No entry sign on reinstalled Address Book

I have reinstalled address book (after deleting it for reasons I can't recall). It has contacts in it and opens up fine but a) there is a "no entry" sign when I open Applications as a stack and) b it doesn't sync with my iPhone 4, though everything else does sync, and the "sync contacts" box is checked in iTunes sync info tab.
Are these issues related? Can anyone help me with either/both?
Thank you!

Thanks. The plot thickens in that sync has now happened sucessfully and all my contacts from the Mac are on the iphone and viceversa (tho in two diffrent groups on the phone). So that's ok now - just have to de-dupe.
The story doesn't seem that strange to me having lived it...for the last 5 years I've had email contacts on entourage, addreses on a big fat Word document that I used for mail merge, and phone numbers on my old Nokia. I kind of half-heartdely started using Mac Address Book, but never worked out how to get it to talk to the other lists so it was wasn't very useful. Getting the phone was the nudge to bring all these things together. Which at last I kind of have.
The "no entry" sign is still there after the reinstall which I did using advice from this link http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/19535.html but it doesn't seem to be affecting things at all. Maybe a complete reinstall is the way forward.
Thanks for all your help!

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Reinstall Address Book application

Reinstall Address Book application

RCDT wrote:
Application Disc for Mac Book Pro 15
Make sure you have your files backed up to a external drive before doing anything.
You need the OS X disk that matches your OS version 10.6.
Stick the OS X installer disk into the Mac and reboot holding c, simply reinstall OS X (includes bundled programs)
Your files and third party programs should be untouched (but that's why you made a backup on a external drive)
Reboot and use Software Update to get you on 10.6.8

Can't reinstall address book

I posted this before - no help or replies.
After OS X 10.4.8 and latest security update address book application disapeared. With spotlight I found my address book data. But can't reinstall the application. Address book icon appears under OS 9. applications but wouldn't load. All trials to custom install address book are failing.
Any hints or help appreciated.
Thanks.
G4 Powerbook 17' Mac OS X (10.4.8) 1,5 GHz; 2 GB RAM

Applications don’t just disappear by themselves or as a result of installing a software update. If Address Book is no longer in /Applications/, it has to be because someone removed it from there.
Moreover, if it’s is somewhere else, it has to be because someone moved it there. If you have Address Book in the OS9 Applications folder and it doesn’t work, you should probably get rid of that altogether.
Anyway, you may reinstall Address Book as described in the second part of the following article:
Custom installs in Mac OS X 10.4
Note that Address Book may appear grayed out in the installer, but will be checked if you check Applications there, and will be installed if Address Book has been removed from the /Applications/ folder.
If the version of the system software on your install disks is earlier than what you’re using now (and only in that case), then you must also reinstall the Combo Update for the type of computer and the version of Mac OS X you’re using, to bring Address Book back in sync with the rest of the system:
About the Mac OS X 10.4.8 Combo Update
Mac OS X 10.4.8 Combo Update for PPC
Mac OS X 10.4.8 Combo Update for Intel
You may also want to read the following articles for guidelines on how to properly install system updates:
Troubleshooting installation and software updates
Installing software updates
Basically, you should verify/repair the startup disk before installing the update, no applications should be running while installing it, and you may experience unexpected results if you have third-party system software modifications (not normal applications) installed.

How do I reinstall Address Book and iCal in Lion?

Title says it all. I deleted iCal and Address Book long ago with AppZapper. Now that I have an iPhone, I actually have need of those apps. Problem is, I have Lion, and thus do not have an install disk. How would I go about reinstalling those apps in Lion?

Reinstalling Lion/Mountain Lion Without Erasing the Drive
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

How do I reinstall Address Book

I want to reinstall the Address Book app. I am having major problems with it. Went through all discussions and could not find solutions.
Address Book is empty.
I cannot import any archived file.
I cannot connect to iCloud. It won't add the account
I cannot create a new entry. File > New card does nothing
Here is what I tried :
Reboot
Check and repair permissions
Reinstalled Lion
No change.
But when I start whith another account, it works...
I do not see any other solution than reinstalling. But is it possible? How do I do it?

