How does Address Book sharing work? Apple help not specific enough.
I've set up my home and work Macs, both with .Mac accounts, to share Address Book. But how do you actually do it? I don't see my work contacts on my home Mac, or vice-versa.
Any help would be appreciated.
I found the answer myself.
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