10.4: Run quick area code lookups in Address Book

Aug 24, '06 07:30:02AM

Contributed by: jonsternyc

I got a call today from a contact that I didn't have punched into my phone so it didn't come up on my phone's caller ID. So I typed the area code (718) into Address Book and got a listing of all the contacts I have with said area code. It just seemed the natural thing to do. I checked Address Book's help and this site, and couldn't find it mentioned. Simple and somewhat direct.

[robg adds: This tip is simply using Spotlight's search to run the find for the numbers you type; it's not doing a lookup only on area code. So if you have zip codes or street addresses that start with the same three numbers, those records will also show up. Still, it's a quick way to find all your entries for a given area code (with perhaps a couple stray entries).]

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