Hey everyone… I’ve been running into some issues with my Mac Address Book. It won’t open and just shows the spinning beach ball. Has anyone else dealt with this? What did you do to fix it?
Yeah, I had that problem too! Try force-closing the app and clearing some preferences. It helped me.
How do you clear preferences? Sounds kinda technical…
No worries! Just go to Finder, click Go, and type -/Library/Preferences. Look for Address Book files and move them to Trash.
I had a syncing issue between my Mac and iPad. Did you try transferring contacts through iTunes?
Not yet! How does that work? I’m kinda lost with iTunes.
Just connect your iPad, select it in iTunes, and go to the Info tab to sync. Super easy!
For backups, just copy the Address Book file from the Library folder to an external drive. That’s what I do.
Which Library folder? There are so many… lol.
It’s in your Home directory under Library/Application Support/Address Book. Hope that helps!
If you can’t find the Address Book app, check the Applications folder first. If it’s missing, you might need to reinstall it.
Good to know! What if I can’t reinstall it from my Mac?
You can use a tool called Pacifist to get it back from your original OS install. It’s a bit tricky but works!