
For those of us with iPods or Palm devices, this is probably fairly often. This also may assist only to the point of you restoring your Address Book up the point at which you last synched your device. It appears that (or at least diff thinks so) AddressBook.data and AddressBook.previous were identical on my machine in the LastSync folder and either could be used (so long as you rename to AddressBook.data). You may need to make hidden files and folders visible. You may need to make hidden files and folders visible. abook.mab is the default created Personal Address Book history.mab is default created Collected Addresses other. /./AddressBook/AddressBook.dataRestart Address Book and you should be ok. abook.mab is the default created Personal Address Book history.mab is default created Collected Addresses other. Again, using the Terminal this would be: cp. Then copy the file to your user's Library -> Application Support -> Address Book folder, and then rename it AddressBook.data.
Mac address book location mac#
In the Terminal, that would be cd Library/Application Support/SyncService/LastSync Data/AddressBook/. Every Ethernet card had a factory assigned MAC address burned into it when it was made. Here's what to do.Ĭhange to your user's Library -> Application Support -> SyncService -> LastSync Data -> Address Book folder. The reason you would do this is because you overwrote your Address Book while trying to sync your Palm device or etc. However, it is possible to modify a MAC address through the use of certain software. This is why the MAC address is typically consistent throughout the lifecycle of a device. I also believe you have to have iSync installed. A MAC address is hardcoded into a device when it is undergoing the manufacturing process.

This pertains to OS X Address book on 10.3.3, but I would suspect that it works on others.
