Hello, I have a question about how to use AppleScript to make bulk modifications to my Address Book. I am trying to find all phone numbers that are labeled as the person's "main" phone number, and change it to "other". This is because my phone does not sync entries under "main".

After googling a bunch of sites, I came up with the following code:

Code:

tell application "Address Book"
set thePeople to every person whose first name = "Andy"
repeat with thePerson in thePeople
set thePhones to phones of thePerson
repeat with thePhone in thePhones
set theLabel to (label of thePhone)
set theLastName to last name of thePerson
display dialog theLastName & " " & theLabel
if theLabel = "main" then
set (label of thePhone) to "other"
end if
end repeat
end repeat
end tell

When I run the script, it gives me three dialogs: "Jackson work", "Hu main", and "Long main". I run it a second time, and it says: "Jackson work", "Hu other", "Long other". It looks like it's worked!

However, if I look at the entries in Address Book, they have not changed. Furthermore, if I quit and reopen Address Book and run the script again, it goes back to saying "main" the first time and then "other" all subsequent times.

Anyone know what's up?

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