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

Sat Feb 4 09:41:49 UTC 2012

Thanks. I'll update the docs at owncloud.org

/Thomas

On Saturday 04 February 2012 01:15 Lennart Rosam 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/principal
> > s/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-addres
> > s-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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Thomas Tanghus
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