Possible to adapt Address Book into a Recipe Book?

Would it be possible to copy the address book program and adapt it into a recipe book? It looks like it would work. You could set up different groups for types of recipes or certain dishes. You could search for recipes that have certain ingredients and even have recipes that have pictures attached in the notes section.
I use the internet for my recipe searching and being able to collate them into something like this would be awesome.

Sorry, but you cannot do that. You can only run one instance of Address Book, regardless of what you use it for, and you can't modify it for this purpose anyway. There are other dedicated, third-party applications available for this purpose.
Mulder

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Possible cause of Address Book & Mail issues following 10.5.5 upgrade

Dear all,
Upgrading to 10.5.5 caused problems with Address Book on my computers.
In my situation, the problem was due to 'Smart Groups' with NOT conditionals. The existence of 2 such smart groups caused Address Book to become unresponsive and ThunderBird/Mail to crash as they were unable to look up the Address Book.
This may (or may not) have been the cause of the problem. I am also running The Missing Sync and the Google Maps plugins -- so there may have been other conflicts. All I can say is that by rolling back to 10.5.4, removed the offending smart groups and rolling the forward into an empty 10.5.5 Address book fixed my problems.
Unfortunately, even selecting the problem smart group then means that Address Book becomes unresponsive. Unfortunately quitting (which I was still able to do) and re-opening still leaves Address Book unresponsive -- as there is a default selected group set in com.apple.AddressBook.plist.
HOW TO AVOID - BEFORE UPGRADING TO 10.5.5
Remove any smart groups with NOT conditionals when in 10.5.4.
NOTE: Exporting to an Address Book archive format still includes the smart group definitions. While this will not fix your problem, it will give you something to work with ... back in 10.5.4.
HOW TO FIX -- DISCLAIMERS
It was possible to fix -- but I do not know if this is a sound approach (clobbering Address Book files? -- probably not) AND if you do not know your way around some key directories YOU COULD CREATE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS.
It would be advisable to try testing this on a temporary account first. This means you are also going to need to know about permissions -- Address Book Archives appear to be some kind of package format.
HOW TO FIX - IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO A 10.5.4 MAC
It is possible to create an Address Book Archive from 10.5.5 and then import that into a 10.5.4 account, remove the offending smart groups, re-export as an Address Book archive and then import this into 10.5.5.
However, to do this does involve editing the relevant Addressbook.plist files (10.5.5), then exporting as an Address Book Archive (from 10.5.5), importing (to 10.5.4), editing (in 10.5.4) and then exporting (from 10.5.4), clobbering the 10.5.5 Address Book database and then importing (into an empty 10.5.5) Address Book database.
HOW TO FIX - IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A 10.5.4 MAC
It is a little simpler (fewer steps) but you will loose all of you groups. In this situation you will need to export all of your address book entries as a vcard file (better export an Address Book Archive as well -- just to be safe), clobber your 10.5.5 Address book and then re-import the vcard file.
HOW TO FIX - IF YOU HAVE A 10.5.4 BACKUP
Alternatively, roll back to before the 10.5.5 upgrade (ie to 10.5.4). Edit your smart groups. Export an Address Book Archive (just in case) and then re-apply the 10.5.5 patch.
GOOD LUCK
When I contacted AppleCare they were very helpful but did not have any visibility of this particular problem.

After I sent this initial post I did some more testing.
Creating a new Smart Group in my now working 10.5.5 address book which has a NOT conditional caused Address Book to lock-up again.
My Smart Group was pretty simple -- 'list all cards that are NOT a member of any group'.
So, the steps in the posting above do NOT fix the problem, they only identify a particular type of Smart Group which will cause a problem and how to get a version of Address Book working again.
I have not gone back and undertaken a thorough set of tests. I am just not going to create any new Smart Groups without first creating an Address Book Archive -- or alternatively overriding Library/Application Support/AddressBook from a Time Machine backup if there is a problem.

Is it possible to retrieve Address Book from MS Exchange using Java IMAP

My JSP is required to display all valid email address to end user.
Is there any way i can retrieve Name & Email information (Address Book) from M.S Exchange server using Java implementation of IMAP protocal?
I believe M.S Exchange server is IMAP compatible so i should'nt be required to do any configuration on mail server side ?
If somebody has recently done this please share the implementation details , thanks,.
Please also let me know how to attach duke dollars with this thread.

No, because that Java implementation you refer to is completely oriented towards handling messages. The Exchange address book has nothing to do with that.

Sync Address Books w/o iphone

Is it possible to sync address books on two computers (same OSX) without a .mac account nor an iphone? I also tried working through google. And although I have the sync with google option in pref of address book, when I click on it nothing happens after I log into my google account. Does it also need .mac?

You don't need a MobileMe account for this.
I'm running Snow Leopard on my Mac and via Address Book preferences there is an option to sync contacts with a Google account, and/or with a Yahoo account.

