Bugs in the Contacts Application

When I create a Group in the Contacts application, I do not seem able send that group an email.
I have tried to use the contextual menu to do that, and by dragging the list to the email window.
The group either does not show up or appears as an empty list.
Andy

First of all, when you say "the Contacts application," are you referring to Address Book? Address Book is the Mac (Lion) contacts database. If you are using something else, that probably explains it. Switch to Address Book.
Assuming you are using Address Book, then yes, you should be able to send to groups. You'll want to drag a group from Address Book into the To: or Cc: or Bcc: fields in a new mail message. (Also, I'm assuming you are using the OS/X Mail application -- if you are using something else, this may not work). Make sure you drop the group into the To:, Cc:, or Bcc: fields at the top of the mail message.
You can also just type the name of your group. If you have a group named "Family" as you start to type it (in the To:, Cc:, or Bcc: fields) it should autocomplete and give you an option to pick the group.
Also, be aware that in Mail's preferences (on the Composing tab) there is an option to "when sending to a group, show all member addresses." You'll want to check (or not) that box according to your preference.

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123 Main St. Anytown, Anystate USA
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involving iphones and apple in general was supposed to be cake but it seems
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muchless take my calender. it seems to favor my facebook calender
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Triple-click the text on the line below to select it, then copy it to the Clipboard (command-C):
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Go ▹ Go to Folder
from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens (command-V), and press return.
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Cheers,
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This seems to be a somewhat common problem when going from Lion to Mountain Lion and storing contacts in Apple's Cloud.
I've seen the same complaint on two other forums.
But the steps listed in the Apple article above may be overkill.
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I have installed iOS7 on my iPhone4. I am able to add/edit contacts by clicking the "contact" icon. But when I am trying to do the same after clicking the "phone" icon, it is not displaying the keypad. I believe it is a bug in iOS7.
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Hello jayanand,
You may need to force close all open apps, then restart the phone. If necessary, you may need to reset the phone after that.
iOS: Force an app to close
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5137
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Turning off and on (restarting) and resetting
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1430
Cheers,
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