Frustrated HELP Address Book

I have been trying to figure out how to add groups to my address book and I have just realized that when I bring the address book up I am missing the buttons on the outer edge of the address book. In other words, the + button to add groups and contacts is not there. There should also be 2 buttons on the top left corner and they are not there. I am sure that this is a very simple fix but I cannot find it and am getting super frustrated right now.
Please help before I blow a major fuse.
Thanks
Linda

Go to Menu bar > file > New group
or use shift-comand-N

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Please help -- Address Book Crashing on Launch, causing problems with Mail

Problem:
Address Book crashes on launch. Mail crashes on launch as soon as it tries to access address book. Can't use either program.
History:
First noticed problem after an out-of-hard-disk space problem. Had about 2 GB left on the 80 GB hard drive in my 1 GHz iMac G4. Was comparing two very large TIFF files in Photoshop when it crashed because it had used up all the available scratch disk space. Mail and Address Book were also open at the time, along with a number of other apps.
After re-starting, Mail began crashing on launch. There had been a message open at the time of the first crash, and it appeared that the crash was happening as soon as Mail went to Address Book to find the sender's image for that message. The crash report showed that Address Book was the thread that failed.
Tried to launch Address Book; crashes on launch.
Both applications refuse to launch.
(Have also noticed that Safari crashes when entering text in a field -- good thing I have an iBook to use to post this plea for help!)
Attempted Solutions:
Scoured these discussions for suggestions.
Trashed preferences, re-started & re-launched; no luck.
Repaired permissions and disk repeatedly until squeaky clean
Used Pacifist to re-install sync services, address book, mail; no luck
Re-run Combo Update PPC 10.4.6; no luck
Have now done a full Archive and Install, re-installed the 10.4.6 combo update and the most recent security update, and verified permissions and disk.
Problem still persists -- which suggests it's something in my User library, I presume, but I'm out of ideas. Very tired and frustrated -- please help!
I've copied the most recent pertinent information from Address Book's Crash Log and posted below. Let me know if I need to post anything else, or logs from other apps. Thanks for taking the time to look into my problem, everyone!
Crash Report:
Date/Time: 2006-06-17 09:21:16.256 -0400
OS Version: 10.4.6 (Build 8I127)
Report Version: 4
Command: Address Book
Path: /Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/MacOS/Address Book
Parent: WindowServer [71]
Version: 4.0.3 (483)
Build Version: 115
Project Name: AddressBook
Source Version: 4830000
PID: 285
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNINVALIDADDRESS (0x0001) at 0xe183c1fc
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c85708 c4_FormatB::Define(int, unsigned char const**) + 212
1 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c82db4 c4_HandlerSeq::Prepare(unsigned char const**, bool) + 372
2 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c83ae8 c4_FormatV::SetupAllSubviews() + 160
3 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c851e0 c4_FormatV::Get(int, int&) + 44
4 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c85150 c4_Handler::GetBytes(int, c4_Bytes&, bool) + 44
5 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c85108 c4_Sequence::Get(int, int, c4_Bytes&) + 88
6 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c85058 c4_ViewRef::operator c4_View() const + 76
7 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c844a4 c4_Storage::Description(char const*) + 96
8 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c85c04 c4_Storage::GetAs(char const*) + 100
9 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c86e6c cacheViews + 240
10 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c811f4 -[ABAddressBook nts_OpenContactManagerWithMode:cacheSchema:] + 452
11 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c7fd50 -[ABAddressBook nts_InitDefaultContactManager] + 1052
12 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c7f88c +[ABAddressBook nts_SharedAddressBook] + 76
13 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c7f7c0 +[ABAddressBook nts_CreateSharedAddressBook] + 76
14 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c7f6e4 +[ABAddressBook sharedAddressBook] + 80
15 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c9d990 -[ABUIController setupAsPeoplePicker:] + 300
16 com.apple.AddressBook 0x00008e68 0x1000 + 32360
17 com.apple.AppKit 0x936d3e50 -[NSIBObjectData nibInstantiateWithOwner:topLevelObjects:] + 928
18 com.apple.AppKit 0x936c003c loadNib + 240
19 com.apple.AppKit 0x936bfa94 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) _loadNibFile:nameTable:withZone:ownerBundle:] + 716
20 com.apple.AppKit 0x93716f64 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibFile:externalNameTable:withZone:] + 156
21 com.apple.AppKit 0x937aa930 -[NSWindowController loadWindow] + 204
22 com.apple.AppKit 0x937aa654 -[NSWindowController window] + 92
23 com.apple.AddressBook 0x00009224 0x1000 + 33316
24 com.apple.AddressBook 0x00008f68 0x1000 + 32616
25 com.apple.Foundation 0x92931ad8 nsnotecallback + 180
26 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90803010 __CFXNotificationPost + 368
27 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907fb0ec _CFXNotificationPostNotification + 684
28 com.apple.Foundation 0x9291bee0 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 92
29 com.apple.AppKit 0x936bc338 -[NSApplication _postDidFinishNotification] + 112
30 com.apple.AppKit 0x936bc224 -[NSApplication _sendFinishLaunchingNotification] + 92
31 com.apple.AppKit 0x936bbd6c -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpen:] + 264
32 com.apple.AppKit 0x936bb914 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 92
33 com.apple.Foundation 0x92932ae4 -[NSAppleEventManager dispatchRawAppleEvent:withRawReply:handlerRefCon:] + 380
34 com.apple.Foundation 0x92932944 _NSAppleEventManagerGenericHandler + 92
35 com.apple.AE 0x914f2960 aeDispatchAppleEvent(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*, unsigned long, unsigned char*) + 208
36 com.apple.AE 0x914f27fc dispatchEventAndSendReply(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*) + 44
37 com.apple.AE 0x914f2654 aeProcessAppleEvent + 284
38 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x931db0e0 AEProcessAppleEvent + 60
39 com.apple.AppKit 0x936ba05c _DPSNextEvent + 856
40 com.apple.AppKit 0x936b9b48 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 116
41 com.apple.AppKit 0x936b608c -[NSApplication run] + 472
42 com.apple.AppKit 0x937a6bfc NSApplicationMain + 452
43 com.apple.AddressBook 0x00008a98 0x1000 + 31384
44 com.apple.AddressBook 0x00008588 0x1000 + 30088
45 com.apple.AddressBook 0x00009f68 0x1000 + 36712

