For one thing, Powermail dates back to OS9 which, of course, did not include Apple Address Book. When the OS X version of PM arrived (or maybe it a revision or two later) CTM provided a way for the existing PM address book to integrate with the Apple one. And for people like me, who for quite a long time couldn't be bothered to populate Apple's AB from scratch, this was (and probably still is) a good thing.
At the same time, I have certain addresses that reside ONLY in PM's address book because they relate only to email -- addresses like this discussion group. The one safety measure that I make sure of using is ONLY to let the address book synchronisation go one way or the other -- not both. I use Apple AB as my 'master' address book and let it update PM's one, but not the other way around. Having both updating each other seemed to lead to unpredictable (well, unpredictable to me anyway) data loss. Rick -- G5 2GHz x2 :: 2GB RAM :: 10.4.3 :: PM 5.2.3 :: 3 pane mode Shark Attack: A Design Studio <www.sharkattack.co.uk> -- Original message: Received from Andy Fragen on 23/2/06 at 00:54 >Is there some reason that PM keeps it's own address book anyway? Why not >just use Apple's AddressBook full time?
