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Re: Best program or method to clean up contacts?

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On 2014-07-30 11:28:11 +0000, Gary said:

> My contacts are a 25-year accumulation of confusion.  I have 
> duplicates, I am missing an "Anniversary" field (which I want in hope 
> that at some point in time Apple will support this in Calendar),  and I 
> have various ways of entering the same data (because of early 
> contacts-like programs being converted and entered into Apple Contacts.

On the "Card" menu, select "Add Field: Date", and the default choice is 
"Anniversary".

> 
> I find the Contacts program itself a messy way of dealing with these 
> problems.  It only allows you to look at one contact at a time, rather 
> than take some sort of spreadsheet approach.  Can anyone suggest 
> something a bit more intuitive, automatic, anything to help this 
> daunting task?  I am willing to do it on a Mac desktop, Mac laptop, 
> iPad, or iPhone.  Any will do just fine.
> 
> Your suggestions would be very much appreciated.

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Best program or method to clean up contacts? Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> - 2014-07-30 07:28 -0400
  Re: Best program or method to clean up contacts? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-07-30 11:30 -0700

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