I'm no expert on Address Book, but I can tell you that the files involved in the crash could be HOME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.AddressBook.plist and anything in HOME/Library/Application Support/AddresBook/. It looks like you have ignored this latest folder so far. I would try moving both items to the Desktop, restart, and see whether that stops the crashes.

Help, address book launches firefox

Everytime I launch address book, firefox boots too. I believe address book thinks Firefox is my default browser, and I'm guessing the "Add URL to <browser>" menu item in Address book wants to connect to Firefox even though it isn't running, because my menu item says "Firefox". However, Firefox is no longer my default browser, Chrome is. Firefox hasn't been my default browser for months, and I keep setting Chrome to be my default browser, but the Address Book just doesn't listen.
I hate having to wait for Firefox to book just to find an address. Help please.

Gaygilmore, have you had any additional insights into your problem, which I share? In my case I sync my address book through MobileMe and have the same data on two different computers. What's puzzling is that one computer launches Firefox when Address Book is launched but on the other I don't see this behavior. The two computers run the same OS X version, both have Chrome as the default browser and both have Firefox installed. Of course there are other variations with the apps, plug-ins and extensions installed on each computer so this is not a completely same to same comparison.
And are you really still running OS X 10.4.7?
Steps I've taken: 1) uninstalled Firefox and deleted the Firefox prefs file and emptied Trash. In this case when Address Book launches it is apparently still looking for Firefox so I get a dialog box asking me to indicate where Firefox is. 2) Deleted Quicksilver. No change. 3) checked selected URLs in the address book contacts after uninstalling Firefox. Clicking on a URL opens the page in Chrome. No love so far.

Frustration with Address Book - Not Allowing Copy/Paste of Contact Card

Has anyone found a work-around for copy/paste of an entire contact card in Address Book? Address Book used to allow you highlight and copy all of the content of a contact v-card. Since Snow Leopard released (including the 10.6.2 update), it only allows you to highlight and copy one line at a time. That is a dramatic reduction in productivity -- a lot like the dysfunctional nature of Outlook's contact manager. Any work-arounds that don't involve export/import to other programs?

I believe I responded in the previous posting that the work-around did not resolve the problem. The effort that it takes to implement your suggestion takes more time than it would be to cut/paste individual lines or just retype the data. Again, the purpose is to make/have efficient work flow, not complicated tasks which had simple solutions at one point in time. And since a majority of the people reading support threads are less familiar than you might be with prospective automation and programming tasks with the OSX, maybe I should have simply stated that the function is "broke" and should be "fixed".

