HT2486 When I open my address book on my Mac all my contacts open up at once. How do I prevent this from happening?

When I open my address book all my contacts pop up on my screen. How can I get it to stop

You might want to try trashing these files in your user /Library/Preferences. They may have become corrupt. Don't empty the Trash just yet. You can always use File>Put Back if this doesn't help.
com.apple.AddressBook.plist
com.apple.AddressBook.abd.plist (not sure you'll necessarily find this one.)
After doing this, go back and restore your Address Book preferences, which trashing these files will have removed. Moving the files back will return everything to the way it was before. New, clean preference files will automatically be created.

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Welcome to Apple Support Communities
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1421
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