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Mac OS X Hints Weblog: Find all ungrouped Address Book contacts
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Posted 23 March 2007 - 08:30 AM
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Posted 23 March 2007 - 12:55 PM
It only seems to exclude contacts that are in normal groups for me. And I keep most of my contacts in smart groups.
I wonder if the reason might be some problem with using a non-US version of the system.
I wonder if the reason might be some problem with using a non-US version of the system.
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Posted 23 March 2007 - 06:40 PM
why isn't this an option for a Smart Group? I tried to set up a similar thing with a Smart group, that way I could have a live-updating version of this.
Seems common-sense to me that this should be a selectable option on the smart groups. I can accomplish this in iphoto, aperture, itunes..... not address book, though. weird.
Seems common-sense to me that this should be a selectable option on the smart groups. I can accomplish this in iphoto, aperture, itunes..... not address book, though. weird.
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Posted 23 March 2007 - 06:58 PM
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why isn't this an option for a Smart Group? I tried to set up a similar thing with a Smart group, that way I could have a live-updating version of this.
Seems common-sense to me that this should be a selectable option on the smart groups. I can accomplish this in iphoto, aperture, itunes..... not address book, though. weird.
why isn't this an option for a Smart Group? I tried to set up a similar thing with a Smart group, that way I could have a live-updating version of this.
Seems common-sense to me that this should be a selectable option on the smart groups. I can accomplish this in iphoto, aperture, itunes..... not address book, though. weird.
I believe it's a technical issue. When you add a contact to a regular group, Address Book keeps track of this and knows that "Record A is part of Group A." However, a Smart Group isn't really a group at all; rather, it's a saved search with live updating. (When a contact is part of a Smart Group, what it means is that the contact has been "found" by the Smart Group's search criteria.)
The upshot of this is that "membership" in a Smart Group doesn't count as being part of a group. So if the only groups a contact belongs to are Smart Groups, that contact's "number of groups" will be 0 and the contact will appear in the "Ungrouped" list created by the script.
At least, that's how I understand it /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
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Posted 23 March 2007 - 10:16 PM
I guess that you're right there.
The only thing that frustrates me is that you can use membership in a Smart Playlist in iTunes as a criteria. But this might be the only program that works this way, as iPhoto works like Address Book.
I just hope that Apple will someday get around to adding the feature to all their programs. Just like they finally fixed the Universal Access for iTunes with the 7.1 release; and just like they are slowly translating all their programs into Russian and adding Russian in the standard languages pack.
The only thing that frustrates me is that you can use membership in a Smart Playlist in iTunes as a criteria. But this might be the only program that works this way, as iPhoto works like Address Book.
I just hope that Apple will someday get around to adding the feature to all their programs. Just like they finally fixed the Universal Access for iTunes with the 7.1 release; and just like they are slowly translating all their programs into Russian and adding Russian in the standard languages pack.
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