Can't Add To Address Book?

In no way what so ever am I able to edit/add any person to my address book. HELP!!! I have tried various methods listed on this site, and via friends, so help would be nice.

Hi,
I encountered exactly the same problem and the above advise had helped me to resolve it.
My problem was:
* I could't add a new card to an existing address book (opening the AB application from within the Application folder);
The symptoms were:
* no '+' signs on the bottom of 'groups' and 'names' windows
* grayed out 'edit' button;
* the 'add new card', 'new group', 'back up Address Book' etc. from the 'file' menu were grayed out.
What I did is (step by step):
* highlighted all the names in the 'names' window;
* exported them (to a file on the desktop) using 'export vcard' in the file menu;
* closed AB;
* moved the folder: users/~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook to desktop (while '~' is your username);
* opened AB (as described above, all contacts have gone but the previously unavailable menu items as well as the '+' and 'edit'buttons started working as expected);
* imported the vcards file from desktop.
All of the steps were described by Austin above. I just puted them together. Thanks :~)
iMac G5 17" ALS/2GHz/2GB/250GB Mac OS X (10.4.9) Logic Pro 7.2.3, Digidesign Mbox ProTools 7.3.1
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