Here it is. What appears in Console when I open Address Book. And I try to add a new entry. And I try to add an account. I did not delete anything. I Hope it is not too long...
12-07-25 10:37:20,400 Address Book: -[ABAddressBook sharedAddressBook] Can't ABACQUIRE_FILE_LOCK /SourceCache/AddressBook/AddressBook-1090/Framework/AddressBook/ABAddressBook.m :4048
12-07-25 10:37:31,010 Address Book: Error creating source folder ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4 "Le fichier « AddressBook » n’existe pas." UserInfo=0x7f86c50b52a0 {NSFilePath=/Users/yvestasse/Library/Application Support/AddressBook, NSUnderlyingError=0x7f86c50e9f60 "L’opération n’a pas pu s’achever. No such file or directory"}
12-07-25 10:37:42,779 Address Book: An uncaught exception was raised
12-07-25 10:37:42,780 Address Book: +entityForName: could not locate an NSManagedObjectModel for entity name 'ABCDContact'
12-07-25 10:37:42,783 Address Book: (
          0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff95661f56 __exceptionPreprocess + 198
          1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff8fbfdd5e objc_exception_throw + 43
          2   CoreData                            0x00007fff95c41cb9 +[NSEntityDescription entityForName:inManagedObjectContext:] + 153
          3   CoreData                            0x00007fff95c80091 +[NSEntityDescription insertNewObjectForEntityForName:inManagedObjectContext:] + 33
          4   AddressBook                         0x00007fff9323c14e -[ABCreatePersonCommand createPerson] + 61
          5   AddressBook                         0x00007fff9323508e -[ABBookWindowController addPerson:] + 216
          6   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9565170d -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:] + 61
          7   AppKit                              0x00007fff97071f7e -[NSApplication sendAction:to:from:] + 139
          8   AppKit                              0x00007fff9715ebfb -[NSMenuItem _corePerformAction] + 399
          9   AppKit                              0x00007fff9715e932 -[NSCarbonMenuImpl performActionWithHighlightingForItemAtIndex:] + 125
          10 AppKit                              0x00007fff973fddd4 -[NSMenu _internalPerformActionForItemAtIndex:] + 38
          11 AppKit                              0x00007fff9728ca91 -[NSCarbonMenuImpl _carbonCommandProcessEvent:handlerCallRef:] + 138
          12 AppKit                              0x00007fff970d8e0b NSSLMMenuEventHandler + 339
          13 HIToolbox                           0x00007fff98621448 _ZL23DispatchEventToHandlersP14EventTargetRecP14OpaqueEventRefP14HandlerCallRec + 1263
          14 HIToolbox                           0x00007fff98620a54 _ZL30SendEventToEventTargetInternalP14OpaqueEventRefP20OpaqueEventTargetRefP14H andlerCallRec + 446
          15 HIToolbox                           0x00007fff986378f3 SendEventToEventTarget + 76
          16 HIToolbox                           0x00007fff9867d99d _ZL18SendHICommandEventjPK9HICommandjjhPKvP20OpaqueEventTargetRefS5_PP14OpaqueE ventRef + 398
          17 HIToolbox                           0x00007fff98765035 SendMenuCommandWithContextAndModifiers + 56
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          19 HIToolbox                           0x00007fff98676a6b _ZL19FinishMenuSelectionP13SelectionDataP10MenuResultS2_ + 101
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          21 HIToolbox                           0x00007fff9866d77a _HandleMenuSelection2 + 580
          22 AppKit                              0x00007fff96fd988a _NSHandleCarbonMenuEvent + 250
          23 AppKit                              0x00007fff96f6f381 _DPSNextEvent + 2019
          24 AppKit                              0x00007fff96f6e735 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 135
          25 AppKit                              0x00007fff96f6b071 -[NSApplication run] + 470
          26 AppKit                              0x00007fff971e7244 NSApplicationMain + 867
          27 Address Book                        0x00000001014850dc Address Book + 8412
12-07-25 10:37:57,152 Address Book: Invalid parameter not satisfying 'addressBook != nil'
12-07-25 10:37:57,229 Address Book: (
          0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff95661f56 __exceptionPreprocess + 198
          1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff8fbfdd5e objc_exception_throw + 43
          2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff95661d8a +[NSException raise:format:arguments:] + 106
          3   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff95661d14 +[NSException raise:format:] + 116
          4   AddressBook                         0x00007fff93097e73 -[ABRecord setAddressBook:] + 69
          5   AddressBook                         0x00007fff930cabd2 -[ABRecord initSpecialRecordWithUniqueId:addressBook:] + 145
          6   AddressBook                         0x00007fff9315104e -[ABSpecialGroup initWithUniqueId:addressBook:] + 94
          7   AddressBook                         0x00007fff93150fa2 -[ABSpecialGroup initWithAddressBook:] + 23
          8   AddressBook                         0x00007fff93107ed2 -[ABAllGroup initWithRemoteLocation:addressBook:] + 50
          9   AddressBook                         0x00007fff931078ba +[ABAllGroup allGroupForRemoteLocation:] + 172
          10 AddressBook                         0x00007fff9310780c +[ABAllGroup allGroup] + 32
          11 LocalPreferences                    0x000000010186a559 sortACEs + 729
