I can't open my address book

I can't open my address book.  I have tried the solutions recomended but it still won't open.  The addresses are still there because I can get them in my dock by requesting a name. 

This isn't anything to do with AppleWorks (the defunct office program) which is the subject of this forum. You should ask in the forum appropriate to your system (which you haven't stated):
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os

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  • I can not open my address book.

    I can not open my address book.  I followed directions to unlock it but  that did not help and I can only hope that it didn't hurt.  Any suggestions?

    Open Console in Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages when trying to open it.

  • I can't open my address book, any ideas on what I should do?

    I am not able to open my address book on my iMac.  Any ideas on why it won't open or what I can try to get it to open?

    Then I'd try re-installing the 'combo' updater. Which version of OS X are you running - 10.5, 10.6 or 10.7?
    10.5 here: Mac OS X 10.5.8 Combo Update
    10.6 here: Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1
    10.7 here: OS X Lion Update 10.7.2 Client Combo
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  • Can't open safari address book on iOS 10.6.8

    I cannot open Safari address book on my iMac version 10.6.8

    I cannot open Safari address book on my iMac version 10.6.8

  • Can't open my address book anymore

    Good morning,
    For about a week now, I haven't been able to access/open or edit my address book on my laptop, click on it, shows open but can't see anything. I can still search for addresses on my initial page. My Iphone 5's address book is working fine though thank goodness.
    How can I resolve this, it's very annoying.
    Thanks in advance.

    Just fixed it thanks anyway !

  • When I try to open my Address Book from Finder, it says :You can't use this version with this version of Mac OS x. I have Address Book 5.0.3 and Mac OS X 10.7.5 What should I do to get my Address Book back???

    When I try to open my Address Book from Finder, it says :You can't use this version with this version of Mac OS x. I have Address Book 5.0.3 and Mac OS X 10.7.5 What should I do to get my Address Book back???

    Unless you deleted Address Book 6, or restored from a backup made before you upgraded to Lion, Address Book 6 should be on your disk somewhere.  Try to find it with spotlight or by browsing likely folders with Finder.  Also check Trash. If you find other Address Books, using Quick View or Get Info in Finder should show the version number.
    Have you ever moved Address Book out of the Applications folder, either before or after you upgraded to Lion?
    If you can't figure out how this happened in the first place, I would be worried that other OS X utilities are similarly affected.

  • How can I have 2 address books?

    Am new to Mac after microsoft. How can I have 2 address books, can it be done without opening another account?
    thanks.

    not sure if anyone found a solution to this but I found one at this link.
    http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=33227
    I wiped my device to fix my problem before I found this, but it seems like this may solve this issue.
    this is comment 11 from the link provided.
    (In reply to comment #10)
    > It's not "fixed" for my users who have five instances of addresses on their BB.
    >  Is there a way to delete the redundant address stores from their devices
    > without wiping and reactivating?
    > thanks
    > Kevin
    While in the Address Book press the Menu and than Options. Just type in RSET
    (capital letters) and you'll be able to wipe out all your Desktops where the
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  • I got my Macbook Air from a family member and I can't get my address book on my computer.  What do I do to get the address book on it?

    I purchased an Air Mac and can't get the address book on it.  Does anyone have any ideas on what I should do.  I have an IPhone and an IPad and they both have clouds but I don't see one on my Air Mac.

    From the link posted in TD's reply
    To unhide your purchases
    Open the Mac App Store.
    Choose Store > Sign In, then enter your Apple ID and password.
    Choose Store > View My Account.
    Click on View Hidden Purchases from the Account Information page.
    From the Hidden Purchases page, locate the app you would like to unhide.
    Click the Unhide button.
    LN

  • ICal: 'Open in Address Book' Function for 'Attendees' does not Work

    iCal lets you drag a Contact from Address Book to the 'Attendees' field of an iCal Event. (You can also put the information into the field by typing the first few letters of the person's name, and Address Book will automatically populate the field with contacts containing those letters.) When you click on a contact in 'Attendees' and select 'Open in Address Book', it is supposed to open the contact's information in Address Book (in case you needed their phone number, forgot their wife's name, etc.). In the previous version of iCal, this ALMOST worked; it would find someone in Address Book, but it would be the first person in your Address Book list with that first name; not always the person you wanted.
    The problem now is that when you click on a contact in 'Attendees' and select 'Open in Address Book', it simply opens the Address Book application and stops there; it does not go to the contact's data in Address Book. I sent Apple feedback on this problem 3 years ago, and again a few months ago, but it still does not work correctly. Does this work correctly for anyone?

    Mine actually performs the sync, but after a few rounds of syncing, some contacts get deleted, some get their photos removed, some get duplicated, and some get removed from groups. The sync basically puts my address book through a blender. I'm syncing both with MobileMe and Google. Well, that is I tried to. I've decided not to sync with Google since that's what seems to initiate the mess.

