    Then i need to search for 'Location' and i need to save 'hyd' into the column into 'Location'
    I was able to extract the data if it is in below format using utl_file.get_line
    Known Author:     Unknown               
    Less Selling Factors: Thunderstorms     
    Reason:     Unknown     
    Any one can explain me how to solve the above criteria.
    Thanks in advance.

    Dear all,
    I have a text file as below and i have a table having 12 columns. Now i need to insert this text file into the table story_books.
    CREATE TABLE story_books
    book_id NUMBER,
    Category VARCHAR2(100 BYTE),
    Book_type VARCHAR2(100 BYTE),
    Name VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Location VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Ownership_code VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Author VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Less_Sel_fact VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Reason VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Buying VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Suspected Book VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Conditions VARCHAR2(700 BYTE)
    -------------------------text file---------------
    Books Out Table: Books
    Book. Type          Name          Location               Ownership Code
    Story               SL          hyd               SS-HYD
    Known Author:     Unknown               
    Less Selling Factors: Thunderstorms     
    Reason:     Unknown               
    Buying (if applicable):
    Not Applicable
    Suspected Book:
    Unknown
    Conditions to increace sales:
    Advertisement in all areas
    i was able to read the data and storing if it is in the same line.But i dont know how to read below data
    Book. Type          Name          Location               Ownership Code
    Story               SL          hyd               SS-HYD
    In this data i have to search for 'Book. type' and then i need to save the word 'Story' to the column 'Book_type'
    Then i need to search for 'Name' and i need to save 'SL' into the column into 'Name'
    Then i need to search for 'Location' and i need to save 'hyd' into the column into 'Location'
    I was able to extract the data if it is in below format using utl_file.get_line
    Known Author:     Unknown               
    Less Selling Factors: Thunderstorms     
    Reason:     Unknown     
    Any one can explain me how to solve the above criteria.
    Thanks in advance.

  • Sql/Plsql code to store data into a temporary table from a text file

    Dear all,
    I need to create a temporary table getting data from a text file. I am very new to data loading could you please help me how to read the text file in to a temporary table.
    i have text file like as below:
    order* items : books Purchasing
    start date:
    8-11-09
    Notes: Books are selling from aug10 to aug 25
    Action performed*
    Time*
    Verified By*
    sold* out from shop, sold out date:_________
    +1.+
    physics _______ book sold to ravi
    +2.+
    social _______ book this is a good book
    sold to kiran
    aug10th
    ronald
    +3.+
    maths book to sal
    +4.+
    english book__________ this was a newbook
    to raj
    jak
    return* to shop, return date:____________
    +1.+
    maths book return by:_____________ Verify book
    aug11th
    john
    +2.+
    story book by:_________ checked
    aug14th
    Now i need to create a temporary table with 5columns(order,Status,Action_Performed,Time,Verified_By) like as below:
    Now i need to create a temporary table named as books_order with 5columns(order,Status,Action_Performed,Time,Verified_By) like as below:
    Order               status     Action_Performed                         Time               Verified_By
    books Purchasing     sold          physics _______ book sold to ravi               _______          _________
    books Purchasing     sold          social _______ book this is a good book sold to kiran aug10th               ronald
    books Purchasing sold          maths book to sal                         _____               __________
    books Purchasing     sold          english book__________ this was a newbook to raj __________          jak
    books Purchasing return     maths book return by:_____________ Verify book      aug11th               john
    books Purchasing     return     story book by:_________ checked                aug14th               _________
    Thanks in advance.