          12 Foundation                          0x00007fff95f26b27 _NSGetCharValueWithMethod + 70
          13 Foundation                          0x00007fff95ee138e _NSGetUsingKeyValueGetter + 108
          14 Foundation                          0x00007fff95ee1315 -[NSObject(NSKeyValueCoding) valueForKey:] + 392
          15 Foundation                          0x00007fff95f00da2 -[NSObject(NSKeyValueCoding) valueForKeyPath:] + 348
          16 AppKit                              0x00007fff96f959ae -[NSBinder _valueForKeyPath:ofObject:mode:raisesForNotApplicableKeys:] + 654
          17 AppKit                              0x00007fff96f95698 -[NSBinder valueForBinding:resolveMarkersToPlaceholders:] + 171
          18 AppKit                              0x00007fff97350b55 -[NSEditableBinder enabledState] + 75
          19 AppKit                              0x00007fff97350906 -[NSEditableBinder _enabledStateWithMode:] + 41
          20 AppKit                              0x00007fff9716fdee -[NSEditableBinder _setStatesImmediatelyInObject:mode:triggerRedisplay:] + 391
          21 AppKit                              0x00007fff9716fc60 -[NSEditableBinder _observeValueForKeyPath:ofObject:context:] + 123
          22 AppKit                              0x00007fff96f87643 -[NSObject(NSKeyValueBindingCreation) bind:toObject:withKeyPath:options:] + 591
          23 AppKit                              0x00007fff96f80959 -[NSIBObjectData nibInstantiateWithOwner:topLevelObjects:] + 1079
          24 AppKit                              0x00007fff96f76f73 loadNib + 322
          25 AppKit                              0x00007fff96f76470 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) _loadNibFile:nameTable:withZone:ownerBundle:] + 217
          26 AppKit                              0x00007fff97117580 -[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibFile:externalNameTable:withZone:] + 150
          27 LocalSource                         0x0000000101598f62 LocalSource + 8034
          28 Address Book                        0x00000001014894ae Address Book + 25774
          29 Foundation                          0x00007fff95f0478e NSKeyValueNotifyObserver + 387
          30 Foundation                          0x00007fff95efe7b3 -[NSObject(NSKeyValueObservingPrivate) _notifyObserversForKeyPath:change:] + 756
          31 AppKit                              0x00007fff96f82ce3 -[NSController _notifyObserversForKeyPath:change:] + 206
          32 AppKit                              0x00007fff971ed50d -[NSArrayController didChangeValuesForArrangedKeys:objectKeys:indexKeys:] + 76
          33 AppKit                              0x00007fff971ed17c -[NSArrayController _selectObjectsAtIndexesNoCopy:avoidsEmptySelection:sendObserverNotifications:fo rceUpdate:] + 589
          34 AppKit                              0x00007fff9722fe7f -[NSArrayController _selectObjectsAtIndexes:avoidsEmptySelection:sendObserverNotifications:forceUpd ate:] + 83
          35 AppKit                              0x00007fff9722fe27 -[NSArrayController setSelectionIndexes:] + 27
          36 Foundation                          0x00007fff95ef8ca6 _NSSetUsingKeyValueSetter + 62
          37 Foundation                          0x00007fff95ef87d9 -[NSObject(NSKeyValueCoding) setValue:forKey:] + 400
          38 Foundation                          0x00007fff95f2aade -[NSObject(NSKeyValueCoding) setValue:forKeyPath:] + 349
          39 AppKit                              0x00007fff97241f43 -[NSBinder _setValue:forKeyPath:ofObject:mode:validateImmediately:raisesForNotApplicableKe ys:error:] + 243
          40 AppKit                              0x00007fff97241ab2 -[NSBinder setValue:forBinding:error:] + 260
          41 AppKit                              0x00007fff97506786 -[NSTableBinder tableView:didChangeToSelectedRowIndexes:] + 136
          42 AppKit                              0x00007fff97625292 -[_NSBindingAdaptor tableView:didChangeToSelectedRowIndexes:] + 153
          43 AppKit                              0x00007fff970d8459 -[NSTableView _sendSelectionChangedNotificationForRows:columns:] + 139
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          60 CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff955efcb4 CFArrayApplyFunction + 68
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          62 AppKit                              0x00007fff9707ec6d -[NSView addSubview:] + 405
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          65 CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9565170d -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:] + 61
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          68 AppKit                              0x00007fff9710fa4f -[NSToolbarItemViewer mouseDown:] + 4995
          69 AppKit                              0x00007fff9703b348 -[NSWindow sendEvent:] + 6306
          70 AppKit                              0x00007fff96fd4a55 -[NSApplication sendEvent:] + 5593
          71 AppKit                              0x00007fff96f6b0c6 -[NSApplication run] + 555
          72 AppKit                              0x00007fff971e7244 NSApplicationMain + 867
          73 Address Book                        0x00000001014850dc Address Book + 8412
12-07-25 10:38:13,514 Address Book: Error creating source folder ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4 "Le fichier « AddressBook » n’existe pas." UserInfo=0x7f86c512a0c0 {NSFilePath=/Users/yvestasse/Library/Application Support/AddressBook, NSUnderlyingError=0x7f86c510b670 "L’opération n’a pas pu s’achever. No such file or directory"}

