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January 03, 2007
Address Book | Back up
Save yourself some grief later, and back up your Address Book now. Why?
It's too quick and easy not to bother. And if Apple have made it so easy to back up and restore your contact info, we can assume they did so for a reason. Few, if any, other applications have back up built-in.
To back up
Open Address Book and choose "Back up Address Book" from the File menu. A dialog will open asking you where to save the backup file. By default, Address Book will opt to save the file in your Documents folder (in your Home folder). That's a good place to save it. The date will automatically be included in the file name.
To Restore from back up
In Address Book, choose "Revert to Address Book Backup" from the File menu. A dialog will open asking you to locate your backup file. Select the backup file and click the Open button. Address Book's backup files end in ".abbu" which presumably stands for "Address Book Back Up."
Since it's so simple and quick, it makes sense to back up your Address Book regularly.
Posted by Brad at January 3, 2007 11:46 AM
