Can i have groups in my address book

can my address book contain a group...if so what is the procedure

If your intent is to be able to send email to a mailgroup, even if you have one on your Mac, it will not work that way on your iPad.
There are however, Apps which will do this. Click on the link below:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/group-mail/id326109706?mt=8

Similar Messages

I have business and personal e-mail accounts with different contacts. Can I have more than one address book on my iPhone?

I have business and personal e-mail accounts with different contacts. Can I have more than one address book on my iPhone?

Set up an additional user account and use one for work and one for personal stuff - each will have a separate address book. Turn on fast user switching for easy switching between the two.
AK

Can i have more than one address book

Is it possible to have more than one address book on my computer. I would like to have 2 so I can use one for personal and use one for special projects

Until I tunes match comes out it does not matter. I cloud is for e mail, contacts, and calendars. Your I cloud ID MUST be an @me.com ID.

How can I make groups on my address book?

I have an iphone 5c. I am trying to make a group in my address book. I need to be able to send a message to a group but have the members of the group respond to me only. At this point, every message I send to them is getting read by them but then they send a response to the entire group. It's annoying when not all the members need to hear what is being said.

FYI - this is the Using iPhone > Mail discussions group.
At the Address Book menu bar, go to File > Export and select Address Book Archive.
Transfer the exported Address Book Archive file to your new Mac.
At the Address Book menu bar on your new Mac, go to File > Import and select the Address Book Archive file that was exported from your other Mac.

Can not make Groups work in Address Book

I'm running Mac OS X v10.7.4 with the latest version of Address Book. I'm new to Apple and am trying to set up groups in Address Book for ease of mailing to a number of contacts.
I'm connected to iCloud and am able to create group names under iCloud. I can also drag contacts into a group from my iCloud contact list to populate it and the names are displayed on the opposing page from the page listing the group names. However, when I enter the group name into a Mail message address box the box remains blank. Also, if I right click on the group name in the group list and select "Send an e-mail to the group" that will open a "new message" window but again the "to box" will be empty. When I click on a group name and then select from the task bar "Edit>Edit Distribution List..." that choice is grayed out and non-responsive. So I end up with a defined group with group members in it but it can not be edited nor available for actually addressing an e-mail message.
However, this is the weird part: What I described above was my effort yesterday, trying to get Groups going and finally shutting down in frustration. Today when I opened Address Book the groups worked! I could address e-mail messages using either method. The "Edit Distribution List..." was active and I was able to modify my group members. I was so elated that I immediately created another group. Alas, it behaved as the other groups did yesterday. The group was populated but unable to be inserted in the "to box" and I was unable to edit the distribution list. Also, after creating the new group, yesterday's groups would no longer permit being edited although I was able to earlier in the day. However, the addresses still appear in the "to box" when I invoke the group.
I am confused and frustrated. Do I have an incorrect setting that hinders the use of groups? Is there some system reset or iCloud update that occurs on a daily basis that activated the groups created yesterday? Why would my creating a new group cause me to loose the ability to edit any of the groups?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reading such a long message.
Mike

Eureka. You are right. I just tested closing and reopening Mail and now today's groups work. Regarding editing the existing groups, I found an article from 2011 on CNet that claimed that iCloud disables the Distribution List Editor. The work around is to create a single dummy group under "On My Mac" which will reactivate the editor which can then be used for iCloud groups. I tested this and it works.
Thank you so much for your prompt and helpful comment.
Mike

How do I create groups in my address book

I recently upgraded to an iPhone. Can groups of contacts be made on iPhone 4 or iPad? I cannot sync with my Mac computer because the operating system is old...Previously I was able to create Groups in my Address Book and then sync with my iphone 3.

Sorry No you can't.
If you have groups in the Address book on a Mac they will sync to your iPad.
Apps are available that might help see.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3683954?start=0&tstart=0

Why can't I send an email to a "group" if I have a group in my address book??

Why can't I send an email to a "group" if I have a group in my address book??

You are not doing anything wrong. Unfortunately, that's just the way that the built in mail app works. It really is a basic no frills mail app with not much to offer compared to other apps.
There are third party apps that let you create groups and email to those groups. I don't use either of these, but I've seen them recommended here in the past.
MailShot
http://solubleapps.com/mailshot/
Group Email!
http://www.redbits.com/iphone/groupemail/

I have created a group in my address book, but when I try to use it to send out a group email, only a comma shows up. How do I send out an email using my new group contact list?

I have created a group in my address book, but when I try to use it to send mail, only a comma shows up. How can I send mail using my new group? I have an IMac with OSLion.

I will agree with you on this one. Version 31 and all the fixes so far are a mess. Since I have been here answering questions for a little more than a year now I have learned to wait to upgrade until all the dust settles. I see no end to the dust storm version 31 has caused. I am still on version 24.6 and plan on staying there for the duration. At least until the developers comes to their senses and put out a working product.

How can I send an email to a group in my address book, but hide the individual names and email addresses?

how can I send an email to a group in my address book, but hide the individual names and email addresses?

