Blasphemy! 



Rod Blitvich  - Amy & Sam’s Dad
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 Good Ideas 
 0409 681 256  
 rb...@iinet.net.au <x-msg://329/rb...@iinet.net.au> 



> On 2 Jun 2016, at 6:45 PM, Michael Hawkins <michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au> 
> wrote:
> 
> Windows is starting to look strangely attractive
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 2 Jun 2016, at 3:53 PM, Bill Parker <ren...@westnet.com.au 
> <mailto:ren...@westnet.com.au>> wrote:
> 
>> Getting worse!
>> 
>> Now Contacts has “self restored”.
>> 
>> Bill
>>> On 2 Jun 2016, at 15:43, Bill Parker <ren...@westnet.com.au 
>>> <mailto:ren...@westnet.com.au>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Ronni,
>>> 
>>> This is weird.
>>> 
>>> I have made a search for the App Support folder across 2 years  in TIme 
>>> Machine and Contacts and Address Book and neither are there where you 
>>> suggested. Then in the HD drive same thing  - neither Address Book nor 
>>> Contacts are there!
>>> 
>>>  Bill
>>>> On 2 Jun 2016, at 14:58, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com 
>>>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Ok Bill,
>>>> 
>>>> You said you have Time Machine Backups
>>>> Quit all applications, or at least - Quit Mail and Contacts.
>>>> 
>>>> If you need to Restore from Time Machine backup:
>>>> 
>>>> This folder needs to be restored:
>>>> 
>>>> ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook
>>>> 
>>>> Open the Library folder in your home folder by holding down the option key 
>>>> and selecting
>>>>           Go ▹ Library from the Finder menu bar. 
>>>> Navigate in the usual way to the item indicated 
>>>> 
>>>> Enter Time Machine 
>>>> Then Go to ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook and Restore the 
>>>> Address Book content from a Time Machine backup
>>>> Copy the entire contents of the Address Book folder from the backup and 
>>>> overwrite the contents of this folder on your system drive.
>>>> 
>>>> Once the Restore is complete, Relaunch Contacts and you should see your 
>>>> contacts listed.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Ronni
>>>> 
>>>> 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014)
>>>> 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz
>>>> 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM
>>>> 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage
>>>> 
>>>> El Capitan OS X 10.11.5
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 2 Jun 2016, at 2:41 PM, Bill Parker <ren...@westnet.com.au 
>>>>> <mailto:ren...@westnet.com.au>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ronni,
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Did both.  There is nothing there either way except the one contact I put 
>>>>> in this am.   Also when typing email reciripient names, they usually come 
>>>>> up but that seems to be at fault as well ( several regulars missing)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Bill
>>>>>> On 2 Jun 2016, at 13:31, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com 
>>>>>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Bill,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I replied earlier to your message but my reply did not come through to 
>>>>>> the list.
>>>>>> Hence my message to test if the WAMUG mailing server was down which did 
>>>>>> come to the list... But my original reply message has not?? Go figure :)
>>>>>> So I've copied my reply message to you below:
>>>>>> --- 
>>>>>> Hi Bill,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If you are using iCloud:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Make sure you are Signed In - System Preferences > iCloud and Contacts 
>>>>>> is Selected.
>>>>>> Deselected Contacts and then Reselected it.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If you are NOT using iCloud. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Go to System Preferences > Users and Groups > Your Admin Card > Click 
>>>>>> Contacts Card: "Open Button”. 
>>>>>> All cards previously in your Address Book should recover.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Ronni
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 2 Jun 2016, at 12:14 PM, Bill Parker <ren...@westnet.com.au 
>>>>>> <mailto:ren...@westnet.com.au>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi Wamuggers,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I just had occasion to check an email address, it did not appear as I 
>>>>>>> typed the recipient’s details.  I went to Contacts and and found 
>>>>>>> nothing.  All my contacts gone.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I have Timemachine of course, but where would I look to find the 
>>>>>>> contacts entries.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Bill
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --
>>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml 
>>>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>>
>>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml 
>>>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>>
>>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - 
>>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug 
>>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>>
>>> 
>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --
>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml 
>>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>>
>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml 
>>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>>
>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - 
>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug 
>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>>
>> 
>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --
>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml 
>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>>
>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml 
>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>>
>> Settings & Unsubscribe - 
>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug 
>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>>
> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --
> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>
> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>
> Settings & Unsubscribe - 
> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>

-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --
Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>
Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>
Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>