I am using an iMac OS Sierra 10.12.3 desktop computer. When I try to add an email Contact to my contacts list, it will list in the appropriate letter section but it will not be in alphabetical order. It seems to drop in at any random position. Does anyone have any idea what I need to do to achieve alphabetical order please?
iMac, macOS Sierra (10.12.3)
brbrown wrote:
What I call Contacts is what you are calling address book which it obviously is but I am trying to use the terminology used by my computer.
Yes, old habits are difficult to get rid of. The application formerly known as Address Book was reintroduced as the Contacts app in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, but here we are five years later in macOS Sierra.
That is it. My screen shot is the same as the one you showed earlier which is the General box. The only difference for me is that I set the Sort By to First Name and the Short Name Format to Full Name.
As previously wrote we can change select individual contact and switch last name to first and vice - versa by taking cursor on top menu bar > card > switch first name to last .
Then again click on switch first name to last > it will be converted > to last name before the first .
The effect is mirrored in the contacts .
Open mail > window > previous recipients in the header select the arrow in upward direction .
Take a look at this article iCloud: Sort contacts
Sorry Ella, I don't use or have iCloud.
Hello tygb. I am afraid that doesn't help at all. It doesn't even show the full Contacts list and what is there is also jumbled up all over the place.
My mail account is working fine. I have a separate Contacts file which stores all my email contacts which will not fall into alphabetical order even though I set it to do so in Preferences.
The answer is not what tygb asked.
contacts file, in what app? in Contacts perhaps, as a smart group?.
What is Contacts/Preferences/General/Sort By set to?
Please uninstall clam Xav antivirus .
Hello tybg. Do you suppose then that it is causing the problem? As it was downloaded from the App store, I thought it would be reliable.
Do , you think App Store apps are always genuine , first of all no anti virus is recommended in Mac computer , as these anti virus can delete important system files .
OK. Thanks John. Now uninstalled. No difference made.
Didn't think it would.
Place Email Contacts In Alphabetical Order
