Who changed Address Book SMS and Dial configuration settings ??

Address Book suddenly stopped allowing me to SMS from my K610i mobile phone... Furtunately someone posted a fix where you can add the phone id string to the AddressBook application settings.
Anyone know if there was there a recent update from Apple that changed some of the AddressBook application settings to disable this feature ?

With Bluetooth on, if you look at Address Book's window you should see a bluetooth icon on the top bar, to the right of the drop-down menu icon that looks like a wee gear wheel. This bluetooth icon needs to be blue for SMS messaging. If it is grey, click it and see if anything interesting happens.
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ele,
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Thank you for the quick answer. This looks like something that is programmed into the iLife suite of applications (Address Book, iCal, etc...). I can't find anything on my machine (via Spotlight) that suggest an application that manages this or allows you to turn it off.
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Mail change address book!

hello, excuse me for my BAD english...
I have big problem with my address book:
i have a imac 27" and macbook air with snow leopard and 1 iphone 3gs.
i have, also mobile me and I sync with mobile me address book, calendar and more...!
It is very very good for me BUT I have a problem.
Sometimes some contact CHANGE name!
I have do many tests and I have see THAT IT'S MAIL program that CHANGE some contact name when I send an e-mail at this contact!!
for example: I have 200 contact. 5 of this have an e-mail. the other only number...
I send an e-mail with Mail program from my imac to one of this contact...for example John Mcdonald...
immediatly MAIL change the name of John Mcdonald in my address book. (and mobileme change the name on my iphone and on my macbook air...!) the name often change to John mc donald john mcdonald (repeat two times...) or john john mcdonald...or, for other contact change to CAPITAL (JOHN MCDONALD).
so, in my test on this BUG I have connected this problem to adressees precedence on MAIl program...If I empty this "adressees precedence" I don't have the problem...but I need to empty every day...2-3 times a day...!
I hope You can help me...!
I hope apple can resolve this BUG: WHY MAIL program CAN modify MY ADDRESS BOOK??! MY ADDRESS BOOK is MINE!
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how do you manage a business contact in order to overide the problems before said related to the union mail/address book?
There is no problem with Mail and Address book regarding this except the fact that the OP is trying to conflate a perfectly normal behavior into something abnormal. This is not a bug, no matter what anyone else may think. It may be inconvenient to the thinking of some people, but it's not a bug.
Address Book is meant for keeping contact information of individuals, with their given first and last names. It is not for keeping information in any fashion you like. Failing to adhere to the design of the program will yield unexpected or unwanted results. It's not a free-form database, nor was it ever intended to be, so people need to stop trying to use it as such.
I seem to manage my contacts quite well without problems by simply entering their given names, along with their company name (where applicable) in the Company field, and their email address(es). I've never had a problem yet.
There is a way to completely disable this behavior, but it would also have the effect of forcing you to completely type the full email address(es) of your recipients each time you send an email.

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This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. For instructions, launch the System Preferences application, select Help from the menu bar, and enter “Set up a guest account” (without the quotes) in the search box. Don't use the Safari-only Guest login created by Find My Mac.
While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your personal files or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.
Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem(s)?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault in Mac OS X 10.7 or later, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The Guest login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
Step 2
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login.
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Be sure your Mac is shut down.
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Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple icon and the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear).
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Yes. I know that sounds extreme, but……
I use Outlook on a PC at my office, and I have an sbcglobal/Yahoo mail account. I look upon my office Outlook as my ultimate contacts list (over 1,100 entries) and my calendar.
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Well - here is an interesting quandary:
I have successfully exported my yahoo address book/contacts as a .vcf file Yet - once I have expunged the prior Address Book data and want to now import the NEW Yahoo data to rebuild the database it only takes (enters) the phone numbers and does NOT import ANY of the address information. I am positive I did this once since our original exchange and everything transferred just fine, but now….?!
What I cannot determine is where the fault may be: does the export NOT include the addresses (in which case I am doing something fundamentally stupid wit the export) or the vcf cards are complete, but Address Book is not “seeing” anything other than the phone #s and e-mail addresses.
Any thoughts?
Dazed and confused
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Who changed Address Book SMS and Dial configuration settings ??

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