How do you edit contacts on iMac?

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How do you edit contacts on iMac?

Brand new iMac user. Just found out that one of the email addresses in "Contacts" is wrong. I went in and deleted the old address and replaced it with correct one. But when I type in the person's name for a new message, the old adrress auto-fills in rather than the new one, even though it's no longer in the Contacts list for that person. What am I doing wrong? How do I get permanently rid of the old wrong address and substitute the new correct one?

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)

Posted on Sep 4, 2012 5:28 PM

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captfred

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Sep 4, 2012 5:32 PM in response to rollingwoods1

Remove it in Mail > Window > Previous Receipients

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Answer 2

Sep 4, 2012 5:36 PM in response to captfred

Wow. That seemed to do it. Thanks! But why oh why is it so counter-intuitive? If you remove something from a contacts list wouldn't most folk think it would be "gone" or corrected? I.e., what purpose is served by the current system you suggested?

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captfred

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Sep 4, 2012 5:45 PM in response to rollingwoods1

Yeah, it's a bit obtuse. Mail merges the email addresses of previous recipients and contacts into the autofill fields. I guess so it can suggest addresses that you've sent/received email from even though they're not in contacts.

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Answer 4

Jun 3, 2015 10:18 AM in response to rollingwoods1

Hi There, I'm new, and had same problem..

I am using OS.X ver 10.9.5

( basically to scared to update as if anything changes and it'll be like this " editing an email contact " . ??? ..

why can't we do it contacts card on the email itself ??)

CLICK APPLE LOGO ( top left of screen )

CLICK SYSTEMS PREFERENCES

CLICK ON USER GROUPS

CLICK ON CONTACTS CARDS

it now let me edit.. add .. delete ...ammend new tel numbers ...married names ...new email address etc..

hope this helps

regards Ged

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Answer 5

Sep 20, 2017 7:23 AM in response to Ged the Sapper

It takes me to the same place the Contacts icon takes me. However, the delete option is still gray and unaccessible.

Any tips on how I change this default greatly appreciated!

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