Download Address Book

My Address Book application is suddenly missing after upgrading to Tiger 10.4.3. Is it possible to download address book only or do I have to revert to the Tiger disk and do a custom install of ONLY address book? Alternatively, do I have to wait for the next Tiger upgrade 10.4.4? House of Pain.
Thanks,
CC

I doubt if you could install Address Book singly as a custom install directly from disk. You will need a program like Pacifist to do that which allows you to select individual packets to install. It's shareware you can try without charge so look it up - but be careful only to install AddressBook - you can do anything to your system with Pacifist, including messing things up.
One more question - do you still have all your AddressBook data? In Panther, this was in Username>Library>Application support>AddressBook
Robert
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How to: Multiple Address books in Leopard?

Hi guys Is it possible to have multiple Address books in Leopard without having to switch users?
I need one for personal use and one for business use and if it's not possible with apple address book Is there a osx address book application that would allow me to do that?
Thanks

It is, however, possible to label entries as either business or personal and then create two groups. Place all business labeled entries in one group and all personal labeled entries in the other group.

S700i and send sms from Address Book.

Hi,
I done a search for an answer but didn't find anything.
Is it possible when in Address Book in osx 10.4.3 to select a mobile phone number and 'send sms'?
This used to work but now doesn't.
Is there anything I can do to fix this?
Thanks.
Lel

It works for me. I have an Nokia 8800 paired via bluetooth.
Right click/control click on the phone number, and the option to send an SMS is there.
It only works with the phone paired though. Make sure the Bluetooth button in Address Book is coloured blue.

Is it possible for someone to remotely hack into mac and view address book?

I HAVE A NASTY FEELING THAT SOMEONE HASHACKED INTO MY MACBOOK AIR AND STOLEN MY CONTACTS FROM MY ADDRESS BOOK!! IS THIS AT ALL POSSIBLE??

Why do you have that nasty feeling?

Is it possible to export contacts from Outlook 2011 for Mac and importing this file back into Mac Address Book.? please reply me its urgent

Is it possible to export contacts from Outlook 2011 for Mac and importing this file back into Mac Address Book.? please reply me its urgent

Is it possible to export contacts from Outlook 2011 for Mac and importing this file back into Mac Address Book.? please reply me its urgent

Is it possible to keep Contact List and Address Book seperate on iPhone?

I just made the switch today- big time – from Motorola to iPhone, and from PC to iMac, plus a Macbook Air as well for travel. Thanks to iphone and Mac forums I have been able to resolve most newbie issues and have exported my data, files and contacts without problem.
However there is one issue I have not been able to resolve or clarify:
- My old phone contact list has now been transferred my new iPhone, consisting of about 100 phone numbers which I use regularly.
- Address Book in my new iMac contains about 800 contacts including phone numbers, clients, etc, as well as personal bank account numbers, and other confidential data in the “Notes” field, which I need to refer to only occasionally.
But I understand that if I sync my iPhone with my Mac, it will merge my Address Book contacts on Mac, with the phone contacts on my iPhone Contact list, into one list. Is this true? Is it not possible to maintain 2 separate Apps on my iPhone, i.e
1. The iPhone Contact list for frequently used telephone contacts, and
2. The Mac Address Book with more detailed notes and account numbers, which I only need to refer to occasionally?
3. If this is possible, can I configure it so that a password is required each time the Address Book on iPhone is accessed? (I realise I can configure the iphone to require a pin when turned on), but I would like a password to access the Address App because of the confidential data. Previously I had all this data contained on a Palm Zire 72 handheld and its PC Desktop counterpart, where a password was required to access.
From what I’ve read on the forums, it will be very cumbersome to have a phone contact list with 1000 names on it, so I want to keep phone contacts simple with phone numbers only. (I realise I can set up Group folders in Address Book, but this is not what I need). I'm also concerned about having confidential information on my iPhone which can be accessed without a password for that particular application. I intend to get MobileMe but that also does not address the issue of keeping Telephone Contacts seperate from Address Book on iPhone.
Any help would be much appreciated!

Speculating:
if, as already suggested, you use the Groups function to sync only the 100 contact list numbers, then how to get the expanded Address Book?
I've not used it myself, but Bento might be worth looking into--Bento on the Mac pulls your Address Book data (I'm pretty sure) and syncs to Bento iPhone.
I don't recall hearing about any alternate phone books, but since pretty much any program on the Mac can hook into the Address Book, you might look at the more powerful note organizers to see if any of them pull that data?
You might have a problem getting notes added on the phone back into Address Book on the Mac, though.
I actually right now keep my main address book in MS Entourage (similar to Outlook), and only use the Mac Address Book to sync to the iPhone. I could sync Entourage to Address Book, but I don't--haven't sorted out the data yet, and I don't really need all the same numbers in both places.
If that sounds possible, you might look at Mark/Space and Missing Sync for iPhone---something like keeping all 800 contacts in Entourage, and syncing them all, but moving the confidential portion of each contact into Entourage Notes and syncing those via Missing Sync, perhaps might work. (I think you can link a contact to a note in Entourage)
An interesting problem. You might also send feedback to Apple:
http://apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
as this is really not a usage scenario they've planned for. They probably don't care, though--doesn't seem all that common.

