On 5/2/09 12:29 PM, "Elvis Cruz" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yes, a contacts trash can would be a good thing!

You can backup your contacts for emergencies like this. There are three
options.

1) Entourage archive (.rge) file
2) tab delimited file
3) drag individual contacts to desktop as .eml files.

I just posted how to do #3 in this article. First two are under File -->
Export.

Create individual files for contacts and events

<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2009/04/create_individual_files_for_contacts
_and_events.html>

To get a single contact from 1 and 2, you would need to import into a new
Identity, locate that file and drag it to the desktop for import into your
regular Identity.

I have an Automator workflow that automatically backs up my contacts once a
week.

Export Entourage Contacts
Where: select folder

Show Growl Notification

Save as plugin for iCal and set time there. (I add a folder action so when
the file is added to the folder it is stored by date like this 2009-05-02)

For more details on using Automator and scheduling with iCal see this
article (includes folder action help too):

Entourage and Time-Machine-like backup (creates chronological backup of
Identity can be used by both Tiger and Leopard allowing you to roll back to
previous dated backups.

<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/01/entourage_and_time_machine.html>

-- 
Diane 
  


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