Mac OS X 10.4 has an updated version of Address Book with one great new feature: Address Book sharing. With this feature, you can share your Address Book contacts with
anyone
listed in your Address Book application who has a .Mac account, and you can choose whether those people can edit your contacts or just read them. Likewise, if another .Mac member has included you (using your .Mac e-mail address) in his or her list of authorized Address Book
sharers
, you can subscribe to that person's information using Address Book.
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In the Applications folder, double-click the Address Book icon to
open
the application.
The main Address Book window opens (
Figure 9.16
).
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From the Address Book menu, choose Preferences (
Figure 9.17
).
The Address Book Preferences window opens to the General pane by default (
Figure 9.18
).
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At the top of the window, click the Sharing button.
The Sharing pane opens (
Figure 9.19
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Check the "Share your Address Book" box. Address Book sets up sharing behind the scenes over the course of a few seconds.
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In the lower left corner of the Sharing pane, click the plus (+) button.
A dialog listing Address Book contacts slides down (
Figure 9.20
).
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Select the .Mac member or
members
with whom you want to share your Address Book information, and click OK.
The dialog slides back up, and the selected contact can access your Address Book information (
Figure 9.21
).
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If you want to allow the .Mac member to edit your Address Book information, check the Allow Editing box to the right of the name (
Figure 9.22
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If you want to send an e-mail
invitation
to the .Mac member with whom you're sharing your Address Book information, click the Send Invite button in the lower right corner of the Sharing preferences pane.
A new e-mail with an invitation and a link to subscribe to your Address Book is generated in your default e-mail program (
Figure 9.23
). Send it when you're ready.
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Click the red close button in the upper left corner of the Sharing preferences pane to close the window and save your changes.
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In the Applications folder, double-click the Address Book icon to open the application.
The main Address Book window opens.
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From the File menu, choose Subscribe to Address Book (
Figure 9.24
).
A dialog slides down, asking for the account information of the .Mac member to whose Address Book information you want to subscribe.
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Type the
@mac.com
e-mail address for the .Mac member in the "Subscribe to this .Mac member's Address Book" field (
Figure 9.25
).
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Click OK.
The .Mac member's Address Book appears in the lower left corner of the main Address Book windowin the Group column (
Figure 9.26
). Click the .Mac member's name to open the Address Book.
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You can use drag and drop to copy contacts from a shared Address Book into your personal Address Book: In Address Book, click the name of the shared Address Book in the Group column, highlight the name(s) you want to copy, and drag them onto All (or any other name in your personal Group list). If you have edit privileges for a shared Address Book, you can reverse the process to add your contacts to a shared Address Book.
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If you use .Mac Sync with your Address Book contacts, entries in shared Address Books will
not
be
copied
to your .Mac Address Book, unless you manually copy them to your personal Address Book as described in the previous tip.
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If you receive an e-mail invitation to share another .Mac member's Address Book, click the "Click here to automatically subscribe now" link in the message. Your Address Book application will appear, displaying a prompt confirming the subscription (
Figure 9.27
). Click OK to share that Address Book.
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To unsubscribe from another member's .Mac Address Book information, select the Address Book from which you want to unsubscribe in the main Address Book window, press Delete, and then click Stop when prompted to confirm that you want to cancel the subscription (
Figure 9.28
).
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