Re: Address Book snowed (The fix)

2009-09-09 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Paul Glad you got the AddressBook working, which was the same way Ronni had suggested as well. I would also agree that anyone doing a Snow Leopard update would backup their data. I would also go further and suggest people ensure that they've checked compatibility of their apps they are using

Re: Address Book snowed (The fix)

2009-09-09 Thread Ronda Brown
On 10/09/2009, at 10:52 AM, Paul Weaver wrote: Thank you to all for the suggestions received about this problem. Here is how I fixed it. I created a test account and had a look at what existed before Address Book had been opened. I determined that the entire folder called AddressBoo

Re: Address Book snowed (The fix)

2009-09-09 Thread Paul Weaver
Thank you to all for the suggestions received about this problem. Here is how I fixed it. I created a test account and had a look at what existed before Address Book had been opened. I determined that the entire folder called AddressBook at Library/Application Support is not created until th

Re: Address Book snowed

2009-09-09 Thread Ronda Brown
On 09/09/2009, at 5:47 PM, Paul Weaver wrote: The backup I have is an exported .abbu file of a couple of hundred contacts. They imported okay on the other account, and on another machine, but not with the most used account. I tried moving a complete Application support/AddressBookfolder

Re: Address Book snowed

2009-09-09 Thread Paul Weaver
With the folder exchange, I tried replacing the old folder with a copy of the one from the other account. Maybe I should have deleted the old one first and dragged the new one in? Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: Address Book snowed

2009-09-09 Thread Paul Weaver
The backup I have is an exported .abbu file of a couple of hundred contacts. They imported okay on the other account, and on another machine, but not with the most used account. I tried moving a complete Application support/AddressBookfolder from the other account but it was rejected. I see

Re: Address Book snowed

2009-09-09 Thread Alexander Hartner
Depending on how many contacts you have in the backup it may take some time. What I suggest is you close Address Book, reboot the Mac and then restore again. Don't open Address Book before restoring, just click on the backup file. Then go for a cup of coffee or something. When you get back your co

Re: Address Book snowed

2009-09-09 Thread Ronda Brown
On 09/09/2009, at 2:05 PM, Paul Weaver wrote: Installed Snow Leopard OK but addresses in Address Book have gone. I have a backup of addresses but when I tried to import there was still no data showing. I tried importing to a new account on the same machine and there were no problems.

Address Book snowed

2009-09-08 Thread Paul Weaver
Installed Snow Leopard OK but addresses in Address Book have gone. I have a backup of addresses but when I tried to import there was still no data showing. I tried importing to a new account on the same machine and there were no problems. On the account where Address Book is having problem