MacBook Pro Address Book

I opened my address book today and it was empty except my card and Apples card. I went to ".Mac" and hoped the backup would restore it. It too looks empty. What could cause this and how can I restore all of the info?
Thanks,
Lazair64

Welcome to the discussions, Lazair64.
I don't know what causes it (though I suspect it is related to synchronising) but this sometimes helps:
Quit Address Book. In folder ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook drag file AddressBook.data to the desktop. Rename AddressBook.data.previous to AddressBook.data and restart AB. If your contacts are back shout "Hallelulia". If not, quit AB again and repeat the drag/rename process, this time with AddressBook.data.beforesave.
If you get your contacts back, now is probably a good time to use the AB menu item File/Back up Address Book.
AK

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