>>> however, as i have mentioned before there is no conduit control of >>> the >>> passage of information, so ......<snip> >> >> Easy fix here. Create a Group in Address Book that you want to use >> for your >> phone addresses. Then in iSync .............<snip> > > thanks to all of you who have helped me out here and it works like a dream :-))) i have just set it up - it's very easy! i guess if i want to move them out of "phone" i should drag them back to All (in order to keep them in the AddressBook, but not on the phone) peter