All of my contacts have suddenly disappeared.

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Shelby1975 Author

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All of my contacts have suddenly disappeared.

I can't find them on the Time Machine and I don't use ICloud. Is there a way that I can get them back? I am running the current version of Monterey on my Imac

iMac 27″, macOS 12.7

Posted on Nov 18, 2023 11:15 AM

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Answer 1

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BDAqua

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Nov 19, 2023 12:26 AM in response to Shelby1975

See if you can navivigate to...

~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/Sources

Then Enter Time Machine...

~ tilde indicates your user library folder

Apple hid the Users' Library folders...

Method 1:

From the Finder, select the Go menu at top of the screen, and choose Go to Folder.
In the window that opens, paste or enter ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/Sources, and click Go.

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Shelby1975 Author

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Nov 19, 2023 9:29 AM in response to BDAqua

There were 2 files in the sources folder. I restored both of them using the Time Machine. It said that both of the files were already there. I elected to replace both of them, and that went well. However, when I go to contacts in the launch pad, no contacts are shown???

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