Frustration with Address Book

Has anyone found a work-around for copy/paste of an entire contact card in Address Book? Address Book used to allow you highlight and copy all of the content of a contact v-card. Since Snow Leopard released (including the 10.6.2 update), it only allows you to highlight and copy one line at a time. That is a dramatic reduction in productivity -- a lot like the dysfunctional nature of Outlook's contact manager. Any work-arounds that don't involve export/import to other programs?

robertmccoy wrote:
What is the "snow leopard forum"?
that would be the forum that says Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard available from the main forums page. here is the direct link
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=263
but I also saw somebody come up with a workaround for this problem (it does bug a lot of people). see this post by Barney
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10145553&#10145553

Help Address Book!!!!!

Okay.........How do I recover an address book that had about 20 entries in it, but is all of a sudden empty?????
Thanks in advance

Scotty,
since no-one in charge is replying to you, the simple answer is go to your own backup- if you have any- because the AddressBook app is a dbase that is gone if its gone.
This is a very recent problem obviously- I've hardly ever relied on AB for anything, except remembering all my contacts in Mail and offering me alternate email addresses when necessary.
Now every custom address I've created has vanished- as of a new 'file' created yesterday at 0918 hrs; and maybe like you my actual database backup is about 6 months old, but since I dont have many that I store the damage is less than 20 contacts.
Bloody annoying all the same! dave

Help me please with Outlook Express address book recovery

I reloaded windows and after restarting I could not find the Outlook Express address book. I looked in my docs and settings/"name"/localsettings/applicationdata/identities.
There are a bunch of .DBX files t, but the contacts file is only 59kb. I don't know how to do anything with these files to recover them.
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Ical and address book entries

is there a way to have the birthdays i enter into the address book cards show up on those dates on the calendar?
thanks for the assistance.

mrsladeda,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
iCal Help topic: Managing birthdays on a calendar
1. Open Address Book (in your Applications folder) and make sure you've created an address card with birthday information for each person's birthday that you want to track.
For more information about adding birthday information, open Address Book and choose Help > Address Book Help.
2. In iCal, Choose iCal > Preferences.
3. In the General pane, select the "Show Birthdays calendar" checkbox.
To some extent, I am guessing at this answer because you have not listed what hardware or software you are using. Make sure that you add information in "My Settings" which will properly identify your computer and system. That will ensure you get the best possible advice from other users when using Apple Discussions.
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Where do new added contact go when you add them to address book???

In address book on your mac you used to be able to designate where new contacts were added so you could find them easily. From what I can tell the option is not longer available. Suggestions?

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From the open Application Address Book go Menu->Help:Address Book Help. There's lots of good information there, and you can search (like using an index in a dead-tree version).

Undo in Address Book?

One of my main frustrations in Address Book is the lack of an undo feature. Sometimes while editing a contacts information, I accidentally erase the data in the notes filed. Is there any way to undo this one the deed is done (but not saved?)

I'm still mad that single-clicking anywhere in the notes field gets it all highlighted, but lucky for me, Cmd-Z has restored it - so far.
I'm super happy that the Cmd-Z has been fixed. Previously (about 10.4.midlife), it restored the address card to the original state when the machine was last booted.
Now that was ugly!
If Apple would read their info@ mail like they did when I bought my Fat Mac, I could have complained to them, directly, instead of this forum. Does Apple data-mine the forums to learn what's happening?
Since the Cmd-Z got fixed, I've been walking on eggs for fear it would break again.
gekkoe wrote:
I must be doing something wrong if this is working for others. One way or another the undo seems completely broken to me.
To reproduce crazy behavior:
1. Make some notes of any kind on an address book entry.
2. Exit edit mode.
3. Re-enter edit mode and click on notes. (This will select all text.)
4. Push space or delete, causing entire note to be deleted.
5. Beg, plead, scream to your hearts content, but you'll never see your notes again.
If this isn't the way of things, I'd sure love to know what I'm missing.

