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Bob
Asked: 2016-02-13 03:08:31 +0800 CST

Contacts / Address Book equivalent to OS X 'Contacts'

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This is more a suggestion/observation than a straight question. As most elderly people I started with DOS, then Windows but after that I switched to OS X and now, I would like to (at 73 years old) quit the Wonderful World of Apple.

I have my whole life (at the moment) on my Mac and I've had Ubuntu installed on my spare MacBook Pro. I'm now in the process "fiddling/learning" my way to be able to transfer my life to Ubuntu.

The one application I find missing in Ubuntu is the equivalent of "OS X Contacts". The only Ubuntu compatible application I've found is Thunderbird which, in my opinion has an unpractical "Address Book" divided into bits by thumbnails, a few of which I have no use for and which in addition seems impossible to modify, in addition OS X (and iPhone) notes don't transfer to the Thunderbird Address-Book on my Mac.

So my question is: why is something so apparently simple as a list of contact V cards (everything on one card including notes,and sync-able with a smart-phone) missing in such an otherwise complete and well made OS as Ubuntu?

Thanks for reading

Bob

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3 Answers

  1. I would recommend you to use Evolution Address book. Add it in Software Center or from terminal - sudo apt-get install evolution

    Or use Kontact from KDE desktop - can be installed with sudo apt-get install kontact.

    Smartphone should sync with online services, no need to sync contacts with pc!

    Personally i prefer Thunderbird.

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  2. This question is really based on what type of contact manager you are really looking for, each one is going to have a different feel and take some getting use to for a life-time user of one type of manager. If you do not like Thunderbird try other ones in the Software Center.(Like Dlume) enter image description here

    If you are having issues transferring your contacts open a new question on how to transfer contacts (OS X Contacts -> Thunderbird) I use address-book-app on 14.04. I personally never have used the contact manager layout on Mac so to suggest a manager to try wouldn't really help. Look around in the software center find a layout that fits you and then go to working on transferring contacts with a new question for that application. Hope This helps!

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  3. I found KAddressBook to be the one most compatible with importing vcard contacts from Mac. You'll find it in Ubuntu Software. Enjoy!

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