Saturday, January 7, 2017

Where are my contacts stored? MacOs Sierra

I find that there is some conflicting information online about the storage location of contacts in macOs Sierra.

The local contacts in Sierra are into the same location than before under Yosemite (and I assume El Cap as well): MacHD/Users/*you*/Library/Application Support/AddressBook

If you have installed a fresh macOs Sierra (as I always do) as opposed to migrating the system form a previous version, your Contact app is now empty.

Simply copy and paste the AddressBook folder from the previous Os - you still have the old system disk available right? And copy it to the new Sierra location.

Done, all you contacts are now showing inside the Contacts app under Sierra.

People get confused with iCloud storage and servers and what not. If you use the Cloud, that's another story, but for LOCAL contacts it's the same old.

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