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I have a window that keeps popping up that is asking for my password for one of my emails? I have unchecked this email in the "Mail, Contacts & Calendars" and it still keeps popping up. I want to make it stop.
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.5)
Alright I was able to delete both
How do I "reset the SyncServices folder"? Do you want me to delete it also?
After deleting those I went ahead and restarted my computer. It still popped up. I think I'm going to lose it with my computer (sigh). I can not tell you how much I appreciate that you are trying to help me. I know we will eventually get it fixed. Okay now about resetting that SyncServices folder.
I found your original instructions for resetting the SyncService Folder. Resetting now.
Okay deleted those folders and reset the SyncServices Folder and it is popping up again.
Note: These instructions are for OS X 10.8 or later. In OS X 10.7, the procedure is the same, but the application is named "Address Book" instead of "Contacts."
Step 1
Back up all data.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.AddressBookSourceSync
Services ▹ Reveal
from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item selected. Move the selected item to the Trash.
Log out, log back in, and test. If there's no change, go to the next step.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens (command-V). You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.
Step 2
If you use iCloud, uncheck the box marked Contacts in the iCloud preference pane. Press return to confirm, or click Keep on Mac in the dialog that opens.
Step 3
From the list of groups on the left side of the Contacts window, select All On My Mac. If that group doesn't exist or is empty, skip this step. Otherwise, from the menu bar, select
File ▹ Export ▹ Export vCard
Save the exported contacts to the Desktop.
Step 4
Quit Contacts. Reveal the following item in the Finder as you did in Step 1:
~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook
Move the selected folder to the Desktop, leaving the window open for now.
Step 5
Launch Contacts. Your contacts will be gone. If you took Step 3, then double-click the file you created in that step and confirm that you want to import from it. Your contacts will reappear.
Step 6
If you took Step 2, reverse it. Test. If the issue is resolved, delete the AddressBook folder and the vCard file on the Desktop and close the open folder window.
Otherwise, quit Contacts again and put the AddressBook folder back where it was, overwriting the newer one that will have been created in its place. Post your results.
Question: All data? Everything on my harddrive?
You must back up all data whether you take my suggestion or not. Any data that isn't backed up will inevitably be lost, sooner or later, no matter what you do.
I do have data being backed up on a daily basis. I need to know if I need to discount my external harddrives when doing the instructions?
It doesn't matter whether you disconnect your external drives. Regardless, you must back them up too if they contain original data. If you only use them for backup, they don't need to be backed up.
I'm always constanting backing up my original data, but raw image files take forever to backup. I'm trying to verify that my backup has finished backing up those, especially the current/newest ones.
I'm lost. I entered the text in the terminal from step 1 and all it said "is a directory" no window popped up. What text am I supposed to copy into the finder.
I did uncheck the iCloud contacts and selected Keep on Mac.
I just deleted some yahoo folders that I found in the "Mail" folder in the library.
Okay, it looks like deleting the yahoo folders in my "Mail" folder inside the "Library" folder may have done the trick. I restarted the computer after doing that and the window did not popup at all. I would not have found that folder had I not been trying to figure out your instructions. Thank you! Thank you!
If you no longer use those Yahoo accounts, I suggest you remove all vestiges of them from your system, including the outgoing mail accounts (not just the incoming accounts.)
Was the yahoo folders in my "Mail" folder inside my "Library" folder where the outgoing mail account information was stored?
I'm not quite sure what you did, but it seems to have worked. For the record, there was nothing about using Terminal in my last set of instructions.
I thought the line I was supposed to copy and paste was for the terminal. Hence my serious confusion. I was only able to find those folders because I was trying to figure out what you were asking me to do. If it wasn't because of all of your help, I would have never figured it out. I'm so grateful, it hasn't popped up since I deleted those folders and restarted. I've been able to work with no annoying interuptions.
annoying pop up
