Contacts

This page lists some tips on using Apple's standard Address Book app.

Duplicating records

You may want to duplicate a record, e.g. to start a record for another family member. Simply select the existing record then copy and paste.

Searching

Address Book searches all fields, including notes.

To search or filter using a specific field, add a Smart Group from the menu: File > New Smart Group. This allows you to search the whole card, or to filter by the contents of a particular field.

Managing groups

You can create a smart group of all contacts who are not members of another group. This could find e.g. new contacts that have come in from syncing with another device.

To select multiple contacts (in order to drop them into a Group), hold the command key (marked with  or ⌘) as you click. This is a standard Apple keyboard trick which works in many programs.

Credits

Contributed by Neville Reid in October 2011.