Address books doesnt work

I am running a G4 with two HD, each having osx 10.4 and 10.4.11 on the secondary drive. the HD running the newest version is no longer boatable but still has all my original software and files on it. the primary drive has all the standard osx programs too. So on each drive I have address book, neither of which will open. I would prefer the info on the secondary drive since It is the original. Do I have to delete one to get the other to work. Also I tried to update the newer one to 10.4.11 but it gave an error.

My input is basic, But maybe try using Disk Utility to do a Disk Repair, as shown in this link, while booted up on your install disk.
You could have some directory corruption. Let us know what errors Disk Utility reports and if DU was able to repair them. Cheers! DALE

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Hey Caesar and Welcome to Apple Discussions,
So your header reads:
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Is that right? Will it run only on the battery?
If so this is from the manual:
"The computer runs with battery, but not with the power adapter plugged into
wall outlet
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2. Try known-good power adapter and power cord.
Note:
Verify that power adapter connector glows amber or green. If the power
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hi there
i'm on a mac pro, quad core with leopard 10.5.2.
my address book was working perfectly then... yesterday i opened it up and it stopped working?
since then it has been frustrating that i have not been able to get it working?
here is a picture of what i see:
http://www.danmckie.co.uk/images/Addressbook_notworking.jpg
to me it looks like some sort of graphics's problem? i may be wrong.
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OS X 10.5.8
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On all my computers : MacBook Air and Mac Mini, the Add to Address Book (command + Shift + Y) is not working in Mail.app.
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I've got the same issue in the console. I didn't notice the keyboard shortcut not working but that's happening to me as well.
I've gone gone through and repaired the disk and disk permissions. Still no luck.
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Ok! Hmm... I indeed have tried to import an archive, did get the message, replaced all and had it working fine for me so it should for you I would think.
Have you tried to log in your computer as a different user, launch AB and try to toggle back and forth between archives to see if you experience the same issue? If not, then it is a user specific issue, if yes, then it may be more a case of app/system issue.
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I found the answer myself.

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http://www.squadxp.com/news/book.jpeg

K Rock XP,
You may want to try the plist replacement one more time. Make sure that you use the restart option.
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