Not in category GROUP for Address Book?!

my understanding is that there is a bit of a bug in Lion where the not in address book category is not working.
does anyone know if this is fixable somehow?
i need to sort this data and i cannot do it if random entries (like the ones i put in on my phone) are not in a group and i cannot tell....
thanks

Kappy:
I set up my address book to synch with Gmail, and did "synch now" from the menu but the contacts aren't synching. I reset the synch log, took out the gmail account and adding it back in, and still no synching. Any ideas?

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I might be asking sth already been answered but I cant find it, so sorry, but how do you send an email to a group of contacts who have been grouped by a Smart Group in Address Book? Address Book's help says
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In your original question, your screen shot shows that the active application is AddressBook, and you are trying to use its File menu. The option you discuss is for sending updates of your own address card, not for sending out group emails. In other words, if you change your own contact details in AddressBook, you can send the new contact details out using this menu option. I hope that this is what you intended, rather than simply sending out an email to a [Smart] group as others have discussed.
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Arghhh - I searched for Address Book in this support site and they said no matching entries!!!
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Not in category GROUP for Address Book?!

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