Migrate contacts in Addressbook to Directory.app

If i migrate my vCards from my Addressbook to the directory as described in the help they loose their pictures. How to do it without to add the pictures again?

Ok, on your Mac, go here: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/ and copy the folder that is in there to someplace else. You can create a copy by dragging while holding down the option key. Hold the option key down when you let go of the mouse. You should see a little green plus badge on the proxy icon you are dragging. That file is the last backup of your iPhone. Apparently the only one you now have.
Go into iTunes and open the Preferences. Select Devices and check the box to not automatically sync iPhones and iPods
Now, connect your iPhone. It shouldn't automatically start syncing. If it does, try to stop it.
If it doesn't get to the Backing up part, you can continue below. If it did back up, copy the backup of the Backup folder into the above location.
Once the iPhone is mounted in iTunes, right-click on the iPhone and select Restore from Backup.
See these documents for more info: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

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