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<blockquote data-quote="johnsky" data-source="post: 1622084" data-attributes="member: 338089">OK, now I've fixed it … mostly …The solution is to use the Vcard format — but it only works after first completely wiping out the AddressBook folder in the Applications Support folder.In other words, first delete (or rename if that makes you nervous) the folder called AddressBook in Application Support, as in:Users/[username[/Library/Application Support/AddressBookThen, launch Contacts (and a fresh AddressBook folder will be re-created). Of course there will be no one in your Contact list (except a card for Apple and maybe yourself).Now you can import the Vcard file, and all the contacts will be restored — and actually still be there after you quit and relaunch Contacts. Yay! But …All groups will be lost. I had quite a number of contacts in quite a number of groups, and it will be a major pain to re-create all the groups from scratch. But I guess that's better than losing everything.BTW, importing a Contacts &quot;archive&quot; format file into a fresh AddressBook folder doesn't work; the data will all be lost the next time you lauch Contacts. Only after using the Vcard format import will the data not disappear.So I appreciate the Vcard idea. I just wish there was a way to keep the groups data, too.Does anyone know if Apple will actually fix this bug?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="johnsky, post: 1622084, member: 338089"] OK, now I've fixed it … mostly … The solution is to use the Vcard format — but it [B]only[/B] works after first completely wiping out the AddressBook folder in the Applications Support folder. In other words, first delete (or rename if that makes you nervous) the folder called AddressBook in Application Support, as in: Users/[username[/Library/Application Support/AddressBook Then, launch Contacts (and a fresh AddressBook folder will be re-created). Of course there will be no one in your Contact list (except a card for Apple and maybe yourself). Now you can import the Vcard file, and all the contacts will be restored — and actually still be there after you quit and relaunch Contacts. Yay! But … All groups will be lost. I had quite a number of contacts in quite a number of groups, and it will be a major pain to re-create all the groups from scratch. But I guess that's better than losing everything. BTW, importing a Contacts "archive" format file into a fresh AddressBook folder doesn't work; the data will all be lost the next time you lauch Contacts. Only after using the Vcard format import will the data not disappear. So I appreciate the Vcard idea. I just wish there was a way to keep the groups data, too. Does anyone know if Apple will actually fix this bug? [/QUOTE]

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