Import Mac OS X address book

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You can use the Address Book Exporter 2.1.2 to export from the Mac OS X address book into a ".txt" file and then import into Thunderbird. Make sure to use the Yahoo option. This method is still not perfect but you can get it to work after a little bit of cut & pasting.

See also

  • Online converter with downloadable PHP source code: vcfconvert
    • Select All contacts and Export to vCard. Will work with group cards, too.
    • Note when using source: rename index.1.php to index.php to get working - works OK, not complete conversion
    • Other converters available, search vcard convert ldif at google.