    Hi,
    Thanks for your suggestions. I Was able to get the data using utl_file.get_line. But i was not able to the data if it is in the below format:
    I was able to read the data and storing if it is in the same line.But i dont know how to read below data
    Book. Type Name Location Ownership Code
    Story SL hyd SS-HYD
    In this data i have to search for 'Book. type' and then i need to save the word 'Story' to the column 'Book_type'
    Then i need to search for 'Name' and i need to save 'SL' into the column into 'Name'
    Then i need to search for 'Location' and i need to save 'hyd' into the column into 'Location'
    I was able to extract the data if it is in below format using utl_file.get_line
    Known Author: Unknown
    Less Selling Factors: Thunderstorms
    Reason: Unknown
    Any one can explain me how to solve the above criteria.
    Below i am explaining the same problem in detail.
    I have a text file as below and i have a table having 12 columns. Now i need to insert this text file into the table story_books.
    CREATE TABLE story_books
    book_id NUMBER,
    Category VARCHAR2(100 BYTE),
    Book_type VARCHAR2(100 BYTE),
    Name VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Location VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Ownership_code VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Author VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Less_Sel_fact VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Reason VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Buying VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Suspected Book VARCHAR2(700 BYTE),
    Conditions VARCHAR2(700 BYTE)
    -------------------------text file---------------
    Books Out Table: Books
    Book. Type Name Location Ownership Code
    Story SL hyd SS-HYD
    Known Author: Unknown
    Less Selling Factors: Thunderstorms
    Reason: Unknown
    Buying (if applicable):
    Not Applicable
    Suspected Book:
    Unknown
    Conditions to increace sales:
    Advertisement in all areas
    i was able to read the data and storing if it is in the same line.But i dont know how to read below data
    Book. Type Name Location Ownership Code
    Story SL hyd SS-HYD
    In this data i have to search for 'Book. type' and then i need to save the word 'Story' to the column 'Book_type'
    Then i need to search for 'Name' and i need to save 'SL' into the column into 'Name'
    Then i need to search for 'Location' and i need to save 'hyd' into the column into 'Location'
    I was able to extract the data if it is in below format using utl_file.get_line
    Known Author: Unknown
    Less Selling Factors: Thunderstorms
    Reason: Unknown
    Any one can explain me how to solve the above criteria.
    Thanks in advance.

  • All calls received come in as "unknown" with no phone number or contact name from my address book?

    All calls received come in as "unknown" with no phone number or contact name from my address book? This started to happen after returning from being overseas.

    It was a caller id feature accidentally turned off when I I changed my account when returning to the US

  • Unknown Caller ID from a Contact in my Address Book

    Hello. My girlfriend has an iPhone 4 on AT&T and I have a Verizon iPhone 5. When she calls her Caller ID information appears but when she leaves a voicemail is it listed as Unknown Caller. I have been having this problem since I had the iphone 4. i tried Network Reset and deleting her information and adding it in.  Has anyone else experience this issue and if so, how can it be resolved. Many Thanks.

    Comtact your carrier and/or have her contact hers. This is not a phone problem, it's a carrier problem.

  • Unknown caller even when in address book

    8707g v 4.2.1.105. I tried downloading the latest firmware but page kept crashing.
    I read on a post I should have country and area code before phone number and then caller ID will appear when they ring me. Tried that and still unkown caller appears with no phone number.
    I have changed all the settings to show but obviously I am missing one.
    I would really appreciate help as I do need to know wgho is ringing me.
    Message Edited by ideaswoman on 04-17-2009 09:52 AM
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    Hi,
     There are several areas to look for.
    Firstly, the other person needs to be sending their mobile number. Ensure other people can see their number when they call first.
    Next, you cant have Content protection enabled on your BB. Ensure it is turned off, or that Include Contacts is NO..
    Also, whilst we are here, ensure your mobile number is showing against My Number on the phone screen. (THis will help the other way!)
    Also ensure you dont have Caller ID barred on the carriers end.
    Hope that helps!
    Checked out my Blackberry FAQ's and Links to Needed Articles here
    http://darkeen.homelinux.com/index.php/Blackberryfaq

  • ICal, Mail, and Address Book won't open

    When I open Mail, iCal, or Address Book, the application bounces a couple times in the dock and then immediately closes. Any idea what might be causing this and how I can fix it?
    I've repaired file permissions and that didn't work. I also tried (as suggested in another forum) removing the folder ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook , to no avail.
    Immediately before this problem occurred, I ran PACE's repair prebinding script (I need to do this occasionally to run Pro Tools on 10.4.10), but I'm not sure if that's related. I've run the script a few times before without any problems.

