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Hi All,

Have a little problem not very familiar with mac os x

I have a client who's Mac died, but hard disk is ok. Ive recovered his data (docs, music, pictures, etc) on a windows 7 system using HFSexplorer to view disk

but not sure where to access his address book

I did a quick Google and came across the line path below

Library/Application Support/AddressBook

but nothing there unfortunately

The mac is about 6 years old. Not sure what version of OS X

any ideas appreciated
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There it is!

Can i drop that folder into the same location on another mac to view it

or is there an import mechanism?
You can copy it to another mac but you have to watch out for few things:

You have to protect the folder with the same name on the destination mac. You could for instance rename that one temporarily. Addressbook_original or something.

You will also need to replace some preference files (.plist) too. Go into the /Users/HisLogInName/Library/Preferences/ and do a search in the search field at the top. Look for: addr and move those files too. First put the current files into a temp folder on the Desktop to avoid confusion.

Hopefully this would do it. Be sure to move copies.