When contact card displayed, how do I determine which Group that contact is in? In my address book, when I search for a contact in All Contacts, and the card is displayed, how can I then tell which Group (or groups) that contact is in?
MacBook
Here's an AppleScript that will do show all groups belonged to by the selected person
tell application "Address Book"
set nameList to {}
set thisPerson to selection
set groupList to properties of groups of (item 1 of thisPerson)
set numberOfGroups to count of groupList
repeat with i from 1 to numberOfGroups
set groupName to (get name of item i of groupList) as string
set nameList to nameList & groupName
end repeat
return nameList
end tell
If you're not familiar with AppleScripts, launch Applications -> Utilities -> AppleScript
copy and paste the above script into the AppleScript editor
click the <Compile> button to verify syntax
Now, to run the script, Open the Address Book and select a contact from "All Contacts"
now run the script.
Here's one that doesn't require the Address Book application to be launched
display dialog "Please enter first name of contact:" default answer "First Name"
set firstName to text returned of result
display dialog "Please enter the last name of contact:" default answer "Last Name"
set lastName to text returned of result
tell application "Address Book"
set nameList to {}
(* set thisPerson to selection *)
set thisPerson to every person whose first name is firstName and last name is lastName
set groupList to properties of groups of (item 1 of thisPerson)
set numberOfGroups to count of groupList
repeat with i from 1 to numberOfGroups
set groupName to (get name of item i of groupList) as string
set nameList to nameList & groupName
end repeat
return nameList
end tell
Janice--
Was your December 2012 group contact query resolved? Does the solution function in Mavericks?
When a contact card is displayed, how can I tell which sub-group that contact is in?