    Hi, thanks for your help.
    I went through the FAQ up through number 7 (the next step is uninstalling the application). I figured I would try one more time before I go through the pain of re-installing the three application without losing my emails, calendar items, etc. The error log for all three have the following line:
    +Link (dyld) error:+
    +Library not loaded: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DMNotification.framework/Versions/A/DMNotific ation+
    +Referenced from: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DotMacLegacy.framework/Versions/A/DotMacLegac y+
    +Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:+
    + /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DMNotification.framework/Versions/A/DMNotific ation: file to short+
    Any idea what this means?
    Below are the full error logs for all three applications:
    OS Version: 10.4.10 (Build 8R3032)
    Report Version: 4
    Command: Address Book
    Path: /Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/MacOS/Address Book
    Parent: WindowServer [62]
    Version: 4.0.5 (487)
    PID: 307
    Thread: Unknown
    Link (dyld) error:
    Library not loaded: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DMNotification.framework/Versions/A/DMNotific ation
    Referenced from: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DotMacLegacy.framework/Versions/A/DotMacLegac y
    Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
    /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DMNotification.framework/Versions/A/DMNotific ation: file to short
    OS Version: 10.4.10 (Build 8R3032)
    Report Version: 4
    Command: Mail
    Path: /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail
    Parent: WindowServer [62]
    Version: 2.1.1 (752.3)
    PID: 298
    Thread: Unknown
    Link (dyld) error:
    Library not loaded: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DMNotification.framework/Versions/A/DMNotific ation
    Referenced from: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DotMacLegacy.framework/Versions/A/DotMacLegac y
    Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
    /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DMNotification.framework/Versions/A/DMNotific ation: file to short
    OS Version: 10.4.10 (Build 8R3032)
    Report Version: 4
    Command: iCal
    Path: /Applications/iCal.app/Contents/MacOS/iCal
    Parent: WindowServer [62]
    Version: 2.0.5 (1069)
    PID: 313
    Thread: Unknown
    Link (dyld) error:
    Library not loaded: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DMNotification.framework/Versions/A/DMNotific ation
    Referenced from: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DotMacLegacy.framework/Versions/A/DotMacLegac y
    Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
    /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DMNotification.framework/Versions/A/DMNotific ation: file to short

  • Address Book, Spotlight ERRORS!

    Hello members and outside viewers,
    These are software related issues, but I think of might be Mac Pro specific. I migrated everything from a G5 some time ago, but these issues occured in the near past.
    First: My Address Book behaves very strange.
    After startup, the window freezes. Only if I minimize and click again, works OK. I began used to it, BUT
    Since yesterday, Addresses gone, disappeared from every entry.
    Under Preferences » Address Format is uneditable, it has "Item3" in it, unclickable drop down menu.
    Under Preferences »Template » Add Field several options are grey: "Phone", "Email", "Related Names", "Instant Messaging", "Address".
    Please can you help me! I deleted both plist files from Preferences folder and deleted the whole folder under Application Support/AddressBook, also reinstalled Address Book from Leopard DVD, but nothing helped so far.
    Second thing: when I invoke Spotlight, and start typing after 2-3 seconds, it quits and also Dock unusable, restarts automatically. Spotlight is useless, it behaves every time like this. Spotlight in Finder windows are OK, system-wide menubar has this error. Also, it was suddenly gone wrong like Address Book. Can I think of some virus?
    P.S. (off topic), might helpful to share: very frustating, that registering to Discussions took me over an hour.
    With Safari 4.03 the "Name" and "AppleID" are blank fields on "Create New User Account", therefore impossible to proceed. ( Error: invalid AppleID. Please login with a different AppleID )
    With Firefox you can actually see them, but "?" instead of accounted letters.
    After changing My Info, I finally realised that Apple ID should be complete e-mail address.
    That means my "visionfresh" account is totally different from "[email protected]" (or me.com, whatever..)
    Not to mention that I created a new Apple ID, that was also not working.
    Bottom line: my "[email protected]" account is working also in Safari after editing my Name (replace accented characters), but I could not proceed with the nickname "visionfresh", I chose "matyashuszar".

