Hello Mike.
Did it work?
Jerry
On Nov 9, 2005, at 9:05 PM, Dan Crutcher wrote:
> Have you tried opening the "Applications" folder on your hard drive
> and double-clicking on the "Address Book" application? That should
> open Address Book and use your current AddressBook.data file. If it
> doesn't show the addresses you put in there, what does it do?
>
> The icon in the dock is just an alias file that launches the
> application "Address Book." It was in your Dock because Apple puts
> it there by default when you install your OS X system files.
> Dragging it out of the dock -- accidentally or on purpose -- will
> make it disappear with a "poof." All you have to do to put it back
> into your Dock is to drag the application icon from the
> Applications folder into the dock and drop it.
>
> Dan
>
>> Help!
>>
>> I have suddenly had a major loss and am in mourning... my address
>> book is inaccessible.I know how to go the route of Home Computer/
>> Library/ Application Support/ Address Book/Address Book.data.
>> (That was in an E-mail I saved from a previous person's question/
>> answer on our list serve.)
>>
>> My problem then is that I cannot find an application to open that
>> file. I'm told that "There is no default application specified to
>> open the document "AddressBook.data"." I can then choose to Cancel
>> or to Choose Application. Seems as though I would then want to
>> Choose Application.
>> That's all well and good, but whatever I seem to choose as the
>> application will only give me choices of New Folder or Cancel.
>> There is also a space designated Open.... but it is shaded and not
>> usable. Now what?
>>
>> I had it in my dock; but when I clicked on it, all I got was a big
>> question mark over the center of it.
>> While trying to fiddle with that, I "poofed" away that icon. Don't
>> ask me how it got into this condition in the first place... I
>> haven't the foggiest idea.
>>
>> I can find all sorts of folders, etc. regarding Addresses; but
>> they don't get me anywhere. I get the same "No default application
>> to open, etc." for all of those, too. Now what do I do?I've yet to
>> find anything I can ask Help to get a pertinent answer.
>>
>> I am running a G4 iMac with a flat screen, on Panther/
>> version10.3.9 system. I do have a back-up LaCie HD; it's gone on
>> that, too.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
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