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address book won't open

Address Book won't open last 4 days. It is OPEN but I cannot use it. Rt click SHOW ALL WINDOWS and I see Address Book and my contacts are there. I click on Address Book and it Disappears ie- Minimizes back to an ICON in teh DOCK.

Can't find a solution. HELP

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Nov 19, 2013 12:45 PM

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Posted on Nov 19, 2013 6:04 PM

Might be corrupted preferences ...



Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder


Type or copy / paste the following:


~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.AddressBook.plist


Click Go then move the com.apple.AddressBook.plist file to the Trash.



Restart your Mac.

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address book won't open

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