    {quote:title=Console.App shows this when starting Address Book}
    2009.09.03. 18:45:48 Mail[228] SyncServices[ISyncSessionDriver]: Caught top level exception: I/O error for database at /Users/matyashuszar/Library/Mail/AvailableFeeds. SQLite error code:1, 'SQL logic error or missing database' Stack trace: (0x91ffcfeb 0x966c4e3b 0x92071f1a 0x920713f8 0x9206d18b 0x920a2e40 0x92097c2d 0x920977da 0x92077001 0x38767c 0x38758d 0x38751a 0x92061302 0x920a7260 0x920a6ad4 0x920a67ff 0x920633c8 0x92062f99 0x92061ea0 0x387303 0x38748e 0x1627da55 0x94ddd1e8 0x94dc923d 0x94e632cb 0x904d1dfd 0x904d19a4 0x95d56155 0x95d56012)
    2009.09.03. 18:51:27 Address Book[6144] -[ABAddressBook setDefaultCountryCode:] called with unknown country code 'us'
    2009.09.03. 18:51:27 Address Book[6144] NSScanner: nil string argument
    2009.09.03. 18:51:27 Address Book[6144] * -[NSCFArray insertObject:atIndex:]: attempt to insert nil
    {quote}
    Please help what to to do!

  • Address Book behaves very strange

    Hello members and outside viewers,
    First thing: My Address Book behaves very strange.
    - After startup, the window freezes. Only if I minimize and click again, works OK. I began used to it, BUT
    - Since yesterday, Addresses gone, disappeared from every entry.
    - Under Preferences » Address Format is uneditable, it has "Item3" in it, unclickable drop down menu.
    - Under Preferences »Template » Add Field several options are grey: "Phone", "Email", "Related Names", "Instant Messaging", "Address".
    Please can you help me! I deleted both plist files from Preferences folder and deleted the whole folder under Application Support/AddressBook, also reinstalled Address Book from Leopard DVD, but nothing helped so far.
    Second thing: when I invoke Spotlight, and start typing after 2-3 seconds, it quits and also Dock unusable, restarts automatically. Spotlight is useless, it behaves every time like this. Spotlight in Finder windows are OK, system-wide menubar has this error. Also, it was suddenly gone wrong like Address Book. Can I think of some virus?
    P.S. (off topic), might helpful to share: very frustating, that registering to Discussions took me over an hour.
    - With Safari 4.03 the "Name" and "AppleID" are blank fields on "Create New User Account", therefore impossible to proceed. ( Error: invalid AppleID. Please login with a different AppleID )
    - With Firefox you can actually see them, but "?" instead of accounted letters.
    - After changing My Info, I finally realised that Apple ID should be complete e-mail address.
    - That means my "visionfresh" account is totally different from "[email protected]" (or me.com, whatever..)
    - Not to mention that I created a new Apple ID, that was also not working.
    - Bottom line: my "[email protected]" account is working also in Safari after editing my Name (replace accented characters), but I could not proceed with the nickname "visionfresh", I chose "matyashuszar".

    {quote:title=Console.App shows this when starting Address Book}
    2009.09.03. 18:45:48 Mail[228] SyncServices[ISyncSessionDriver]: Caught top level exception: I/O error for database at /Users/matyashuszar/Library/Mail/AvailableFeeds. SQLite error code:1, 'SQL logic error or missing database' Stack trace: (0x91ffcfeb 0x966c4e3b 0x92071f1a 0x920713f8 0x9206d18b 0x920a2e40 0x92097c2d 0x920977da 0x92077001 0x38767c 0x38758d 0x38751a 0x92061302 0x920a7260 0x920a6ad4 0x920a67ff 0x920633c8 0x92062f99 0x92061ea0 0x387303 0x38748e 0x1627da55 0x94ddd1e8 0x94dc923d 0x94e632cb 0x904d1dfd 0x904d19a4 0x95d56155 0x95d56012)
    2009.09.03. 18:51:27 Address Book[6144] -[ABAddressBook setDefaultCountryCode:] called with unknown country code 'us'
    2009.09.03. 18:51:27 Address Book[6144] NSScanner: nil string argument
    2009.09.03. 18:51:27 Address Book[6144] * -[NSCFArray insertObject:atIndex:]: attempt to insert nil
    {quote}
    Please help what to to do!

  • Can't send email to an icloud group in address book

    Hi
    I have set up some groups in icloud. I called one of these groups "Test", with only myself as a group member. In address book, when I right click to send email to "Test", it fires up a new email with the word Test in the email "to" field. If I try to send the email I get the error message "Test" doesn't seem to be a valid email address. It doesn't seem to be filling in the group email addresses in the "to" field.
    Am I doing something wrong?, or is this a known or unknown bug?
    I have other groups set up but I obviously don't want to send test emails out hence the test group "Test"
    Also when I edit the distribution list and right click the group name, "send email to "Test" is greyed out.
    Many thanks in advance

    Bump

  • How do I automatically or manually add incoming e-mail addresses to my address book?

