Jerry and Dan, I trued that. When I double-click on that file, which is on my HD page with many others, the whole page goes blank... except the icons in the separate left-hand column stay there (such as Mac HD, Desktop, Home Page ,etc. All the functions on the larger right-hand portion just go away. (They come back if I start the double-click on HD process again... and then disappear again each time I double-click on Addresses. No progress. Now what?
Mike On Nov 10, 2005, at 12:14 AM, Jerry Yeager wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be November 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >>> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>> >> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be November 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > ----------------------------------- > Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if > I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be November 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
