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

Sat Feb 4 00:32:39 UTC 2012

Am 2012-02-04 01:22, schrieb Advrk Aplmrkt:
> 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?

Glad to hear that ;-). I'd be happy to add this information to the 
website if someone on the website team gives me a pointer on how to do 
this. I was also thinking on writing a little tool that might help with 
that. However due to my limited skills with Mac development, the only 
thing I could do is write a shell-script (not user friendly) or some 
tool in Java. That is probably not the perfect tool for the job but 
would be more user friendly with a nice little GUI.

>
> 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:
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>>> [1] http://owncloud.org/support/usage/contacts/
>>
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