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

Sat Feb 4 00:22:36 UTC 2012

Wow that worked. Thank you so much for your detailed instructions!!
In the meantime, perhaps these instructions should be added to the
owncloud website? Or perhaps someone could even make something like an
Automator or Applescript app that could do this more easily?

Thanks.

On 3 February 2012 19:15, Lennart Rosam <lennart at familie-rosam.de> wrote:
> 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/
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