There are several questions in this: You can re-install Address from the OS-X install disk, you will need an application like Pacifist
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12743 or unpkg http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/26406 to get the thing extracted from the install CD. Then run one of the combo updaters from Apple to make sure that the latest updates for Address book are applied. Before doing that, try running Repair Permissions on your drive to see if that fixes it. ============= The preferences for Address Book are buried inside of the Application folder itself and are not normally for the causal user to go after. But if you hold down the control key and then click on the application, you will get a contextual menu popping up that allows you to view the contents of the "application" -- it really is a special type of folder with all of the goodies inside, cruise on in and hunt around and you will find the preferences. ============= The Address Book data lives inside of your Application Support folder inside of YOUR user folder. Try moving this Address Book data folder to the desktop and then see if AB will run. You may have some address listing that is somehow messed up and causing problems. ============= Note: if you navigate to the main library folder (not the library folder in your user library, but the main system library folder) you will find a folder called Receipts. Open this up and search through it for a receipt for MacOSXUpdate10.3.5.pkg delete this and then you can run the 10.3.5 installer again. But it might be a better idea to run a combo updater to get you to a later version of Panther. In spite of a small spate of troubles for some, many folks are not having any problems whatsoever with 10.3.9 Jerry On Apr 20, 2005, at 10:49 AM, <charlo98 at bellsouth.net> wrote: > Hi list, > > My address book in 10.3.5 suddenly stopped responding. I am able to > use it from the mail window and add the current address to it. > However, when I attempt to open it directly to add or edit - it gives > me a message that the application is not responding and I have to > force quit. > > Should I be looking for corrupted files to toss or is there a way to > reinstall just the address book? I've tried the disk image update for > 10.3.5 but it stops and says I already have that update! > > Thanks much for any feedback. > > LLL > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be April 26. 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 April 26. 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>
