Applications Folder = Address Book ???

Can anyone translate Apple's decision to make the Applications folder in the dock look like the Address Book icon? Or the icon of whatever happens to sort to the top of the folder?
This is confusing.
If I want to launch an application I need to click on "Address Book"....
Makes zero sense.

I upgraded to Leopard in spite of, not because of, these highly-promoted worse than useless bells and whistles, relying on Apple’s false claim, at 03:26 in its Leopard guided tour (http://www.apple.com/macosx/guidedtour/) that I would still be able to ‘get to any file with just a single click.’
*This is only correct for users who organize their files only one level deep.*
I wonder if that false claim makes it possible to go for class action status, should Apple refuse to issue refunds for this huge step backward.
I did not upgrade to Leopard for stacks, spaces, or cover flow; 'fan' in my opinion (sorry, Apple) is positively hokey, and 'grid' is basically the icon view (rather than the list view) of the finder that I haven't used since my first week on a Mac more than 20 years ago. These and cover view are for users who are less than proficient with naming and organizing files.
Regarding ‘keeping my desktop nice and tidy’ I was already quite capable of that, thank you.
Though it heavily pitched these useless-to-me bells and whistles, I never dreamed that Apple would disable the much quicker means of navigating to files in Tiger.
I have four main folders in the dock, each including up to dozens of folders nested five, six, seven and more levels deep. I'm accustomed to getting to the exact file I need, many levels deep, in about three seconds, with one click, hold, and release.
Leopard is truly a huge step backward in navigating to a file for anyone just a bit more organizationally advanced than the average user.

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This happens on a regular basis
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While sending multiple images often the whole process comes to a grinding halt as the address book is stripped of all it's contents, I back up the address book every time I add an address so it does not cause me to loose the information.
Just wandering if anyone might have an idea what is causing this, the reason I ask in this forum is that the 3rd party developer says it must be an issue with mail as he knows of no other issues.
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I made a fresh install and wanted to copy the file http://www.marco.org/2011/09/10/adding-to-apple-mail-autocomplete to save nuisance with no autocomplete with new mail (as I did last time). But why there is no Address book folder in Library/Application Support as is in the original Library (as I backuped yesterday) ??
Similarly - where is Skype folder (it is in the laptop system/library Application Support but not in the same folder in Time Machine (to copy the chat history).
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original Library with the file I need from yesterday backup:
Library from yesterday backup as found on Time Machine:

The ~Library folder effective with Lion 10.7.x
See
http://pondini.org/TM/15A.html
Apple hides the ~/Library folder (meaning the Library folder inside your home folder), from users, apparently to protect us mere mortals from messing with it. That's kind of a problem when we needto.
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Running applescript applications from Address Book - elegantly

Hello,
I have done quite a lot of scripting for my Address Book - using URL's I have defined groups, categories and loactions.
I have written a number of useful apple scripts to help me manipulate my address book, and compiled these into applications.
The only thing I have trouble with is running these in an elegant fashion. I generally need to run these when address book is active, but currently that means I have to make the finder active, navigate to the location of the application, and then run the application via a double click.
I would like to integrate the applications into the address book GUI. So options would be to add buttons in the top pane to launch the applications, or add menu items to address book menus (with keyboard shortcuts).
Maybe there is other ways - I did some reading on services and fully didn't get them.
I find the apple script icon in the top right menu bar to be very slow - and I have too deep a folder structure for my scripts to come up.
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I'd assign the script to a keyboard shortcut.
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from redshirt web site.
There are a lot of keyboard shortcuts apps around. I use
iKey is a front end program that simulates typing and mouse movements. I use iKey to remap the Function keys.
"iKey is an automation utility, a program that creates shortcuts to accomplish repetitive tasks. In essence, an iKey shortcut is a little program in its own right, but you don't need to know the first thing about programming to create an iKey shortcut. All you have to do is put together three necessary parts of a shortcut: One or more commands that give the shortcut its functionality, a context in which it runs, and a launcher that defines how the shortcut is activated."
http://www.scriptsoftware.com/ikey/
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No link to the Address Book application from Address Book Widget?

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I don't think there is a way to launch the Address Book app with the new 10.4.4 widget like we could before. I noticed that right away and went to the Mac OS X Feedback page to report it. If it bugs you as much as it bugs me you should report it too.
Here's the link just to make it easy:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/
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Missing Address Book Folder in Application Support

