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How can I restore my address book?

I just bought a new iPhone (my first) and synced it to my computer for the first time. My Address Book on my Mac was wiped clean! When I was at AT&T store, the contact information from my old cell phone was transferred to my contact list on my new iPhone. That list was transferred to the Address book on my Power Mac but all of the existing contacts were replaced by the contact list on my iPhone. (GULP!) I believe that I located a file in the Address Book directory named: AddressBook.data.previous. I am hoping that I can restore my previous address book to what it was before I synced my iPhone. I also have back up files on an exterior hard drive. How can I restore the old address book, and then, how do I merge it with the contact list that now resides on my new iPhone? I am praying that this can be restored!

Power Mac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.11), 2.5 GB memory

Posted on Jun 6, 2010 9:50 PM

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emmagoldman Author

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Jun 9, 2010 12:16 PM in response to wjosten

wjosten-- I thought that I would give Apple iPhone support a call since I have free phone support for 90 days. The specialist said that my Power Mac OS (OS X 10.4.11) is not supported with the 3GS and the latest iTunes. He thought that syncing would not work correctly. Considering this new info, does it make sense to try your latest suggestion of removing & reinstalling the AMDS?

wjosten

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Jun 9, 2010 12:52 PM in response to emmagoldman

OS X 10.4.11 is the bare minimum. The phone tech is wrong about that point. As long as your USB ports are 2.0(you don't say what model Power Mac you have) we can most likely get this to work. If your USB ports are not 2.0, then the phone tech is correct, syncing will be hit or miss, mostly miss. You have nothing to lose by removing & reinstalling the AMDS, other than your time and it just "may" fix your issue.

emmagoldman Author

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Jun 10, 2010 8:03 AM in response to wjosten

Oh boy, this is getting complicated. I am not sure if I have the 2.0 USB ports. My Systems Profiler for my Power Mac G5 shows this:

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and this:
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I see that USB High Speed Bus is listed but it doesn't say 2.0

Also, consider this. My stepson, a recent geeky college grad is trying to convince me to use Google address book and Google Calendar. He says that his address book and calendar for his iPod Touch and computer constantly update "in the cloud" so that I don't even need to connect my iPhone to sync. He says it's similar to what Mobile Me does. Although the instant syncing in the cloud sounds very appealing I am also a little wary of the prospect of uploading my address book onto a server because of personal information that I keep there. I am also considering an upgrade to a Mac Pro that could happen very soon.

I suppose if I have the 2.0 USB ports I would be favorable to fixing the problem. If I have them are all my USB ports 2.0? I use the port on the front of my Mac for syncing so that one would be most convenient to be high speed.

Thanks for your continued support!

wjosten

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Jun 10, 2010 8:35 AM in response to emmagoldman

Your USB ports are 2.0, however I would suggest NOT using the hub in your keyboard, rather use the ports directly on your computer. Your stepson has given you some good advice, however, like many things with google, this is still in beta, so keep that in mind.

How can I restore my address book?