How to show ungrouped (unfiled) contacts in Address Book?

Question

In my Treo, I am used to being able to show my contacts that do not have a group assigned to them yet. Is there a way to show ungrouped contacts in Address Book?
Thank you!

Answer 1

You can try this AppleScript, which is known to work in 10.4.11 and earlier versions of OS X, so I haven't tested on 10.5.x:
-- properties --
property alone : "No Group" -- you can change it to anything you like.
-- script --
tell application "Address Book"
if group alone exists then
-- remove everyone from this group
repeat with p in every person of group alone
remove p from group alone
end repeat
else
make new group at the end of groups with properties {name:alone}
end if
save addressbook
set dest to group alone
set pg to {} -- person in group
repeat with g in every group
set pg to pg & (name of every person of g)
end repeat
set p to every person
repeat with i in p
if name of i is not in pg then
add i to dest
end if
end repeat
save addressbook
end tell
Copy and paste the script into Script Editor and save it as a Script. Yu can then move it to your Address Book Scripts folder, inside your User Scripts folder and use the Script menu on your menu bar to activate it (if you have that item enabled). This will create a "No Group" group in Address Book, where all the ungrouped contacts will be listed; you can then move them to whatever group you like.
Mulder