You used to be able to do this through leaving unchecked the box in preferences "when sending to a group show all member addresses". However, that feature failed some time ago (two or three years?) and the only way to hide the addresses now is to put the group in the BCC field.

My iPhone is stolen. How can I get my address book back from the iCloud? I should have synchronized my iPad address book. However, I loss some recent contacts from iPhone.

My iPhone is stolen. How can I get my address book back from the iCloud? I should have synchronized my iPad address book. However, I loss some recent contacts from iPhone.

I use my iPad to get the address book backed up by iCloud from my iPhone. However, I cannot see the recent new contacts from my iPad. Is there anyway to check the iCloud server to see if my address book backup from my iPhone is still there?

Can I print a contact group from my address book?

I need to send someone a contact group from my address book. How can I do this?

Address Book
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4683
Contacts
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11608

Random 'groups' in my address book won't autofill in Mail

I am on a MacBook Pro OS X 10.7.5 with all software updates.
I have been using the Address Book's group for some time. In the last months I have had problems where created groups will not auto fill in any of the blank address fields in Mail. It will recognize the group (in the same matter it does for a successful entry) and in some instances some contacts will auto fill. Generally when you select the group and hit 'enter' the line will remain blank.

Greetings,
Backup your computer Address Book: http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/09/mac-101-back-up-address-book-ical-iphone-before-m obileme/
Go to Apple Menu > System Preferences > Language & Text > Formats > Region. Region should be set to the country of your choice. Do not have it set to "Custom".
Try:
Quit all open Applications
Go to Apple > System Preferences > iCloud > Sign Out (if you are using it)
SafeBoot your computer: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455
While in SafeBoot remove the following to the trash:
Macintosh HD > Library > Caches (contents of this folder, not the folder itself)
Home > Library > Preferences > com.apple.AddressBook (remove any and all files with this in the title)
Home > Library > Preferences > ByHost > com.apple.AddressBook (remove any and all files with this in the title)
Home > Library > Caches > com.apple.AddressBook (remove any and all files with this in the title)NOTE: To get to "Home > Library" in Lion: Click anywhere on the desktop and then click on the "Go" menu at the top of the computer screen while holding down the "option" key on the keyboard. You will see "Library" in the menu.
Restart the computer normally to take yourself out of SafeBoot
Open the Address Book -- See if you can use the Birthday field now.
Assuming the field works and you use iCloud Go to Apple > System Preferences > iCloud > Sign In
If the same issue occurs reply back.
Hope that helps!

HT2486 How do I import existing Outlook contact groups into Mac Address Book?

After months of problems with Microsoft Outlook 2011 for Mac, I am switching to Mac Mail. I seem to have successfully imported my individual contacts into Address Book. However, I have been unsuccessful in figuring out how to import group contacts into Mac Mail.
So far I have created .txt files, (a separate one for each group), listing each e-mail address in that group separated by a comma. Can I input this information into Address Book somehow? If not, how else can I import my groups into Address Book in a more efficient way than manually entering them? Manually dragging and dropping names into each new Address Book group is not an option, since I have about 50 groups with 20-50 people in each of them. It would take me extraordinary amounts of time to do that, not to mention the frustration.
A second question: There are many duplicates listed in my address book. When I select Card>Look for Duplicates, it tells me that No duplicates are found. They most definitely exist, however. How can I erase them without having to manually delete each duplicate?

You can't transfer the groups, you'll need to do it the hard way.
As for the duplicates, how many accounts do you have in your Address Book?

When emailing a photo from the updated iPhoto, how do I find the CC and BCC button, and how do I send to a group from my address book?

when emailing a photo from the updated iPhoto, how do I find the CC and BCC button, and how do I send to a group from my address book?

The email function from iPhoto is pretty basic. The only Bcc available is to yourself (in iPhoto > Preferences > Advanced), cc: does not appear to be available at all, and it does not appear you can email to a group.
You can change this by going to iPhoto > Preferences > General and next to where it says Email photos using: select Mail. If you do this you have all the options available in Mail including Cc: and Bcc: and the ability to drag a group from Address Book into the mail addresses.
Best of luck.

Since "upgrading" to OS X Lion Outlook 2011 sync services appear not to work and I have no contacts in Address Book apart from me! Any ideas please?

Sync Services in Outlook 2011 appear not to work in OS X Lion as I have no contacts in Address Book apart from me! Any ideas please?

I had all my contacts deleted one day from muy address book. The Apple folks said that at times when MS Office sends an update it moves all your contacts from the address book to Outlook contacts. I had to get into Time Machine to restore my contacts in the address book.
If you do this, be sure to update each group, not just the all contacts group because pulling up all contacts will not restore the contacts to the groups you had.
If you sync with Moble Me, be careful to replace what is on Mobile Me with what is on your comptuer after you are finished restoring the contacts to your satisfaction.
I haven't switched to iCloud yet so I can't talk about syncing to it.
Jay

Can i have groups in my address book

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for