accidentally deleted address book

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accidentally deleted address book

hi , am running leopard on a mac mini and accidentally deleted the address book program that was moved to the desktop from the applications folder and hiding behind the dock .

Time machine wasn't set up to backup any data yet , and i'm afraid the entire address book has been lost . Just before the trash was emptied , there were numerous updates performed thru software update , for the iwork and ilife suites , and the computer has been restarted one time . I had also reinstalled the 10.5.1 update . is there any way to retrieve the deleted address book without having to use 3rd party software like pacifist to pull a new copy of address book from the leopard install disc and rebuild it from scratch ?

2 G4 1.5 12" PB's ; intel mini 1.66 w\2gb ram, Mac OS X (10.5.1), 2 gb ipod nano , 30 gb video iPod 5th gen ; 40 gb iPod w/dock 3rd gen

Posted on Feb 9, 2008 3:06 PM

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Answer 1

Feb 9, 2008 3:13 PM in response to Tommy jr

Not that I know of.

However, you only lost the application.
You apparently did not loose all the information.

The information is located in Users/Home/Library/Application Support/AddressBook folder.
If that AddressBook folder is still there, then so is all of your information.

Joseph Kriz

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Tommy jr Author

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Feb 9, 2008 3:18 PM in response to Joseph Kriz

well ok Joe, thanks for the heads up ... the addressbook folder is still located in the application support folder . what would be the best way to pull the addressbook program off the leopard install disc and get it up and running again ?

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Tommy jr Author

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Feb 9, 2008 4:01 PM in response to Tommy jr

i couldnt figure out how to edit my last post , but thanks Joe , the address book is back on the machine via pacifist .

Thanks for the help

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Answer 4

Feb 9, 2008 5:36 PM in response to Tommy jr

Glad you got things restored.

Thanks for the feedback and the star.

Joseph Kriz

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Answer 5

Tryggsy

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Apr 19, 2008 6:47 AM in response to Joseph Kriz

Hello. Maybe you could help me too! My address book and mail program stalled and I had to force quit. In the process, my address book information disappeared as did all the previous recipient information from the mail program. I followed the instructions you gave someone else: users/home/....addressbook folder and there is something there but I can't open it and have no clue how to reinstall the information. I desperately need this info and would appreciate any advice. Thanks.

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