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Move AOL addresses to Address Book
Authored by: fishrivers on Dec 08, '04 03:55:49AM

Actually I was able to do this whole thing much easier. However, I wouldn't have thought of it without stumbling into this forum. Here's how I did it. Worked very well.

Here it is in a nutshell... below are the specifics.
Copy & Paste address from AOL Address Book into Excel
Save as CSV
Import into Entourage
Export as vCards
Import into Mac Address Book

More Detailed description:
Open AOL.
Open Address book
Select all the names in the list (click top item then shift click on bottom item in list).
Copy all and then past directly into excel spread sheet.
Clean up columns (name top row for field types
i.e. Last Name First Name Email Address 1
Make sure there are no commas or
strange characters and your columns look right
Save as CSV
Import into Entourage
Export your vCards (under Contact menu)
Import your new cards into Mac Address Book.

Worked great for me.



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Move AOL addresses to Address Book
Authored by: steverea on Dec 09, '04 10:19:41AM

Even easier way:

Open AOL's Address Book, select all, copy
Open any text editor, paste the text.
Change the comma between last name and first name to a tab
Save the text file
Use the Address Book Importer script from:
http://www.roydesign.net/addressbookimporter/



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Move AOL addresses to Address Book
Authored by: apta on Jul 23, '05 06:23:04PM
At last we can stop using workarounds for extracting AOL addresses, mail, and favorites. AOL has made available a converter for OS X.

About AOL Service Assistant
Helps you set up the following Apple applications to work with the AOL service:

- Mail: The AOL Service Assistant makes it easy to configure Mac OS X Mail to send and receive AOL mail. If you've used the existing AOL service for Mac OS X, you can also import your incoming and outgoing messages from your Personal Filing Cabinet into Mail.
- iChat: You can now easily set up iChat to work with your Screen Name.
- Address Book: Using the AOL Service Assistant, you can now easily import your AOL Address Book contacts into your Mac OS X Address Book without bringing in duplicate entries.
- Safari: AOL Service Assistant helps you import your AOL Favorite Places into a folder in the Safari Bookmarks Bar.

You can download AOL Service Assistant at AOL's Mac downloads or at Apple's OS X downloads.

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