I restored contacts in the address book

i restored contacts from time machine for my address book. my restored contacts show up correctly in the "last import" section. my "all contacts" i want to delete and replace them with the restored contacts. do i delete all the "all contacts" and then make the "last import" take their place?

sghatfield wrote:
i restored contacts from time machine for my address book.
How did you do that? See the yellow box in #15 of Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
If you did something else, that's probably why you're seeing what you are.
my restored contacts show up correctly in the "last import" section. my "all contacts" i want to delete and replace them with the restored contacts. do i delete all the "all contacts" and then make the "last import" take their place?
That will probably work; if not, use the procedure in #15.

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