address entries gone

[terry horsnell]

All the entries in my address book have just vanished including the one for the doctor I'm trying to contact. HELP!

I haven't done anything to the machine prior to this except run disk utility.

regards
Tel

[barhar]

Option 01.
Navigate to and open '~/Library/Applications Support/AddressBook/'.

If a window titled 'AddressBook' exists and contains files and folders - you may have a chance of data recovery. If the folder exists but is empty - the contents have been removed (and data recovery may be possible) or deleted (and thus, no chance of recovery). If the 'AddressBook' folder does not exist, it may have been relocated or renamed (and data recovery may be possible), or deleted (and thus, no chance of recovery).

Option 02.
01. Select and copy (select the current web browsers' 'Edit, Copy' menu item or press 'Command C') ...

~/Library/Applications Support/AddressBook/

02. Select 'Finder's 'Go, Go to Folder...' menu item, or 'Command <shift> G'. A window or drop down sheet will appear.
03. Perform a paste (select the current web browsers' 'Edit, Paste' menu item, or press 'Command V').
04. Click the 'Go' button.

If a window titled 'AddressBook' appears - with files and folders, you may have a chance of data recovery. If the folder appears but is empty or the 'Go to Folder' titled window or 'Go to the Folder:' drop down sheet displays a 'The folder cannot be found' error - the 'AddressBook' folder may have been relocated or renamed (and data recovery may be possible), or deleted (and thus, no chance of recovery).

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Note '~' or '$HOME' represents the path to the 'current users' Home folder.

[terry horsnell]

OK.

Option 1 works; there is indeed an address book folder with files in it in application support. Where do I go from here?

[terry horsnell]

Is nobody going to help me then?

[terry horsnell]

Looks like it's goodbye address book then. Thanks a bunch guys!