Re: Address Book - drag thru and copy a record's text

For years we've been able to open a record in Address Book and simply drag through and copy to paste into another app such as an email. This stopped some months ago. Is there anyway to do this today (without exporting a vCard)?
Thanks in advance for any ideas!

Definite progress. Assuming you are not running anything strange (plug-ins, widgets, non-standard fonts ...) (I would include Safari 4 beta as strange) in your normal login account, quit Address Book, move the ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/ folder and the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.AddressBook.plist file to the Desktop and restart Address Book and see if it behaves.
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Report Version: 4
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PID: 272
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I am hoping to get an answer as to how to rectify this situation. If it is not already obvious, I am new to Macs.
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Welcome to Apple discussions (from where you were on the dark side):
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Run repair disk from your software install DVD (until it reports no errors).
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A&I installs a pristine version of OS X (which would have to be updated, of course) while preserving your files, programs, and settings.
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Here's what the window looks like:
http://www.pbase.com/strangeghost/image/73357438
None of my addresses are viewable, though mail can still pull them in as though nothing is wrong at all. I've tried deleting the Address Book plists and relaunching the app, and replacing the address book app with a copy from another mac where it's working normally. Nothing has affected its abnormal behavior in the least.
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Verify/repair the startup disk (not just permissions), as described here:
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