Address Book "Edit Distribution List" not working in Lion 10.7.2

Same with me. Called applecare and they told me there is no way to get it to work with iCloud or MobileMe. I then told them it always worked with MobileMe but now I'm stuck.

The only work around I have found is to disable contacts in icloud and then you can edit your distribution list but can not reanable icloud or it reverts back.

What a pain. Im really starting to dislike iCloud... Loosing iDisk was a really big deal to me now I'm loosing another one of the biggest features I used.

If anyone finds another fix please let me know...

I'm having the same issue! I run a call center and not being able to use my group correctly is quite annoying. It worked flawlessly in mobileme, yet with iCloud it's broken! How did they manage to make something worse than it was in mobilme???

I figured out a work around for this.

I created a new email and used the group name to add all the email addresses. then I went through each email address and picked the email address I wanted for each person. I then saved the email as custom stationary and named it the same as the group.

When I created a new email and picked the saved stationary it added all the correct email addresses I wanted.

It's not perfect but it seemed worked. The unfortunate thing is I don't think the custom stationary will save accross all my computers.

This would be a real pain for a big group but it's better then nothing...

Hope this helps everyone

When you use system preferences->iCloud to disable contacts in iCloud, you are given the option of copying your contacts to your local machine. (Make a backup first!) At that point just use a gmail account and turn on that syncing.

This is a HUGE oversight.

I'm having the same problem since upgrading to iCloud. haven't found a solution. hope they fix it soon.

I just had my brother enable iCloud from scratch on his Lion iMac, which never had MobileMe, and same result - Edit Distribution Lists became disabled (worked before iCloud).

Neliberg, thanks for the update.

Yes, thanks for the update. And please fix this problem as soon as possible, it's a major issue for everyone who needs to send multiple emails.

Here is another possible solution.

It seems you don't have to turn off iCloud syncing but you do have to have an On My Mac address book. I made the On My Mac my default, created a group with one contact in it. Then I set my default address book back to my iCloud account and now I can edit distribution lists. It is a workaround but once setup everything seems to work fine and it just means I have to have one extra address book that I ignore.

Hope this helps.

I'm having this exact same problem described by xxJohn Galtxx as well where the To: field doesn't populate with any addresses after typing in the name of a group.

I sent our probelm in to Topher Kessler at MacFixit, and we finally have some net "airplay" on it. (Pardon the Mac pun...) Hopefully this will hasten a fix from Apple, Check it out:

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20126108-263/address-book-distribution-list -editor-disabled-by-icloud/?tag=mncol;txt

@JStoner,

Thank you for your workaround - it's mentioned in the MacFixit article.

I did the same thing and it worked for me as well.