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The entries appear for a moment and then disappear every time.
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How can I recover from this error?
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No - that didn't work. I have the error message in case that helps:
Process:         Address Book [2953]
Path:            /Applications/Other Apps/Address Book.app/Contents/MacOS/Address Book
Identifier:      com.apple.AddressBook
Version:         5.0.3 (883)
Build Info:      AddressBook-8830000~1
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [191]
Date/Time:       2011-07-25 10:24:41.714 +0800
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.7 (11A511)
Report Version: 9
Interval Since Last Report:          220669 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           24
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   11
Anonymous UUID:                      083B7EEC-DCAD-401A-9503-5DED8470F702
Crashed Thread: 0
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries
Dyld Error Message:
Symbol not found: ___appStartDate
Referenced from: /Applications/Other Apps/Address Book.app/Contents/MacOS/Address Book
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/AddressBook.framework/Versions/A/AddressBook
in /Applications/Other Apps/Address Book.app/Contents/MacOS/Address Book
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Check this article for more information on how to create a mailing list.
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When I try to open Address Book all I get is the multi-colored pinwheel icon spinning around and around. I have to force quit the app. I have removed the icon from the dock and then re-added it, that didn't work. Then I went into the Application Support / Address Book folder and removed the two files in there, but that didn't work even though the Address Book recreated them. Is the next step to reinstall? If so, how do I do that considering that Lion did not come on a DVD?
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polishedstaple wrote:
Then I went into the Application Support / Address Book folder and removed the two files in there, but that didn't work even though the Address Book recreated them.
Try deleting the files/folders:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.AddressBook.plist
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.AddressBook/
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Boot into recovery (Hold ⌘R on boot)
Select Reinstall OS X Lion

