Change address formats in Address Book

Feb 03, '05 08:32:00AM

Contributed by: mikebremford

OK, this is picky of me, but I got fed up having a line for "County" in my UK-format addresses in AddressBook. It irked me. After a brief hunt, I found that I can modify the address format for each country's addresses by modifying the file named ABAddressFormats.plist, located here:

/System/Library/Frameworks/AddressBook.framework/Versions/A/Resources
This is a fairly easy-to-understand list of all the standard address formats. I just changed the UK entry to:
    uk = {
        COUNTRY = "United Kingdom";
        FORMAT = "Street\nCity\nZIP\nCountry";
        City = City;
        Country = Country;
        Street = Street;
        ZIP = Postcode;
    };  
Voila! No county in my addresses, and everything seems to work fine. Now I sleep easier at night. You may wish to back this file up before you edit it, and make sure you quit Address Book first.

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