Address Book (application)

This article is about the software application made by Apple. For address books in general, see address book.

Address Book

Address Book 4.1 under Mac OS X
Developer(s)	Apple Inc.
Stable release	4.1.1 (695)
Operating system	Mac OS X
Type	Software Address Book
License	Proprietary
Website	Apple: Address Book

Address Book is an address book software application made by Apple that runs on Mac OS X. The Contacts app replaced Address Book in Mac OS X 10.8 ("Lion").

Features

Integration with Mail, iCal, iChat, Fax, Safari, iPhone (via iTunes).
iSync compatibility to sync contacts to phones, PDAs, iPods, and other Macs
Exports and imports cards to and from vCard 3.0 format.
Imports cards from LDIF, tab-delimited, and comma-separated files
C and Objective-C API to interface with other applications.
AppleScript support for querying, adding, modifying, and removing people and groups
Prints labels and envelopes, mailing lists, pocket address books
Can configure page setup and paper size before printing
One-click automatic lookup for duplicate entries
Change of address notification
Contact groups
Smart groups based on Spotlight
Lookup address on map online
Auto-merge when importing vCards
Customize fields and categories
Automatic formatting of phone numbers
Synchronizes with Microsoft Exchange Server
Speech recognition searching
Address Book used to integrate Bluetooth-enabled phones (displaying incoming and missed calls, displaying incoming text messages, lets you send text messages using the phone, etc.) but these features have been entirely disabled in Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard).
Capability to query an LDAP database containing person information
Plugin interface allowing third-party developers to add functionality to the program
Address Book Dashboard Widget

Description

Address Book has two viewing modes: View Card and Column, and View Card Only. The user can switch between modes with a control in the upper-left portion of the window under the close box.

In View Card and Column, the Address Book window is divided into three panes. The first pane has the title Group. This pane lists All, Directories, and each user-made group. Users can add new groups by pulling the File menu down to New Group, or typing Command-Shift-N.

When selecting All or a user-made group, the second column has the title Name. It lists the names of the people with cards in that group, or all the names if the selected group is All, in alphabetical order by first or last name, depending on user preference.

The third pane has the card corresponding to the selected name. The card can include information, some of which the user can classify into customizable categories like Home and Work. Many of the fields can have duplicate entries, for example, if the person the card describes has several email addresses. The user can edit the fields by pressing the edit button below the bottom-left of the third pane. Default fields include:

Picture
Name pronunciation
First name
Last name
Job title
Company
Phone number
Email address
Home page
Birthday
Instant messaging username
- AIM
- ICQ
- Jabber
- MSN
- Yahoo
Address
Related Names
Note

Address Book can search LDAP directories. Users customize these in the LDAP tab of the preferences. Users search these by selecting Directories in the first pane, selecting a directory or All in the second pane, and typing their search in the search box above the top-left of the third pane. Results appear in the third pane.

Integration with other Mac OS X applications

Address Book stores previous recipient addresses used by Mail
URLs in Address Book cards appear in Safari's Address Book bookmarks
Buddies in iChat can be associated with Address Book cards
Birthdays saved in Address Book appear in iCal if enabled

Criticism

Address Book 4.1, included in Leopard, has received much criticism for the removal of the bluetooth SMS and call features.

External links

Portable Address Book - Allows you to open Address Book as portable application from external drive.
Addza Address Book: An exact Mac OS X address book clone for Microsoft Windows
Html Dump Adress Book - Exports the Address Book to HTML (for example, to print a pocket phone book)

OS X

Versions

Applications

Automator Calculator Calendar Chess Contacts Dashboard Dictionary DVD Player FaceTime Finder Game Center Grapher iTunes (version history) Launchpad Mac App Store Mail Messages Notes Notification Center Photo Booth Photos Preview QuickTime Reminders Safari (version history) Stickies TextEdit Time Machine

Discontinued	Front Row iChat iPhoto iSync Sherlock

Utilities

Activity Monitor AirPort Utility AppleScript Editor Archive Utility Audio MIDI Setup Bluetooth File Exchange Boot Camp ColorSync Configurator Console Crash Reporter DigitalColor Meter Directory Utility DiskImageMounter Disk Utility Font Book Grab Help Viewer Image Capture Installer Keychain Access Migration Assistant Network Utility ODBC Administrator Screen Sharing System Preferences System Information Terminal Universal Access VoiceOver

Discontinued	Software Update Remote Install Mac OS X

Technology and
user interface

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Deprecated	Carbon

Discontinued	BootX Brushed metal Classic Environment Rosetta Spaces Xgrid

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