OS X Mountain Lion Bible

Working with Contacts

Contacts, shown in Figure 20.1 in its default contacts view, is a simple application that stores your contacts with whatever detail you want to provide.

Adding and editing cards

To add a person, create an address book card by choosing File⇒New Card, pressing +N, or clicking the + icon button at the bottom left of the Name column in the Contacts application window. A card form appears in which you enter the person's name, contact information, and any notes, as Figure 20.1 also shows. Leave blank any fields you don't want to complete.

New Feature

The Contacts application in OS X Mountain Lion has simplified its user interface when it comes to working with groups, eliminating the special groups view that you switched to by clicking the Groups icon button (a ribbon icon with two silhouettes). As a result, the keyboard shortcuts and icons for accessing the three view modes in Contacts have changed.

Note the three icon buttons at the lower left of the Contacts application window in Figure 20.1:

• The Groups icon button (the three-column icon) expands the window to show a list of groups at the far left in addition to the list of contacts in the center and the details of the selected person at the right; you also can choose View⇒List and Card or press +1. This is the ...