Need to copy Address Book

[hacksaw]

Hi,

I need to copy/import my entire address book from my other Mac to the new one.
How do I do it? I tried searching but none of the posts directly touches the topic.
Thanks.

~hacksaw

[tdbur]

I found one way of doing it..

Select all your contacts... File -> Export vCards..
Copy them to the other mac..
In address book on the new mac select File->Import->vCards

Hope it helps

[Nick]

Here's another way:

You can backup the file located in Users --> Library --> Application Support --> Address Book. the file you want is called "AddressBook.data"

From the AddressBook application, you can also backup your contacts by clicking on File --> Back up Database. You can then save it on the desktop or anywhere you wish to.

Hope this helps.

[hacksaw]

Originally posted by tdbur
I found one way of doing it..

Select all your contacts... File -> Export vCards..
Copy them to the other mac..
In address book on the new mac select File->Import->vCards

Hope it helps

Thanks tbur! That was a breeze.

~hacksaw

oh and thanks too Nick!

[Edited on 5-31-2004 by hacksaw]

[tdbur]

Glad we could help you out

[NoisyCricket]

Is there a way of exporting vCards from Address Book ONE BY ONE? Say if you export 500 entries, you get 500 cards?

[super_ed]

Is there a way of exporting vCards from Address Book ONE BY ONE? Say if you export 500 entries, you get 500 cards?

Individual:

Select contact, File/export vCard

Group:

Select Group/ Smart Group, File/export Group vCard

HTH