Entourage to Address Book

Hi Aaron, I think, but I might be wrong (am not at my Mac now), that Address Book knows how to import Entourage contacts (File -> Import).

Hi Aaron

I've just been struggling with the same.
I am using Address book in 10.4.4 and entourage x.
Address book will accept the huge text file and it worked very well for me.
Just choose 'import', 'text file' from the 'file' menu.
It will leave any contacts in address book that are already there.
I suggest you choose 'file', 'backup address book' before you start just in case.
You can then choose 'last import' view in address book and edit any of your imports.
Address book even asks you how you want to merge people that look like they're duplicated during the import.
The merge data option worked very well for me for several people.
Hope this helps

Mark



eMac 1.25Ghz Superdrive Mac OS X (10.4.4)

I just tried to import my address book from Entourage into Mail as you described below, but I get this error message:
The file you selected does not appear to be a valid comma separated values (csv) file nor a valid tab delimited file, please choose another file.

Would you please tell me exactly which file I am supposed to choose in Entourage (ie what file in Entourage contains the address book or contacts), and where it is found?

Thanks in advance!

The file is accessed by choosing 'export contacts' from the file menu in entourage and then you must 'import - text file' from the file menu in Address Book.
I have since noticed that not all of my contacts appeared, but it worked for some of them.
Mark

When I follow the instructions and do it as you did, it imports only 51 of my 600+ addresses in Entourage. In other words, I had the same results trying to do it the way Mail help and The Missing Manual say should work.

I cannot get Mail to import my address book from Entourage (both on the same iMac). I have 10.4.6 Mail and Entourage 2004 which has stopped working (which is why I am trying to migrate to Mail), even though I reloaded from the original disc etc. I have been doing this using the menus within Mail. It imports only the first 51 names of my 600+ address in Entourage.

I cannot try to import using the Apple Script utility method because I cannot find where Entourage puts my addresses. Can anyone tell me which file to choose in Entourage and how to find it?

Many thanks in advance!

Jean, when you export from Entourage and you open the exported file using the TextEdit program, do you see all 600+ addresses or only the 51?

If it is complete, try using Addressbook Importer.

Thank you thank you! I do not know what was different, but it worked! All my addresses are imported to mail.

I may have misunderstood your original problem but were you saying that your Entourage 2004 quit working after you upgraded to OS 10.4.6? That has happened to me so I'm trying to figure out whats going on. (It worked fine under 10.3.9)

The easiest way to get your contacts from any version of Entourage into Address book is select all your Entourage contacts and then drag them into a folder onto your desktop. Then drag those into Address book. I've had horrible luck with the export/import options.

I had luck with just dragging and dropping my Entourage addresses into Address Book. I am using Entourage X and Address book 3.1.2.

I have my contacts in Entourage set by category. In Entourage, I selected "Category Is..." and selected one category. In Address Book, I created the same category.

I then went to Entourage, and selected all contacts that displayed in that category, then dragged and dropped into Address Book and everything seemed to transfer.

Then for fun, I synced with my iPod and I now have all my addresses in my iPod.

G5 1.8 GHz Mac OS X (10.3.9)

G5 1.8 GHz Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Hi anyone, I am new to this. I tried to export my contacts from Entourage to Address book and found your suggestion. However, how does one create the category, "category" in Address book. The only option I saw available that was close was department and there is no comparable field in Entourage

Thanks.

Unfortunately I haven't found a way to keep your Entourage categories. The only solution I have found is to make a new group in Address book with the name of the Entourage category. Then you would drag out only the contacts in that category to a folder, then drag those vcards onto your group that matches that category name.