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I installed a trial version of AddressX and ran it once. Yikes. Now my address book hangs whenever I start it. I have to force quit every time. I need to clear it out or reinstall it. Does anyone know how? Thanks!

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Let's do a test of the AB application by creating a New User Account on your Mac, and as that New User attempt to launch the Address Book application. This will tell us if there is a problem with the application. See:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh168.html
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I am developing a list of 500 emails that I will use for a group email. I want to avoid adding them to my current address book entries and make a totally separate file that I can access when I want to send to this group only.
Is there a way to do this? Thanks.

Address Book only supports one list of contacts, not multiple address books. However, you can create the list as a Group within Address Book. If you don't want to keep that group around all the time, you can export the whole group as a vCard (File menu > Export Group vCard), delete the group from your list, and when you want to send mail to the group, just drag-and-drop the vCard to the Bcc: field of a new mail message (or the To: field, but the Bcc: field is the proper one to use, so the recipients of the group email can't see the email addresses of the other recipients).
To access the Bcc: field, click the to the left of Subject.
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I just bought a new iMac with 10.5. Thought I would be smart and insert the Address Book from a backup on my previous Mac. It replaced the 10.5 Address Book with my backup copy (like I wanted). However, I now get a message that tells me that version of Address Book doesn't work with 10.5. Now, I have no Address Book.
Anyone know how I can download or otherwise get the Address Book that comes with 10.5 on my computer?

Use Pacifist to extract the Address Book application from the iMac's original disks, and then copy over the Address Book database from the Library/Application Support/AddressBook/ of your home folder on the backup.
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How do I restore/replace my Address Book application?
Currently it keeps crashing with the following error:
     Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
     Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x00007fff5f3ffd00
The data is still on disk; it can be accessed by other (non-Apple) programs, although
every Apple program (Mail, etc) also crashes as soon as it touches Address Book (same
error msg).
I also have a Time Machine backup, but can't find anyway to restore it without getting
the application up and running.
All suggestions welcome.

You could try downloading and applying the combo update for your OS.   Takes a bit of time but it does tend to straighten up the glitches.   Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1

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I feel like such a dope. When moving my backed up files over to my new MacBook, I accidentally moved my old PowerPc version of Address Book into the Applications folder. I can't access Address Book now; it simply won't open. When I try to open it, it says that "this version is not compatible with this version of OSX" (I'm running 10.5.5). OK, no big deal, right? Just pop in the Install Disk and find it in the Optional items list. Only problem is, I can't click on anything in the list of applications on the DVD, so there's no way for me to get the correct version of Address Book. Any suggestions for this dope?

That's actually what I've been trying to do! As the article explain:
+Just launch the installer and click the Continue buttons until you reach the Custom Install screen. Click the triangle next to Applications, tick the box next to iCal, and click the Install button to install iCal. With both the Tiger and Leopard Installer discs the Applications area of the Custom Install screen includes options for installing Address Book, iCal, iChat, iTunes, Mail, Oxford Dictionaries, Safari, and X11.+
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