Jerry, your instructions were perfect - my Address Book is back and intact. Life is Good! Thanks so much! Deb On Sunday, July 6, 2003, at 04:15 PM, Jerry Wilson wrote: > If no luck there be sure to copy your address book from mail.app and > use Pacifists to reinstall just Address Book from your install CD. > > Here is where your address's are kept: This I must say is from an > earlier post from the Most Honorable "Cricket" (IMHO). :-) > > You need to save the following: > > In your Library directory: > > - Save the Mail folder > - Save the Keychains folder > > In your Library/Preferences directory: > > - Save the com.apple.mail.plist > - Save the com.apple.security.plist > > - cricket > ________________ > > You can later replace the new folders with the above.