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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / November 2006Exporting/Importing Address book contacts to new Mac
I have a new iMac and would like to import my Address Book contacts from my old Mac. Machines are connected via Ethernet. However, in Address Book it seems like you can only export one VCard at a time. Is there way to export the whole thing. Or import the whole thing? > I have a new iMac and would like to import my Address Book contacts from > my old Mac. Machines are connected via Ethernet. However, in Address > Book it seems like you can only export one VCard at a time. Is there way > to export the whole thing. Or import the whole thing? On the old Mac, File: Backup Address Book, move the backup file to new Mac. On the new mac, File: Revert to Address Book Backup, select the backup file. > > I have a new iMac and would like to import my Address Book contacts from > > my old Mac. Machines are connected via Ethernet. However, in Address [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > On the new mac, File: Revert to Address Book Backup, select the backup > file. Thanks. I should have done that. What I ended up doing was exporting VCards and importing them on the new machine. I discovered, by trial and error, that you could simply select a range of VCards and Export them all as a unit. Then you can import them all as a unit into Mail on the new machine. Worked fine. Now, I'd love to figure out an easy way to import my e-mail. Cause now, I've got all my old messages on the old machine, some new messages on the new machine, and nothing in synch. Not a huge problem at this point, but it could be somewhere down the line. Thanks for responding. > Now, I'd love to figure out an easy way to > import my e-mail. Cause now, I've got all my old messages on the old > machine, some new messages on the new machine, and nothing in synch. What program? Most will have an import command. Mail.app does... > > Now, I'd love to figure out an easy way to > > import my e-mail. Cause now, I've got all my old messages on the old > > machine, some new messages on the new machine, and nothing in synch. > > What program? Most will have an import command. Mail.app does... Mail.app. 10.4.8 on new machine 10.4.7 on old. However, I've read that there are problems with importing messages from one machine to another. > Mail.app. 10.4.8 on new machine 10.4.7 on old. However, I've read that > there are problems with importing messages from one machine to another. Well, have you tried? The import procedure certainly can't harm the old messages, so in the time it took you to post and wait for replies you certainly could have made the attempt. FWIW, I've migrated Mail accounts between several machines without problem. > > Mail.app. 10.4.8 on new machine 10.4.7 on old. However, I've read that > > there are problems with importing messages from one machine to another. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > FWIW, I've migrated Mail accounts between several machines without > problem. I haven't tried; I've simply read about it and potential problems. But your message is reassuring. The bigger problem is keeping mail messages in synch in the future. Maybe I should start a new thread on that though. THanks. > The bigger problem is keeping mail messages > in synch in the future. That's what IMAP is all about. > > The bigger problem is keeping mail messages > > in synch in the future. > > That's what IMAP is all about. Something I've never explored. That would be something like .Mac? >>> Mail.app. 10.4.8 on new machine 10.4.7 on old. However, I've read that >>> there are problems with importing messages from one machine to another. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > in synch in the future. Maybe I should start a new thread on that > though. THanks. Based on having done these "moves" many times, I'd have to say that I don't believe reports of "problems". It's simple to do and pretty bulletproof.... Syncing files among machines is easily done with "ChronoSync" - current version 3.3.4, an excellent program for that purpose. There are others as well..... PC > >>> Mail.app. 10.4.8 on new machine 10.4.7 on old. However, I've read that > >>> there are problems with importing messages from one machine to another. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > version 3.3.4, an excellent program for that purpose. There are others > as well..... Thanks for the tip. I'll have a look. >>>> Mail.app. 10.4.8 on new machine 10.4.7 on old. However, I've read that >>>> there are problems with importing messages from one machine to another. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > PC Interesting. I tried Importing some mailboxes from my G4 to the new iMac and the Import routine tells me there are no valid mailboxes to import. I see all my old mailboxes, of the forme name.mbox. Inside each of those (appears to be a directory) are several files and a subdirectory for Messages. If I Choose Name.mbox, I get the error message. If I choose the Messages subdirectory, I get the same error messages. Or should I not try to Import "Mail for OS X," which would seem to be the logical choice. I recall reading about how this was not working and users had to choose Other. Is that correct?  SignatureRobertB >>>>> Mail.app. 10.4.8 on new machine 10.4.7 on old. However, I've read that >>>>> there are problems with importing messages from one machine to another. [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > seem to be the logical choice. I recall reading about how this was not > working and users had to choose Other. Is that correct? It's hard to answer your question since I've never seen this "problem"......straight imports work fine for me...... I do know that you can import the .mbox files bodily - first copy them to the desktop and then simply import them..... PC >>>>>> Mail.app. 10.4.8 on new machine 10.4.7 on old. However, I've read that >>>>>> there are problems with importing messages from one machine to another. [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > It's hard to answer your question since I've never seen this > "problem"......straight imports work fine for me...... What do you select when Mail asks you "Import Data From?" When you navigate to the source machine, where do you look for the files? /user/Library/Mail/. . . and then? > I have a new iMac and would like to import my Address Book contacts from > my old Mac. Machines are connected via Ethernet. However, in Address > Book it seems like you can only export one VCard at a time. Is there way > to export the whole thing. Or import the whole thing? If you click on a group name, the menu item "Export vCard" turns into "Export Group vCard". However, a problem with using this to migrate all your cards is that you lose all the other groups. I did this to import my home Mac's address book into my Mac at work, and all the other group memberships ended up becoming notes in the destination. SignatureBarry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** > > I have a new iMac and would like to import my Address Book contacts from > > my old Mac. Machines are connected via Ethernet. However, in Address [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > book into my Mac at work, and all the other group memberships ended up > becoming notes in the destination. I simply selected a group of addresses and exported them. It selects them as a group automatically (it seems). And I just imported them on the new iMac. Was actually quite easy to do. > > > I have a new iMac and would like to import my Address Book contacts from > > > my old Mac. Machines are connected via Ethernet. However, in Address [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > them as a group automatically (it seems). And I just imported them on > the new iMac. Was actually quite easy to do. The problem I had was when I selected ALL the addresses and exported them, then imported them on the new machine. All my groups on the old machine were not recreated. I didn't export each group as a separate unit. SignatureBarry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** |
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