Hi All,
If you are experiencing issues with your mac being updated by MobileMe, in particular Contacts to Address Book on your Mac, this could well be the answer for you. It worked like a dream for me, and now i can add a new contact either on my iPhone or on me.com and it updates my Mac perfect every time.
I scoured the interweb for what seemed like forever, then this sort dropped in my lap so to speak. Follow this to the letter and it should work for you.
Open Address Book.
Back up your contacts by choosing Export from the File menu and selecting Address Book Archive. Specify an export location and then click Save. The resulting archive file will contain a backup of all of your contacts information that you can restore later into Address Book (if necessary) by double-clicking it in the Finder.
Remove any duplicate or unnecessary blank entries by following the procedure*outlined here. It may be necessary to repeat this procedure until duplicate entries no longer appear.
From the Address Book menu, choose Preferences and click the vCard tab. Ensure the 3.0 option is selected for vCard Format and that both the Export notes in vCards and Export photos in vCards options are selected. *
Create a new folder on the desktop. Select all of the contacts in the Name category in Address Book by choosing one of them and then choosing Select All from the Edit menu.* Next, drag all these contacts into the new folder on the desktop by clicking and dragging one of the highlighted names; this will result in one vCard generated with all your contacts.
Open iSync, then choose iSync > Preference and deselect the option to "Enable Syncing on this computer."
Delete all of the contacts and groups in Address Book. Quit Address Book.
Choose Home from the Finder's Go menu, open the Library folder, and then open the Application Support folder.
Locate the "Address Book" folder and move it to the Trash.
Choose Home from the Finder's Go menu, then open the Library folder.
Open the Preferences folder, in the Library folder.
Move the following files to the Trash:
▪ com.apple.AddressBook.plist
▪ com.apple.AddressBook.abd *
Choose Home from the Finder's Go menu, then open the Library folder.
Drag the files located inside the "Caches" folder to the Trash (do not move the "Caches" folder itself, only its contents).
Choose Go To Folder from the Finder's Go menu, then go to this location: /Library/Caches
Drag the files located inside the "Caches" folder to the Trash (do not move the "Caches" folder itself, only its contents).
Log out of your user account (choose Log Out from the Apple menu).
Log in to your user account.
Open iSync and then choose iSync > Preferences > Advanced > Reset Sync History. Then, select the option to "Enable Syncing on this Computer."
Open Address Book. Drag the vCard from the folder you created on your desktop to the Address Book window to re-import them. To re-create contact groups, create the groups first in Address Book and then drag the appropriate vCards to each group.
Attempt to sync normally using iTunes for your iPhone, iPod, and iPod touch, or use iSync for other mobile devices.
If the contacts still do not sync, try starting your computer in Safe Mode by pressing and holding down the Shift key after hearing the chime on startup. It may take several minutes to start your computer in Safe Mode. After starting in Safe Mode, restart your computer and then attempt to sync normally. *
If your contacts don't sync, consider contacting AppleCare for support, or see this article for more information about removing the Sync Services folder. However, removing this folder is strongly discouraged, and should only be performed when the syncing Mac has been started in Safe Mode.
Once your contacts and groups sync correctly, create a new backup of your contacts, using the procedure outlined in step 1. This will preserve any of the changes you made that fixed your sync issue.
I hope this helps some of you
Kind regards
Nick 😎
If you are experiencing issues with your mac being updated by MobileMe, in particular Contacts to Address Book on your Mac, this could well be the answer for you. It worked like a dream for me, and now i can add a new contact either on my iPhone or on me.com and it updates my Mac perfect every time.
I scoured the interweb for what seemed like forever, then this sort dropped in my lap so to speak. Follow this to the letter and it should work for you.
Open Address Book.
Back up your contacts by choosing Export from the File menu and selecting Address Book Archive. Specify an export location and then click Save. The resulting archive file will contain a backup of all of your contacts information that you can restore later into Address Book (if necessary) by double-clicking it in the Finder.
Remove any duplicate or unnecessary blank entries by following the procedure*outlined here. It may be necessary to repeat this procedure until duplicate entries no longer appear.
From the Address Book menu, choose Preferences and click the vCard tab. Ensure the 3.0 option is selected for vCard Format and that both the Export notes in vCards and Export photos in vCards options are selected. *
Create a new folder on the desktop. Select all of the contacts in the Name category in Address Book by choosing one of them and then choosing Select All from the Edit menu.* Next, drag all these contacts into the new folder on the desktop by clicking and dragging one of the highlighted names; this will result in one vCard generated with all your contacts.
Open iSync, then choose iSync > Preference and deselect the option to "Enable Syncing on this computer."
Delete all of the contacts and groups in Address Book. Quit Address Book.
Choose Home from the Finder's Go menu, open the Library folder, and then open the Application Support folder.
Locate the "Address Book" folder and move it to the Trash.
Choose Home from the Finder's Go menu, then open the Library folder.
Open the Preferences folder, in the Library folder.
Move the following files to the Trash:
▪ com.apple.AddressBook.plist
▪ com.apple.AddressBook.abd *
Choose Home from the Finder's Go menu, then open the Library folder.
Drag the files located inside the "Caches" folder to the Trash (do not move the "Caches" folder itself, only its contents).
Choose Go To Folder from the Finder's Go menu, then go to this location: /Library/Caches
Drag the files located inside the "Caches" folder to the Trash (do not move the "Caches" folder itself, only its contents).
Log out of your user account (choose Log Out from the Apple menu).
Log in to your user account.
Open iSync and then choose iSync > Preferences > Advanced > Reset Sync History. Then, select the option to "Enable Syncing on this Computer."
Open Address Book. Drag the vCard from the folder you created on your desktop to the Address Book window to re-import them. To re-create contact groups, create the groups first in Address Book and then drag the appropriate vCards to each group.
Attempt to sync normally using iTunes for your iPhone, iPod, and iPod touch, or use iSync for other mobile devices.
If the contacts still do not sync, try starting your computer in Safe Mode by pressing and holding down the Shift key after hearing the chime on startup. It may take several minutes to start your computer in Safe Mode. After starting in Safe Mode, restart your computer and then attempt to sync normally. *
If your contacts don't sync, consider contacting AppleCare for support, or see this article for more information about removing the Sync Services folder. However, removing this folder is strongly discouraged, and should only be performed when the syncing Mac has been started in Safe Mode.
Once your contacts and groups sync correctly, create a new backup of your contacts, using the procedure outlined in step 1. This will preserve any of the changes you made that fixed your sync issue.
I hope this helps some of you
Kind regards
Nick 😎