I've been having problems with my Address Book for a long time, now. Ever since my friend accidentally synced his iPhone with my computer and merged all our contacts. I had gone in and deleted the contacts, but the program has been buggy. As it stands, there are 0 Cards in my Address Book.
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Thanks for the "helpful" star feedback.
koabehr wrote:
Is there an option for us non-Time Machine users?
I am getting an external hard-drive this winter, but I don't have one yet. So a solution other than that is ideal.
(1) Instead of Time Machine, you could restore your contacts from other backups you use. Moreover, there is no requirement for the backup files to be on a hard drive.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1553
Even if you do not backup your entire startup disk, you will want backups of any important, expensive, or irreplaceable files plus those shown in this Apple article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8771.html
(2) If you have no backup, the only way I know to get your Address Book contact info back is to recreate it.
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The archive can be used to restore your data should the problem occur again. Rather than recreating the entire Address Book database, you can restore the archive and will then need to recreate only the changes since the archive was created.
Typical Address Book archives are only a few megabytes, so, in addition to keeping a copy in your Documents folder, you can save an extra copy on another computer, writable CD or DVD, or even Flash (jump) drive. To safeguard against loss due to hard disk crash, it is vital that you keep your principal backup/archive somewhere other than your startup disk. I think you can see that more than one copy on more than one media is a good idea.
I am slow on the keyboard, so I recreate my archive monthly in addition to Time Machine and the other backups I keep.
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Where is the home/application/address book in Lion. Can't find it to move in a backup of my address book.

Where is the home/application support/address book folder in Lion? Can't find it to put in a backup.
I made a mistake. I want to find the home/library/application support/address book - not the application itself. The whole library is not there - is it a hidden file? And if so how do I get it to show?
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Kappy wrote:
All applications are in the /Applications/ folder, not the /Home/Applications/ folder. In fact the latter should not even exist unless you specifically created it.
Kappy, I was going to start a Thread about the Application Folder so I'm glad you brought it up and you said that it should not even exist. I've had an Applications Folder within my Home Folder thru multiple OS. I'm even tempted to say since OS 9, but I'm not sure about that. There has never been anything in that folder and I don't remember ever creating it. Infact, The folder to me looks like a folder that would be installed as part of the OS.

Address Book "images" folder is 64GB

Hi..
I am hoping someone can assist me. The "images" folder in "user\Application Support\Address Book\" is 64GB and contains over a million items. All items are photos with random names like "41464863-F2BB-4BF2-9494-8161D45F0312.jpeg". (Not all item have the jpeg suffix.
Looking through the console messages I have identified that the items are created when I sync
8/01/10 8:35:15 AM SyncServer[809] [110f20] |SyncManager|Warning| client com.apple.isyncDU.ipod.A270017485642 not added to plan because it isn't syncing any entities in the plan
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The "random" names are UUIDs for the person they are attached to.
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HI Paul,
There's no way that is right.
Your profile indicates you are running 10.4.8 but you posted in the 10.6 Snow Leopard forum? If you have updated to 10.6 please click My Settings on the right side of this page and update your profile. Thanks. (iMac G5... PowerPC)?
Unless you have copy/pasted information for Address Book and contact information from the internet or e-mail, that's the only way I can think that could happen.
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If you are running 10.4, try installing the 10.4.11 combo update.
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As with any update, repair disk permissions.
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Address Book Folder??

I deleted my user (For reasons I'd rather not say) so I am moving things to my new user by the "Deleted" user folder. I just realized I don't have my Address Book contacts! Is there a folder in the Home Folder that contains the Address Book Contacts?

you still have the "old" files right? just keep them as back up.
ok, quit ab ad all other applications, go back to your new homefolde/library/application support/address book folder and locate the three following items 1) addressbook.data, and tell me what size it is, then 2) metadata folder and 3) addressbook-v22.abcddb
your addressbook.data file should (depending on how many contacts you have) be of a sizeable size, if that is the case it means you did drag your address book data ok, so you only need to remove the two other items, the metadata folder and the .abcddb file. once you have removed them to the desktop for example, then open ab again and see if all your contacts are there. if so, then you can delete the two files you moved to the desktop.
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Application icon becoming Address Book when "Stacked"

my problem is simple: when i move my Applications folder down to the dock so that i can use it as a stack, its icon changes to the Address Book.
the first time i click the Application icon, it does not open. the second time, it opens but the icon becomes the Address Book icon.
i had an icon i had assigned to Applications when this first happened, but i have changed it a number of times, even copying icons from just a plain Leopard light blue folder, but it still changes to the Address Book icon.
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As long as the folder is not empty, any stack in the Dock will display the first item in that folder. In this case, your first Application is Address Book, so it looks like address book. Same goes with your downloads folder. I have 3 stacks in my Dock that all look like folders, but that's because the stack's first level only contains folders.
I think Apple's first mistake was allowing folders to look like Application icons. This should never happen. It's not only visually busy, but also potentially confusing for new users. The downloads folder I can live with, but with Applications, it should display the Applications logo (or the folder) with a mess of Applications behind it. I could live with that.

How do I import existing contract with just "Address Book" folder?

