How to refresh Kontact adressbook

Thomas Tanghus thomas at tanghus.net
Sat Jan 18 15:11:00 GMT 2020


On Saturday, 28 December 2019 14.37 Henk van Velden wrote:
> My Kontact uses a few addressbooks f the type VCard directory.
> When I edit (add, remove) an address in Kontakt, the correcponding VCard
> file is udated (created, removed).
> But when another user of that VCard directory edits (or adds or removes),
> that is not "seen" by Kontakt.
> 
> I "solve" this by removing the addressbook from Kontakt and adding it
> anew. A lot of clicking around and not very user friendly.
> 
> What is the preferred way of keeping your Kontact synced with the
> addressbooks contents.

I don't use VCard Directory, but CardDAV, but it should be the same.
In Kontact/Contacts there is a list of address books with folder. Right-
click on a folder and choose "Update address book folder" (or press f-5).

You can add it as a tool bar entry also.


-- 
Med venlig hilsen / Best regards

Thomas Tanghus

A: Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion
Q: Why is top posting bad?
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