Two separate address book on one Mac?

Can I have two separate address books with two different data bases running on one Mac machine? It would be like have two Adrress book programs on one system. How would I do this?
Thanks for any help.
Bill

I have 2 different accounts on Mac Mail, but can't seem to create a separate address book for each of the accounts. Does anyone have a step by step instruction on how to do this?
Thanks in advance
Ted

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would it be possible - using built-in functionality or a 3rd party application - to maintain two separate address books? I would like to have my company´s contacts in my phone, without mixing them all into my private contact list so things don´t get confused.
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Unless you are willing to continually do an export of one contacts database and import of the other, switching back and forth, you'll either need to use some third-party contacts application or maintain two separate user accounts in Mac OS X. The built-in Address Book/Contacts application does not allow multiple address books.
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I have my standard address book I use and love. I am an artist and forever having to make slide labels. I have used many programs and databases to do this task. To my surprise address book would accomplish this amazing well. I just don't want to combine my art label information with my address stuff? So can I have two address files on one mac?
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you can add a new user account on your Mac (open system preferences / accounts) and start fresh there with an empty AddressBook.
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You don't have to include every contact in Address Book in the sync - you can choose to sync just a group. So make two groups, one for the palm and one for the mobile phone. A contact can belong to multiple groups. I THINK (you will have to check yourself) you can have different settings in iSync for the different devices, so just associate each group with the appropriate device.
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I thought Mac would be better with their mail client than this.
But Mail has nothing to do with this at all. Address Book is a completely separate application, and it's that way for good reason; it's not merely a whim.
I can't imagine what Mac is thinking that if a family of 5 uses the family computer, that all 5 people's email addresses clog up the search for the person writing the email at the time.
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