  • How can I sync the address book from Mail to my Address book?

    Ok, I open a new message and click on the Address Book icon in the new message to find my contacts on the address book, I choose the group I am looking for and the group has people on it that I have already deleted from my address book! How can I sync the address book from Mail to my Address book?

    It is using the same database on disk. You may have to re-launch Mail.

  • In Mail, how do I open my address book

    I have no idea how to open my address book.

    This can be done only by importing the ldif file . you can export the address book from the outlook in the ldif file format. using ldapmodify you can import the address book into PAB.

  • Can anyone help with Address Book problem ?

    Hello ! I hope someone can help. I just tried to open my Address Book application, which I guess I haven't done since our upgrade...and I am unable to open the app. message comes up saying: "You can't use this version of the application Address Book with this version of Mac OS X. You have Address book 4.1.2
    running os x 10.6.4 for a few months now since my husband upgraded it...???
    Any thoughts? I can still hit the Address book icon from within the Mail program in order to address something, but of course you can't edit, etc. from there !
    thanks in advance !

    Pop in your Snow Leopard DVD then open the Optional Installs folder. Double-click on the Optional Installs package. You can selectively reinstall some applications by checking the ones you want. Check Address Book then click on the Install button.
    This will reinstall the original version of Mail. Now download and install the 10.6.4 Combo Updater from support.apple.com/downloads/. This should fix the problem.

  • Some Contact FILEs cannot be opened in Address Book

    Here "Contact Files" indicates the .abcdp files exsiting under:
    ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/Metadata/
    I have not noticed this before so that I am not sure whether this is specific to Snow Leopard.
    There are some contact FILES that, though can be searched by Spotlight and showed in Quick Look, can NOT be opened by Address Book.
    After I double clicked one of such contacts, Address Book is activated as normal: no warning message was shown and no abnormal system behavior.
    Has everybody experienced the same problem or been aware of the cause/solution?
    Thanks!
    btw, I can share such files if you ask.

    Below a link to a file which is an application to canadian visist visa, you can find the link also in the folowing site:
    http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/visa.asp.
    I ttried to open the PDF file form Web, and down loaded from web to my Mac, but in both attempts did not work, and I 've beem asked to upgrade to a later Adobe version from the site or from the PDF file.
    Application for Temporary Resident Visa [IMM 5257] (PDF, 338 KB)

  • Couldn't Open the Address Book Database - Database is Corrupted

    I get this error message anytime I attempt to modify a record in the address book. I also get this error when attempting to create a new group. I've attempted to restore the Address Book from backups via Time Machine as far 6 months ago.
    I also did some poking around on the web and found an article advising to delete .plist files associated with the Address Book from my user > Library > Preferences Directory.
    I did this but it continues to give this error.
    I really need to update the Address Book or even export what I have and start fresh from reimporting my contacts. I don't know how to do this.
    Any help is much appreciated.

    I followed the advice of Golden Shoes and everything appeared to work. I found out that I had spoken too soon. The next time I opened the Address Book none of the contacts were there. So, I've been doing an import when I need contact information. I import the vcard of all of the contacts I had exported. But, if I click on the File menu to Save them the Save option is greyed out and not available.
    I thought that I might need a reinstall and my intention on getting Snow Leopard meant that I would wait until I upgraded to perform that install.
    I just upgraded to Snow Leopard and the same problem exists but now it seems to have spread.
    Now, if I take the empty address book and add a contact then save the Address Book (The save option is now availalbe). Then close the Address Book, Quite the Address Book and then launch it again, the contact record I added is not there.
    Any help that can be provided would be much appreciated. I really want to use the Address Book to manage my contacts.
    Thanks in Advance

  • I can't retrieve my address book data from G Drive to import to new addr book in Snow Leopard

    I am really annoyed by Apple these days. Just had to purchase iwork and sundry other software after upgrading to Snow Leopard and the Lion on my system. Now, have just received my wife's iMac from being "fixed" the hard drive was brloken. It was supposed to have had Snow Leopard uploaded for me. It was not so I have just done that, however I can't get the address book fron the G Drive to upload to the new system. Each time I access the address book on the G drive I get a message saying that it is an old system (4.1.1) and will not open in this system. How do I get that data off the G Drive and onto the upgraded iMac?

    Thank you for getting back to me.
    I tried what you said. I moved my old address book file into my new hard drive but it still opens "empty".
    When I look up my addresses in Spotlight it finds them and seems to recognize them at address book files but it doesn't want to open them. When I double click on them it opens address book but the not the file.
    When I click on the file and look at "more info" on it, I can see the information is in there.
    I don't want to loose all my contacts.
    On a side note do you have any easy tips for backing up?
    Thank you again,
    Trent

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