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Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv

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On 4/26/21 3:39 PM, this is what Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> wrote:
>> On 4/26/21 2:18 PM, this is what Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> 
>>> This may be of some use to a Thunderbird user as the addressbook is
>>> either maintained or exportable as vcf. If it's exportable directly as
>>> csv, never mind.
> 
>>> I received a new cell phone last week. The old cell phone is not
>>> designed to export its addressbook. It was a cheap cell phone I got on
>>> an emergency basis after washing the previous cell phone in the laundry.
>>> I was going to hang on to it until I got a smart phone. Years later, I
>>> finally got the smart phone.
> 
>>> The addressbook is large.
> 
>>> I intend to create a database or spreadsheet on the desktop computer and
>>> enter each contact.
> 
>>> On the new smart phone, I was able to export a small addressbook as vcf,
>>> then copy it to the desktop computer. I then found this helpful macro to
>>> translate vcf to csv or xls so I can use a spreadsheet manager.
> 
>>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/bulkvcftocsv/
> 
>>> If this is useful to a Thunderbird user, I'm mentioning it, but if
>>> Thunderbird already has the ability to export its addressbook as csv,
>>> this is unnecessary.
> 
>> You mention putting the data in a database.  I wouldn't double entry.
>> If the phone is using a gmail.com email address it is linked to an
>> online gmail account you can access from the desktop.  If you import
>> into that database, then you basically are importing it to the phone
>> too.
> 
> The old cell phone is not designed to export its addressbook.
> 
I'm not saying that.
The OP wants to take his address book on the old phone and enter it into a database for the new phone.   My point is why add it to a 
database and then create an extra step to get it from that database to the new phone.   Just enter it into gmail contacts and it will show 
on the new phone.

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Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-26 18:18 +0000
  Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-26 14:32 -0400
    Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-26 20:09 +0100
      Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-26 16:23 -0400
    Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-26 19:39 +0000
      Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-26 16:23 -0400
        Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-27 00:53 +0000
      Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-04-27 07:27 +0100
        Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-27 07:58 +0000
          Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-04-27 20:45 +0100
            Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-04-27 20:47 +0100
        Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-27 15:33 +0100
        Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-27 16:50 +0000
          Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-27 19:56 +0000
            Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-27 20:32 +0000
              Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-27 17:06 -0400
                Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-27 21:26 +0000
                Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-27 17:58 -0400
                Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-27 22:46 +0000
                Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-28 19:01 +0100
                Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-28 07:01 +0000
              Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-28 18:46 +0100
            Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-28 08:18 +0100

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