Address Book Disabled

Mac OS 10.4.5
896MB RAM
G4 DP 500MHz
I opened Address Book and everything except the following are grey (non-clickable):
File: Import (However, vCards, LDIF, & Text File are grey.)
File: Send Updates
Edit: Find (However, Find & Use Selection for Find are grey.)
Edit: Special Characters
Card: Add Field (However, everything is grey in this area, too.)
Help: Address Book Help
When I click on Preferences, nothing happens.
I've used Disk Utility and repaired permissions. But that doesn't help. I've tried clicking on the Address Book data file and telling OS X to use Address Book to open the file. But Address Book is grey in that window.
I'm out of ideas.
G4 DP 500MHz Mac OS X (10.4.5)

The Combo reinstall didn't solve the problem. In fact, it almost made me have a heart attack. All the applications quit functioning. Only the applications I installed on another volume worked. I was lucky enough to have Disk Image still working when I tried to mount the MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.5PPC.dmg file again. I tried reinstalling again but the installer immediately stopped, mentioned there were errors, and recommending try again. (When that happened before, that means REFORMAT, REINSTALL, not good.) Lucky enough again, I immediately clicked on the previously non-functioning applications which have now decided to work again.
Address Book is still in its own little world and the original problems still exist.
In the /Library folder, the Address Book Plug-Ins folder is invisible. The name is underneath an invisible folder. Click on the name and the folder immediately appears and both the name and folder immediately disappear.
I did create a New User and Address Book is functioning properly in that account. So the problems are related to my home account.
Thanks in advance for any information (and although Apple does mention it can fix broken Address Books as well, no more combo updates!! :-p )
Richard Yeager

Problems with the address book server! Really need some help here!

Hello everyone!
for about some time now, we're having some troubbles with the address book server located on our Mac Pro Server running SL Server. The connected clients somehow show multiple entries of groups, contacts and everything else address book can show. Sometimes you see one group or contact about 20-30 times or even more.
How can the addressbook server on SL Server be configured that these faults won't show up again. With this present, using address book server is useless. As far as my knowledge goes, I've tried everything I can. I deleted the address book account set up on each client, readded it, but no help. I stopped the address book server on the Mac pro, but no help either.
For your further information: we're connecting 14 clients. Moste of the rum Lion, three run ML and several iDevices connect via WiFi.
Please help me, as this really is frustrating!
Looking forward for your help.
Regards,
Moritz

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Time Machine did not restore Address Book Contacts!!! HELP!!!

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I have a MacBook. I had to reformat the hard drive so I can partition part of it off for Windows (for work, puke.)
When I reinstalled Leopard on my MacBook, I uploaded the information from the latest back-up on Time Machine. This did not, however, restore my contacts. I have a metadata folder which contains a lot of files which are supposed to be people's information, but nothing will open these files. I really need my contacts back. Can someone help?
I ran Time Machine just about every day while my computer was home and just copied over my entire Library folder before reformatting my computer. Is the information somewhere in there? How do I get it back?
This is very frustrating. The applications and music and stuff came back fine, why not my contacts? This makes me doubt whether Time Machine is a reliable back-up.

i will try the restore all feature, but i already restored everything except applications and nothing came back. there were some old stuff that i didn't want restored (deleted files/programs) so i did not do that restore all.
when i open address book, then time machine, for some reason nothing shows up. my home folder was renamed in the process (perhaps without me knowing i was doing so.) would that matter? i can still access all the files through the backup, but i can't access address book through time machine and i cannot open the contact information in any programs. they are all there, but they won't open.

Address Book stopped working? PLEASE HELP!

hi there
i'm on a mac pro, quad core with leopard 10.5.2.
my address book was working perfectly then... yesterday i opened it up and it stopped working?
since then it has been frustrating that i have not been able to get it working?
here is a picture of what i see:
http://www.danmckie.co.uk/images/Addressbook_notworking.jpg
to me it looks like some sort of graphics's problem? i may be wrong.
I hope you can help so i can start using my address book again ASAP
thanks for your time and hope to hear from someone with a solution soon!
Boom!

Are those "Record Labels" your entries?
Is the problem the grey area on the right?
I had a similar issue with AB and iCal after a an upgrade and a restore from the backup. Somehow my app from a previous version got restored and looked dodgy.
Had to reinstall the OS and restore the databases only.
I think it is possible to pick the apps only from your OS install DVD.
Apart from that I've seen similar "crazy" things which were related to Java. Try to d'load and install Java...

I added a contact to my iphone 4s and when I did a sync manually it is not showing up on my MAC in address book - please help....I checked off sync all contacts in iTunes - does it only work one way from computer to phone?

I added a contact to my iphone 4s and when I did a sync manually it is not showing up on my MAC in address book - please help....I checked off sync all contacts in iTunes - does it only work one way from computer to phone?

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