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Since upgrading to macOS 12.0.1 my contacts app is empty most of the time. No contacts shown at all. Only directly after rebooting it does work for a while.
When I enable or disable an account it crashes.
Topic related to https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253328714
I had similar issues before. Have you tried the fix suggested above? Since deleting the AddressBook-v22.abcddb files I have no issues anymore. A detailed description is here: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-10581
Explore this well articulated support Document prepared by will Respect Contributor @Barney-15E.
Any credit goes to the Author of same. It may offer some insights
Fix corrupted Contacts database
Is the Contacts application associated with an Apple iCloud account ?
Is the Contacts application associated with a Third Party source ?
Is the Contacts application associated with with Both iCloud and Third Party source ?
Thanks so much!!! It worked!
Even though I do not have contacts "On My Mac", there were a lot of AddressBook-v22.abcddb* files. Many of them having a "corrupt" ending.
I moved them all to another directory and now it seems to be working fine again.
Only removing and re-adding the account did not do the trick.
I am having a problem with contacts. It is confused on at least my id and one other. When I go to add a new contact, it lets me start but by the second field it throws me out and leaves a new contact card at the bottom of the list with no entries. I also get kicked out when editing an existing contact. All works fine on my iPhone - just iMac on Monterey 12.1 fails. It might have been a problem before Monterey.
I did try deleting the 3 abcddb files and at first no improvement, but after a while it did unlink my contact info from my daughter's. Thanks for the reply - I believe I am back in business now as far as that corruption, however I am still unable to add a contact or edit them on my iMac. I get about two fields entered before it just disappears. I'll read through your link to try and solve that. Thanks again
I did finally dig into the Contact...Preferences and found that my default account was Google, so when I changed that back to iCloud, it now will let me add and edit my contact list as before. I probably should have looked into that area first but it didn't cross my mind. Thanks - Mike
It is usually connected to gmail and another CardDAV account. I did enable iCloud as well, but this did not change anything.
Ah, Barney-15E article to the rescue.
Good news and enjoy
Welcome and thank you too.
Contacts app not loading any contacts
