Address Book Cardav Problems

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Address Book Cardav Problems

I am having syncing problems with AddressBook and Carddav to a Zimbra account. I can successfully set-up the account, but it appears to constantly try to sync and keeps creating duplicate groups called 'Contacts' (will add hundreds of groups over time).

* AddressBook-v22.abcddb.incompatible files keep appearing in ~/.Trash

* I have already rebuilt the database, rebooted, logged in/out.

* I have already removed the files, purged the Address Book database.

* The files continue to appear.

NOTE: I am using a 10.7.2 client with AFP mounted network home from an OS X 10.6.8 Server.

Has anybody else seen this and been able to resolve it in a network home environment? Thanks!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Oct 24, 2011 8:31 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 30, 2011 7:24 PM in response to MISC_IT

I am having the same problem, except with syncing to a CARDDAV account hosted by Addressbook Server on OS X 10.6.8 Server.

I am also using a 10.7.2 client, AFP mounted network home from an OS X 10.6.8 Server. It also happens with a mobile account with a portable home directory on my MacBook Air.

I suspect this is a bug with the address book application on 10.7.2 as no other clients are affected right now; iPad (IOS 5), iPhone (IOS 5), etc..

Also, prior to upgrading to Lion, this CARDDAV account worked flawlessly under Snow Leopard.

The * AddressBook-v22.abcddb.incompatible files that keep appearing in ~/.Trash seem to be generated by the Mail app in 10.7.2.

Hopefully this will get fixed with the 10.7.3 update.

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Answer 2

Dec 5, 2011 1:24 PM in response to MISC_IT

Not sure if it will help, but I seem to have figured out what was causing my issues:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3547845

If you have any iOS devices that are also synced with the CARDDAV account, they may be the culprit.

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Answer 3

Dec 6, 2011 4:26 AM in response to Randall Rodrigues

After more use/testing the above solution failed. Back to the drawing board.

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Answer 4

Dec 8, 2011 2:14 AM in response to MISC_IT

Hi all,

I have already replied in details to Randall in another similar thread. But I am still very interested in a solution ;-)

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Answer 5

Dec 22, 2011 1:39 PM in response to MISC_IT

Try http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2481

Randy Rodrigues, myself and a few others looked for a solution for months, and this seems to do the trick. Credits: https://discussions.apple.com/profile/Randall%20Rodrigues

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