address book

miles01110

macrumors Core

Original poster

• Aug 16, 2006

• #1

I recently got a new macbook pro- is there any way for me to get my address book contacts off my old imac g4 to the new comp?

 

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reh

macrumors 6502a

• Aug 16, 2006

• #2

Your address book data is found at ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook. Just copy that folder over to the same location and you'll be good to go (just make sure address book isn't running).

Edit: Or you could just use Migration Assistant to copy all your user data over.

 

IJ Reilly

macrumors P6

• Aug 16, 2006

• #3

reh said:

Edit: Or you could just use Migration Assistant to copy all your user data over.

Click to expand...

This route is highly recommended! I've seen some really messed-up Macs from people attempting the drag-copy migration method.

 

mad jew

Moderator emeritus

• Aug 17, 2006

• #4

I'm not sure if Panther's Address Book had this (let alone earlier versions), but along with iCal, the Tiger version has a Back Up feature in the File menu. I find this to be extremely useful. 🙂

 

IJ Reilly

macrumors P6

• Aug 17, 2006

• #5

Of course you could also export the contacts as vcards and drag them into the new Address Book.