Q: Import .abcdp files into address book

It might be possible to open them in TextEdit and get the data out. These are Address Book backups, so it's odd that an application can't open its own files.

What OS version did they come from? How did you try to import them? What happens when you try? Did you try dropping one of them on the Address Book icon in the dock?

AK

Is the old OS still bootable? You could just export them as an AddressBook backup and import them into the New AddressBook

Also, I've read that the files can be read by Quickview if nothing else.

Try this:

Quit Address Book.
Make a copy of folder ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook in case anything goes wrong.
Delete AddressBook-v22.abcddb from ~/Library/Application Support/.
Put your abcdp files in folder ~/Library/Application Support/MetaData.
Restart Address Book.

Tell us what happens.

AK

I am experiencing a very similar issue, except I am trying to import my .abcdp files from a recovered items folder after the meltdown of my old hard drive. When I found this possible fix I was excited, but I have been unable to find an AddressBook-v22.abcddb file or similar. I have tried to just copy and paste my .abcdp files into the MetaData folder (which I found in Library/Caches/com.apple.AddressBook/) without success. Do you have any other suggestions?

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Message was edited by: bric3000

Welcome to the discussions, bric3000.

If your computer data in your profile is correct you are running Tiger, not Leopard. The file you want to recover is AddressBook.data, and it should be in ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook.

AK