Adress Book won't load

Question

I recently upgraded to Tiger and wanted to upload my address book. But the Mac adress book won't start. I threw out all the address book folders (including pref.s and plist etc.) and selectively re-installed Adress Book. Same story, it won't open. I noticed that "Wallet" - which ahs several features in common with Address Book - won't load either. I fear that some script is missing somewhere.
Has anybody any ideas?
Thanks
willig0_6
iBook G3 900 Mhz   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   Exte. Hard drive

Answer 1

That's good news, it means that it's limited to your Home folder. A bit of corruption somewhere. What is "Wallet" the Yahoo add on? That may be getting in the way. Log back into your normal user account and disable it and test AB.
Here's the whole litany for thoroughly checking your home folder. It's not as daunting as it looks.
1. Navigate to ~(YourHome/Library/Fonts - drag this folder to the desktop.
• Restart and test your applications.
• If they work start adding the fonts back few at a time.
( Likely suspects are Times RO & Helvetica Fractions, also if you do not use Classic you can trash the classic fonts.)
2. Check Preferences Thoroughly;
• Navigate to ~(YourHome/Library/Preferences drag this folder to the desktop.
• Restart and test your applications.
• If this works, save the old preferences folder somewhere else or on disk, name it "old prefs" .
** Note: A very important file is the "com.apple.Mail.plist" preference file located in the Preferences folder which contains all email account settings and general mail preferences (hold this one and replace if your problem is not with Mail).
You'll have to go through some of your System Preferences and apps to set the preferences back to how you like them. (Or if you have the time and inclination, "cherry pick" through until you find the problem one or two.)
3. Check Permissions Inside Home Folder
• Navigate to YourHome/Library.
• Get Info (Command - i) on folders for apps you are having problems with.
• Open the "Ownership & permissions" disclosure triangle.
• Make sure you are the owner, with "read and write" access.
• Click on "apply to all"
• If this is correct, open the "Applications Support" folder and do the same procedure (Command+I) for the folders with the names of the applications you are having trouble with.
Note:
The reason to check this is because repairing permissions with Disk Utility doesn't touch permissions inside your home folder.
4. Navigate to YourHome/Library/Caches and drag this folder to the trash, then log out and back or restart. There is no need to replace this folder.
-mj
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