Address Book Smart Group Problem in Lion

LxHunter · Oct 14, 2011, 07:31 PM

I have upgraded to Lion Address Book 6.1
I have a problem with a "Smart Group" not working.
I have created a Smart Group I call "Non-Group" by selecting:
Card = is not a member of = any group

I use this Smart Group to determine if I have not classified a contact in the 8 groups I have created.
This worked fine in Snow Leopard.

Now in Lion Address Book 6.1 it is not working?
I have tested adding contacts, but not adding them to a group.
The ungrouped contacts do not show up in my "Non-Group" Smart List.

Any ideas?
Or is this a bug?

Sammo111 · Nov 3, 2011, 03:19 AM

I have exactly the same issue. I expect that it may be a bug to do with 'any group' definition. Would be great if someone has a fix.

CasinoOwl · Nov 28, 2011, 07:52 PM

I have the same problem. I hoped I would get used to the new Address Book, but I must say it is really bad in so many ways.

LxHunter · Nov 28, 2011, 08:21 PM

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Yep. The new Address Book sucks. I have purchased Addresses in the App Store to get the 3 pane view.
And also use BusyCal to replace the awful Calendar.
I am sorry I upgraded to Lion.

tenders · Dec 28, 2011, 04:59 PM

There is definitely a bug in the Lion Address book.

Solution 1: A free iPhone app called PowerContact Lite won't create groups, but it easily and correctly identifies contacts without groups and places contacts within groups.

Solution 2: On the Mac, redefine "isn't a member of any group" by "isn't a member of Group A" and "isn't a member of Group B" and "isn't a member of Group C" etc. all the way through all your groups. What's left, isn't a member of any group.

h00ligan · Jun 16, 2012, 04:36 PM

I am simply shocked this isn't fixed yet.. this bug has been around for a LONG time.

Oct 14, 2011, 07:31 PM	#1
LxHunter macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2010	Address Book Smart Group Problem in Lion I have upgraded to Lion Address Book 6.1 I have a problem with a "Smart Group" not working. I have created a Smart Group I call "Non-Group" by selecting: Card = is not a member of = any group I use this Smart Group to determine if I have not classified a contact in the 8 groups I have created. This worked fine in Snow Leopard. Now in Lion Address Book 6.1 it is not working? I have tested adding contacts, but not adding them to a group. The ungrouped contacts do not show up in my "Non-Group" Smart List. Any ideas? Or is this a bug?
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Nov 28, 2011, 07:52 PM	#3
CasinoOwl macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2007	Me too I have the same problem. I hoped I would get used to the new Address Book, but I must say it is really bad in so many ways.
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Nov 3, 2011, 03:19 AM	#2
Sammo111 macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2011	I have exactly the same issue. I expect that it may be a bug to do with 'any group' definition. Would be great if someone has a fix.
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Nov 28, 2011, 08:21 PM	#4
LxHunter Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2010	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3) Yep. The new Address Book sucks. I have purchased Addresses in the App Store to get the 3 pane view. And also use BusyCal to replace the awful Calendar. I am sorry I upgraded to Lion.
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Dec 28, 2011, 04:59 PM	#5
tenders macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2011	There is definitely a bug in the Lion Address book. Solution 1: A free iPhone app called PowerContact Lite won't create groups, but it easily and correctly identifies contacts without groups and places contacts within groups. Solution 2: On the Mac, redefine "isn't a member of any group" by "isn't a member of Group A" and "isn't a member of Group B" and "isn't a member of Group C" etc. all the way through all your groups. What's left, isn't a member of any group.
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Jun 16, 2012, 04:36 PM	#6
h00ligan macrumors 68020 Join Date: Apr 2003	I am simply shocked this isn't fixed yet.. this bug has been around for a LONG time.
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