[Owncloud] (Apple Address Book?) Import existing contacts to Contacts app?

[Lennart Rosam]

Sorry - I send this earlier and meant to respond to the mailing list 
-.-

Am 2012-02-04 01:11, schrieb Lennart Rosam:
> On 2012-02-04 00:29, Georg Ehrke wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> for OS X and iOS you need a special address. You should take a look 
>> at
>> http://owncloud.org/support/usage/contacts/ [1] , to learn more 
>> about
>> setting up carddav on os x.
> Unfortunately, that guide is for iPhone / iPad and doesn't apply to
> Mac OS X. At least, I can verify that this does not work with Version
> 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard). Using the address given there might work on
> Lion (10.7.x) but I can't confirm this as I do not have that OS X
> Version.
>>
>> Cheers, Georg
>>
>> Am 04.02.2012 00:25, schrieb Advrk Aplmrkt:
>>
>>> In my case I am migrating from Apple Address Book on my Mac. But 
>>> when
>>> I try to add the CardDAV account stated in my ownCloud Contacts 
>>> app, I
>>> get an error in Address Book saying:
>>>
>>> "Address Book couldn't discover the account settings for the 
>>> CardDAV
>>> server "https://[my
>>> domain]/owncloud/apps/contacts/carddav.php/addressbooks/[my
>>> username]/default". Make sure the user name and server address are
>>> correct, then click Create."
>>>
>>> I am running Apple Address Book on Mac OS X 10.6.8, can anyone help
>>> with this? Thanks.
>>>
> Hi,
> I could reproduce this here as I have the exact same setup available
> here as you have. This seems to be a problem with the Address Book
> Mac-App itself. The good news is: I got it working. This is what you
> have to do:
>
> 1. Make sure, Addressbook is not running. If it is, select the
> windows and press Command + Q to terminate it.
> 2. Navigate to "/Users/YOUR_USERNAME/Library/Application
> Support/AddressBook/Sources". If you have allready some kind of
> address book setup, it is likely you will see some folders named like
> this "BEA92826-FBF3-4E53-B5C6-ED7C2B454430". Note down what folders
> there are now and leave the window open.
> 3. Open addressbook and try to add a new CardDav addressbook. At this
> point, it does not matter what information you enter. It will come up
> with the same error message you mentioned before when you click
> "Create". Ignore it and click "Create" again. A non-functional 
> address
> book will be added.
> 4. Close Address-Book again using Command + Q
> 5. Go back to the folder window from step 2. You will now see a newly
> created folder with another long string as it's name.
> 6. Navigate to the newly created folder and edit the
> "Configuration.plist" with your favorite text editor.
> 7. Search for a section looking like this:
>
> <key>servername</key>
> <string>http://:0(null)</string>
> <key>username</key>
> <string>Whatever_you_entered_before</string>
>
> 8. Make it look like this. Please note the :80 after YOUR_DOMAIN - it
> is important:
> <key>servername</key>
> 
> <string>http://YOUR_DOMAIN:80/owncloud/apps/contacts/carddav.php/principals/YOUR_USERNAME</string>
> <key>username</key>
> <string>YOUR_USERNAME</string>
>
> 9. Save the file and open Address Book again. It won't work yet.
> 10. Open the preferences for your ownCloud Carddav-Account and enter
> your password.
> 11. You may have to restart Address Book once more. After this, it
> should work.
>
> I know that this is incredibly painful from an end-users perspective.
> On iPhones / iPads it is far less painful. Therefore, I'd like to
> blame this issue on Address Book for Mac OS X Snow Leopard for now.
>
> Best of luck to you. Please let us know how it goes.
>
> Credits:
> 
> http://portal.smartertools.com/KB/a1205/sync-smartermail-with-apple-address-book-and-ical.aspx
> - Got me on the right track.
>
>>> On 3 February 2012 17:11, Achim Bohnet wrote:
>>>
>>>> Am Freitag, 3. Februar 2012, 12:48:49 schrieb Advrk Aplmrkt:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>>> This is kind of basic, so I apologise if I am missing something
>>>>> obvious.
>>>>
>>>> Is th> mass import an existing set of contacts into my
>>>>>
>>>>> &nbs
>>>> ckquote>
>>>>
>>>> ownCloud instance? I ha> f contacts that I hope to migrate
>>>> wnCloud, but can't manually re-enter ea
>>>>
>>>>> se there are so
>>>>>
>>>>> many!
>>>> e>
>>>>
>>>> AFAIR when I last played with owncloud, I added the empty owncloud
>>>>> to my contacts app
>>>> k in my case) and moved with drag & drop the list of my existing
>>>> contacts to owncloud. Achim
>>>>
>>>> If so, what is the preferred file format?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
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>
> Links:
> ------
> [1] http://owncloud.org/support/usage/contacts/