    How do I automatically or manually add incoming e-mail addresses to my address book?

    Automatically? Really?? All addresses of all senders just sucked into the address book, spammers, advertisers and all?
    Where an address appears in the panel above the message text, there is a star alongside it. Click this star to add the address to your Address Book. Once you have done that, you can click the star again to edit the address book entry.
    Note that if the star is empty/grey (silver?) the contact is unknown. If the star is filled/yellow (gold?), the Contact is already in your address book. (This is very like the way bookmarks are managed in Firefox.)
    If you really want all senders' addresses entered indiscriminately into your address book, this add-on may be of interest.
    https://nic-nac-project.org/~kaosmos/index-en.html#addrcollector

  • Lion Address Book problem - all of over 2,000 contacts disappeared - one mysteriously reappeared - then they all reappeared during resync with Gmail!

    The subject iine pretty much describes what happened.
    I am wondering if it is anything to do with what looks like an odd file in the directory ~ Library -> Application Support -> Address Book
    As well as the "real" database file there is this zero bytes one:
    AddressBook-v22.abcddb.0F392545-78F2-4AE6-8D30-457C138332B2.unknown
    From the date, it might be something to do with installing and linking Cobook to Address Book maybe?
    These are the files and folders in that directory (sub-directory files not shown):
    I have enabled the debug menu in Address Book but have not been able to find any info about how to use it.  I lie!  I did read that I might possibly have been able to "retrieve" the contacts using the debug menu "Force Refresh" - however that was after I had started to resync with Gmail contacts.
    I realised that something odd was going on during resync when I saw that there were over 4,000 contacts being processed rather than the 2,000 or so that I was expecting.  Initially, none of the contacts groups from Gmail were showing in Address Book after this partial sync (I stopped it when I saw what was happening).  However, after quitting and restarting Address Book, the groups appeared again.
    I have not lost my contact data - as well as Gmail contacts I also have an Address Book backup from about two weeks ago and also the backup created by Cobook about two weeks ago.  (Installed Cobook as it looked like a very efficient way of getting to view individual contacts quickly - Quicksilver just isn't finding them at all).  I used third party app "Contacts Sync for Google Gmail" to link Address Book with Gmail as it gives you options about what to do for each duplicate card that it identifies.
    I then spent a lot of time sorting through the contacts on Address Book, finding duplicates, updating data, etc. with the intention of managing contacts in Address Book from then on, rather than in Gmail. Not all of these changes are reflected in the Cobook backup or Gmail.
    My worry is, with Lion being such a god-awful Pig's Ear in so many more ways than this, that this Address Book mess might happen again.
    I seem to have spent most of my time over the last month wrestling with the numerous problems that keep cropping up with Lion and getting little to show for it. 
    WARNING! FOOT-STAMPING WHINGE ABOUT LION - LOOK AWAY AND DOWN TO THE HOWLING FACES - IT WON'T BE ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE:
    I gave up on OSX when I tried Panther - that was dreadful - but was lured back by Tiger, have used Leopard very comfortably for about 5 years, had a very happy couple of months with Snow Leopard and now - this mess that is Lion!  I have repaired OSX install permissions and "home user" permissions time and again, TinkerTooled it until I am blue in the face and it seems that every few days I manage to fix something and then almost immediately something else screws up. I can't upgrade to Mountain Lion on this machine and am seriously considering installing or running Linux as these problems with Lion are just never-ending - and then there are all the other stupid changes that have subsequently been sensibly reverted, mitigated or worked around in ML).
    I have never bothered much with Address Book or Mail in the past as I have found them too limited.   I have used either the Gmail web interface or Thunderbird.  However, Gmail has started crashing my favourite browsers (Seamonkey and Firefox), Thunderbird has got just a bit too complicated and I cannot get Quicksilver to play ball with Gmail.  The Lion version of Address Book is better than Gmail Contacts and Mail Smart Folders can emulate Gmail filters and labels - a huge improvement.  So, just when these apps look good enough to be worth bothering with, they come part and parcel with what I have seen mocked, and rightly, as "Apple Vista"!
    Sorry for that  but I am about at the end of my tether with it all ;-/
    I would be very grateful if anyone can offer any advice about:
    1) That strange looking zero bytes file in the Address Book folder.
    2) Whether the Address Book debug menu options might be of any help in this situation?
    There seem to be lots of people having problems with Address Book in both Lion and Mountain Lion, if not exactly this issue, so maybe the answers will help others too.
    Fingers crossed!
    Ms Mousette
    ps. In the product list to tick for this question they are grouped so I cannot specify that this is actually nothing to do with the iPhone.  I have got a load of contacts on my iPhone too but I am not going to sync them until I have got this issue sorted out.

