Whenever I add a new address to my list of contacts in my Address Book, the entry for 'country' defaults to 'Chad' which is a country in Africa. I am in The Netherlands however... Each time I have to change this manually.
Is there a way to get it to default to 'The Netherlands' instead ...? Why would it keep defaulting to Chad when I am no where near...?
Thanx, New Be
iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G, iOS 5.1
Hello:
Try opening address book and then preferences>general (address format).
Barry
Thank you Barry for your quick response...
Indeed I have checked my setting on my Mac Pro: preferences>general>address format... It was set to 'Netherlands' as it should be.
I did reset it though and went back to my iPad. But no change... It still reads 'Chad' for some reason then I wish to add a new contact...
Would a change in preferences on my Mac Pro effect the settings on my iPad as well...?
I did go to the Apples Store in Amsterdam concerning this issue. They couldn't figure it out either and advised me to check the Apple Online Help Service/Community...
Cheers, NB
Very odd..
The only thing I can think of to try is to trash several preference files and then restart:
com.apple.addressbook.plist
com.apple.addressbook.abd.plist
com.apple.addressbook.sourcesync.plist
I have no idea if that will help, but OS X rebuilds missing preference files as needed.
Barry
Thanx again Barry,
Sorry but I'm not too familiar with "trashing preference files"...
Could you give me a guide as to how I would go about doing that?
Cheers, NB
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I am sorry...I assumed you were using an iMac.
I do not know of a way to do that on an iPad.
Barry
This issue was driving me crazy for a while but I solved it.
1st thing is to make sure that under Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > under "Contacts" make sure "my info" is set to a contact card with a Canadian (or your country) address.
Also, if its an iPad with cellular, insert a Canadian (or your country's) SIM card, and then immediately in the address book your default country will be that of the SIM card you insert.
Thanks LiamMcC, I had the same problem - nothing on any other post worked. I pulled my China SIM, but still defaulted to country=China. Put my Dad's Canada SIM and now the default country is Canada. Very happy.
But Settings/Mail, Contacts, Calendar/My Info Doesn't do anything for the default country.
Default country incorrect in Address Book
