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AddressBook backup files out of control.
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kcmac
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Jan 28, 2004, 12:20 AM
 
Tonight I used Backup from .mac for the first time to my iDisk.

I noticed that my AddressBook file size was 18+ MB! I have 1500+ contacts but holy cow.

Did a search in the finder and good lord...

4+ .data files (May, June, Oct, Dec of 2003)
4+ .data.backup files
4+ .data.preDLBackup files

Also found a couple of .abbu files which I know are backups of the AddressBook from the File menu of Addressbook. This shows a file size of 8MB.

Now I have one more of each since I did a backup tonight.

Can I toss these earlier backups away? Will it affect isync?

I use isync. These files are split being located in User>Library>Application Support>Sync Service and User>Library>Application Support>AddressBook.preDLbackup.

How should I proceed?

Edit: I am thinking that the preDL files are used by an application I use called Daylite (DL). It synchronizes itself with the Addressbook.

If you go to here and download the AddressBook screenshot you can see the carnage.
(Last edited by kcmac; Jan 28, 2004 at 01:22 AM. )
     
   
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