In article <jollyroger->,
Jolly Roger <> wrote:
> In article <jy->,
> John Young <> wrote:
>
> > I use a clone for a backup of my entire hard drive. I also keep all my
> > contacts in the cloud so obviously I don't have a back up of my
> > contacts. So is a simple "File/Export/Contacts Archive" the best
> > solution. If so should the vCard formate be 3.0?
> > Then when I update my clone the vCard file would be backed up. Clone is
> > on a removable HD using SuperDuper.
> > Thanks
>
> A copy of your contacts are stored on your computer in the
> ~/Library/Application Support/Address Book/ folder. Therefore, if you
> clone the entire drive, including your home folder, then the contents of
> your address book are included in the clone. So if you simply want a
> backup of your address book, you already have one in your clone.
>
> That said, if you ever find yourself needing to import your contacts
> into a fresh (empty) copy of Address Book on a new computer, and the
> version of the new, empty Address Book is significantly different than
> the version of the backup address book application support files in your
> clone, you can import the file created by File > Export > Contacts
> Archive into the new address book.
AS always thank you JR!
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