[X4U] Advice on cleaning up Address Book

[Neil]

On Jul 8, 2007, at 9:11 PM, Edie wrote:

> at 8:10 PM -0400 7/8/07, Neil wrote:
>> Are there any scripts like this for Apple's AddressBook?  Now that  
>> I have an
>> iPhone, I'm trying to consolidate all my contacts in AB, which  
>> will mean
>> many duplicates that started with an e-mail address in Entourage  
>> and a phone
>> number in my Palm.  Thanks.
>>
>
> In the "Card" menu there are two helpful commands:
>
> "Look for Duplicate Entries" will tell you how many it finds and  
> offer to merge them. I don't let it because of multiple cards like  
> my public and private card and my husband's, too. But at least I  
> know how many I'm looking for. hmmm, I could drop copies of those  
> on the desktop and put them back when the merge is done.

The problem with that command is that it doesn't tell you which  
contacts are duplicates.  The script for Entourage will mark them all  
with the category "duplicates" so you can decide how to deal with  
them case by case.
>
> "Merge Selected Cards" will do the job when you find two or more  
> yourself.
>
>
> I have an address Book question. Is there a reason there is no  
> entry for Skype or Gizmo or a way to customize that info in the  
> Address Book?

Sorry, I'm new to AB too.  I'm coming from Entourage and Chronos  
Personal Organizer. 
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