I did a clean install of Leopard, and now my Tiger backup is unbootable. I do have access to the files, though. I need to get my contacts from my address book from my Tiger backup. I can't seem to get the Leopard Address Book to recognize any contacts from the old ~/Library/Application Support/Address Book/ folder on my backup.
How do I accomplish getting my old contacts to my new install?

I figured it out. I took the ~/Library/Application Support/Address Book/ folder from my old Tiger backup and placed that in my new Leopard /Library/Application Support/ while temporarily renaming the original. Opening up Address Book from there then opened up my old contacts. I then did an export.
After that, I deleted the old ~/Library/Application Support/Address Book/ folder from my Tiger backup I put in my Leopard system, and restored my original Leopard /Address Book/ folder.
Then, I just imported the export I did from the old data.
Tada.....it worked.

Apple address book is not responding -can i delete the application , and then reinstall it

on my imac apple address book is not responding -can i delete the application and then reinstall it - all contacts are backed up to icloud

If you have in mind backup, I would not count on iCloud backup, just go to ~/Library/Application Support/Address Book. In Lion, ~/Library is available by pressing Option key when selecting Go while in the finder. Backup that folder.
Deleting that app will create further troubles. When a basic Apple app bahaves like that, you should better identify why it behaves like that, it may mean a more serious system issue. Is this the only app, which presents this problem? If yes, rather delete its associated plist file in ~/Preferences (the same location, press Option when selecting Go).
Do regular backups of your data, choose a backup app you consider appropriate and proceed. When you are familiar with its reactions, you may then ‘play’ with deleting the partition and install/reinstall.

How to sync iPhone contacts back to Address Book.

I came across this problem and found a work-around on the forums, but some guys there–including myself–felt that iTunes should sync our contacts bi-directionally from iPhone to Address Book on our Macs, and vice versa.
As it turns out, that's really the default behavior in iTunes when syncing between iPhone/Address Book on the Mac. However, if you've been using iCloud to sync everything lateley, this will not be the default behavior, because your iTunes won't sync anything back to your Address Book on the Mac unless you completly disconnect from iCloud services.
So..... if you want to sync your contacts from your iPhone back to your Address Book on your Mac, I'm providing this simple, yet tedious, solution:
Step 1: Open Address Book on your Mac, select all of your contacts, and press delete. You'll be asked if you really want to delete the contacts. Hit ok and continue.
Step 2: Navigate to: Macintosh HD/Users/(YourUserName)/Library/Application Support/Address Book.
Note* On OS X Lion, your Library folder will not be shown. You'll have to navigate there a different way. The way I did it was:
Click the "Go" option up in the Finder menu bar.
Toward the bottom of the pull-down menu, click on the "Go to Folder..." option.
Type "~(YourUserName)/Library/Application Support/Address Book.
Once there, I searched through all the folders included and deleted anything that ended in ".plist" or ".log". This way, Address Book is completely reset when next open it.
Step 3: Open Address Book, add at least one contact if none are automatically created for you, and make sure iCloud is Disabled (if an account is there) in your Address Book Preferences pane, which you find by clicking "Address Book" in the top menu bar. Then, quit Address Book.
Step 4: On your iPhone, open your Settings app, go to the iCloud option, and turn all services off. After turning each one off, it will ask you if you want to keep the data on you phone. Always select "Yes", otherwise you may lose your data.
Step 5: Connect your iPhone to your computer, open iTunes, select your iPhone in the left column, select the "Info" tab, and check the box to "Sync Contacts"–further down on the page, in the Advanced section, make sure the Contacts checkbox is unchecked. If it's checked when you sync, iTunes will overwrite the contacts on your phone with the contacts from Address Book on your Mac.
Step 6: Sync your iPhone–This will sync the contacts from your phone to the Address Book app on your Mac.
Step 7: Open up Address Book, and add an iCloud account, or re-enable the one you disabled in step 3–This will sync all of those contacts to your iCloud account again. Then, you can also go back to the iCloud settings on your phone and turn all the services back on.
After all this, you should have been able to first sync your contacts from you iPhone back to your Address Book app on your Mac, then have them both synced up through iCloud with the same contacts being pushed everywhere.
Hope this helps!

Hi, thanks for all this, unfortunately it's still not helping me. Last week I turned on iCloud for contacts and not only did the iCloud sync fail, but now with iCloud off I haven't been able to sync iphone-to-mac thru iTunes.
I've checked that iCloud contact sync'ing is off, on both my Mac and iPhone. I've even turned off all other iCloud services on both devices. I followed your instructions precisely and even deleted more than you suggested from the App Support | Address Book folder. Step 6 just doesn't work. iTunes whips thru the Address Book sync progress when it should pause a bit to do the transfer—my Address Book archive is 44 Mb.
I have no desire to waste more time with iCloud, just want it to work the old fashioned way. I'd gladly do a clean system re-install but not sure even that would do it…hard to tell where the problem lies.
Appreciate any light you could shed!

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