    Could this font be the cause of the problem?
    Possibly, since that font is not the one that Address Book uses and there is no method to specify or change the font used by Address Book. You could have recovered your Address Book contacts without syncing, so that could also be part of the problem. You should always make a keep a backup of your Address Book on your computer and in another safe location whenever you make any change to it.
    May I ask why you haven't updated to 10.4.11 yet, as it provides various bug fixes and security enhancements?
    Mulder

  • Using O2M I imported my contacts into Address Book. However upon exiting the contacts are not saved. This is on a new Macbook Pro Lion OS. How does one save the newly imported contacts?

    Using the program O2M I successfully imported emails from Outlook 2003 to Mail, and calendar events to iCal. However, repeated attempts to import contacts to Address Book have failed. The contacts appear to import, but when I close Address Book and reopen it, the contacts are gone. I tried File-Save, but Save is greyed out. This is a new Macbook Pro with the latest Lion OS. I wonder if O2M has not been updated to work with Lion. Or is there something I am overlooking in the import process?

    Hi Denisej and others who have encountered the same problem,
    I tried your work around. Unfortunately it did not work out for me because in my contacts there are an unknown number that still "refused" to be imported like that. When such a contact was in the group I selected for import the whole lot would be lost again after re-opening Address Book. Finally that meant that I had to import each contact one-by-one, each time with the need to close down Address Book. A job to go nuts and end up with a mouse injury. So I decided to use the Migration Assistant that Lion now offers
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3284404
    together with Windows Migration Assitant on my old PC. Obviously both Mac and PC have to be on the same network. For this I did not need to do anything special. Both make use of the same router and that is apparently sufficient. When migrating the contacts Lion creates a new account, so you need to log in to that new account to see your migrated contacts. I used the Export Address Book Archive function in the Address Book menu to copy the lot to my own Apple account. I got rid of the new account and I was finally where I wanted to be in the first place.
    Kees

  • Thunderbird can't send email to addresses in Address Book because of formatting error

    My Thunderbird can't send email to an address picked from the Address Book. It gives the following error:
    "An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded: 5.1.1 <"name@telconame"@telco.com> Unknown recipient. Please check the message recipient "name@telconame"@telco.com and try again."
    You can see that Thunderbird has garbled the name/address pair: "name@telconame"@telco.com" so that it's unworkable.
    If I type the email address by hand, it sends the email OK. But it can't retrieve an address from the Address Book without garbling the name/address pair. Win 7, TBird Version 32.0; it's the same in SafeMode.
    Any ideas?

    Make two Address Book entries for him; one for each of his e-mail addresses. Make a new Address Book group and put both of his entries in it. When you send him an e-mail just type in the name of the group in the To: field.

  • MSN Messenger and Address Book don't work in one account

    I recently succumbed to pressure from my daughter to set up MSN Messenger for her, but couldn't make it work in her account. A window appeared for reporting the problem to Microsoft, and when I looked in More Information, it seemed to be something to do with Address Book. Crashed Module Name and Blame Module Name both said Address Book. When I tried opening Address Book separately, the Menu bar appeared but trying to click on anything just resulted in the revolving beach ball. There are five accounts on our iMac, and in all the others, both Messenger and Address Book open fine. Does this require drastic action, like deleting my daughter's account and setting up a new one? Or are there any preferences that could be trashed to sort it out? She has also reported problems with Safari, but I haven't checked that one out.
    David
    Intel iMac   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

    ProwessLegacy,
    Welcome to Apple Discussions.
    Based on your description, if you refuse to reinstall the system again, may I suggest an Archive and Install as an alternative. It can preserve user and network settings with minimal disruption to your current installation.
    You will have to reapply subsequent updates but it will be less of hassle than digging around for replacements for unknown missing components.
    ;~)

Maybe you are looking for