Import the Yahoo Address Book to 10.2's Address Book
Jul 24, '03 09:53:00AM
Contributed by: valmont
Mac OS X Jaguar AddressBook (v3.03) will import LDIF data, which is a Netscape/Mozilla format for address book and contact information. Yahoo lets you export all your contacts in "Netscape Addressbook" format, which is LDIF. But I found that importing my Yahoo_ab.ldif file into Address Book causes the importer to freeze half-way; it just hangs there. However, Mozilla appears to import Yahoo_ab.ldif without a glitch. So here are the steps I took to import all my Yahoo contacts into Jag's Address Book:
- On Yahoo's address book, go to import/export. Export your address book into Netscape Addressbook format, aka LDIF.
- Open Mozilla for OS X. In the bottom left-hand corner, click on the address book icon. Go to Tools -> Import, pick LDIF, and choose the Yahoo ldif file generated in step one. Let it import all your stuff, and verify all your data is there.
- Still in Mozilla Address Book, select Tools -> Export -> LDIF, and save it as yet another .ldif file, say moz_ab.ldif
- Open the Address Book application in Mac OS X, and select File -> Import -> LDIF, and pick the moz_ab.ldif file generated by Mozilla in step three.
Bickity-bam, you should be done.
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