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How to open a vCard without opening Outlook

I have Office 2011 for the Mac on my iMac, but long ago I stopped using the Outlook app. I still use Excel, Word and PowerPoint. I would like to unregister the .vcf extention from Outlook and instead register it to Apple Contacts. This way if I open a .vcf file, a Contact card will open and I would be able to save it to my Apple Contacts.

Is it possilble to do this?

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9), MacBook Air, IPad v1, Apple TV v2

Posted on Dec 14, 2013 2:43 PM

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Posted on Jan 26, 2014 9:14 AM

I discovered the answert to my own question:

  1. Contacts: Select a Contact->File->Export->Export vCard
  2. Click once on the vCard you created - Do Not try to open it by clicking twice
  3. CMD+I or right click -> Get Info
  4. In the window with the Information in the Open with dropdown, select Open wiith: Contacts.app
  5. Click the Change All button
  6. Close the Info window

From now on all files with a .vcf extention will open Contacts

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Jan 26, 2014 9:14 AM in response to jimhaynes

I discovered the answert to my own question:

  1. Contacts: Select a Contact->File->Export->Export vCard
  2. Click once on the vCard you created - Do Not try to open it by clicking twice
  3. CMD+I or right click -> Get Info
  4. In the window with the Information in the Open with dropdown, select Open wiith: Contacts.app
  5. Click the Change All button
  6. Close the Info window

From now on all files with a .vcf extention will open Contacts

How to open a vCard without opening Outlook

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