How can I migrate from Outlook 2011 to iCal and Apple Address Book in Mavericks now that synching is no longer possible?

Now that I am on Mavericks and no longer able to sync between my iPhone/iPad and Outlook 2011 on my MacBook Pro, I'm finally taking the leap (which I should have done long ago) and abandoning Outlook 2011 all together (doesn't help that Outlook now prompts me to rebuild by Identity multiple times per day). I am hoping to export from Outlook to iCal, Address Book, etc, but I would love it if someone could check my steps.
Delete iCal and Apple Address Book content -- Because I have old data in iCal and Address Book (that was synched before I upgraded to Mavericks), I planned to delete this data as follows:
Manually deleting my multiple calendars in the iCal app
Go to Go>Home>Library>Calendars and drag "Calendar Cache" to trash
Go to Go>Home>Library>Caches and drag "com.apple.iCal" and "com.apple.AddressBook" to the trash
Go to Go>Home>Library>Application Support and drag "Address Book" to the trash
Export Outlook 2011 Calendars to iCalIs there a file format that I can use to export from Outlook 2011 and then import into iCal? I will use this file format to individually export each of my calendars from Outlook 2011 and import them into iCal.
Export Outlook 2011 Contact List to Apple Address BookIs there a file format that I can use to export from Outlook 2011 and then import into Apple Address Book?
Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hi acs4055,
As per your query I found a relevant solution for resolving this, actually I haven’t tried the steps you wrote here in your query. But I found a solid key answer for exporting from Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9.1) Outlook 2011 to iCal for Apple mail. This is possible through Drag and Drop method via this you can undoubtedly migrate Outlook 2011 Calendar to ical format.
Hope it will assist you and you will be able to attain a desired solution.

How can I copy a mailing list into address book without having to type them individualy

Hi
I have a mailing list and I would like to send emails to everyone on the list in one go, I copied and pasted the list into my email, but can I have this group somewhere so that I can just call it up like an ordinary address from the address book, preferably without having to type every name individualy into the address book. I tried making a group in the address book and pasting the list in without success,if this is possible can some explain how I can acheive this
Thankyou
Richard

Richard,
Unfortunately, you have to add them one at a time - wait a sec... oh, yeah, if the contact is in your contact list it will 'auto-fill' as you begin to type. So if I want Wendy Whatshername, all I have to do is type Wen and the contacts will show up for you to select and auto-fill the name and email address.
Hope this helps,
Clinton

Why can I not drag-and-drop email addresses into Address Book?

I've used today the email client and the email address autocompletion feature figured out nicely the email addresses of the recipients I wanted to send the email to. So far so good. However, when I've selected all addresses in the To line, I would have liked to be able to drag-and-drop them into the Address Book application, automatically have new entries created there and why not a new group too?

No, that is not possible. However, [Mail Scripts|http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/Mail_Scripts.html] has a script to add every address to the address book, allowing you to pick which ones go to which group and to add a new group, if you want.

Address Book Question -- IS THIS POSSIBLE ??

Is "appending" information possible to address book ? Or like a way to add info from one address book to another with out it deleting anything on the one getting updated OR with out making duplicates of the contact info(s) ????
Kinda like what we call a "incremintal back up". Like it is able to detect what is NEW info and ONLY save that to it while keeping all the old stuff on it.
Let me explain --
I got a tower and a laptop. Address Book (obviously) on both.
Sometimes the one on my laptop gets some contact info added to it, while the one on my tower does not get that info added to it. OR vise versa.
I want to combine the two and not lose anything and NOT have to do it manually. Because alot of info has gone down on both recently.
But at the same time they both have alot of the SAME contacts on them because for a while I was trying to keep up with them and I was manually saving info, then putting it into the other. But recently things have gotten too far and I can not remember which has what, when..
I NEED to do a incremental save/back up to one of them FROM the other one (combine the both with out causeing duplicates, or with out loseing anything).....
Please help.
Thanks -

Cool, I guess thats good enough... It will get the job done the way I want, so THANKS ALOT Mike !!
Problem solved.
I wish in the future though Apple makes it possible to do it how I was saying. Hook your laptop up via firewire to your tower, then Basically a one button click to "append only new info" from the laptops address book. No questions about what to do with duplicates, etc.... just update ALL NEW info. Don't touch old.
Thanks again though my friend, your reply was extremely valuable to me.

Is it possible to merge addresses into a formed letter?

Does anyone know if it is possible to take a mailing list of names and merge them into a formed letter or use on envelopes?

Yes, most of the existing templates do that already.
If you want to set it up yourself:
Menu > Insert > Merge Field
The source data can come from a Numbers table or better from Contacts/Address Book.
Look up Personalizing Documents with Address Book and Numbers Data page 246 in the Pages09_UserGuide.pdf downloadable from under the Help menu.
Peter

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