address book is missing on imac

i have a 3 yr old imac. been running sluggish so i ran onyx... i noticed yesterday that my address book is gone... its not in toolbar, not in my applications. not in trash. i search for it and cant find it.

#1, any idea where it could be or how to find it
#2, all of my contacts from my iphone were synced with it - can i get those back? besides doing a restore to a previous backup?
#3, if it did get removed, can i redownload it and will my contacts reappear?

simsaladimbamba said:

1.) You could search for it via Finder.
2.) You addresses should be safe, as they are stored within Macintosh HD/ Users / YOU / Library / Application Support / Address Book and not the actual application.
3.) Post your Mac OS X version and maybe someone can upload it for you oor you can use Pacifist to extract Address Book from the grey Restore DVD or the Snow Leopard Upgrade DVD.

Steps 1 to 6 are helpful with finding hidden files and folders:
Best way to FULLY DELETE a program

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thank you for response. i have newest ios. leopard 10.3.6 i think.

my thoughts

thanks, i have 10.6.6 then - im at work, dont have access to my imac. i updated to leopard couple months ago

ok sorry about that. left this window open on my computer at work. dicks : )

anyways, i have OS X 10.6.6. I did search in finder, no address book.

if someone could post a download of it like said in earlier post i would appreciate it.

thank you very much