Newb Question: address book duplicate remover

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#1

I just started working with Applescript and I’ve been searching for a script that will remove duplicate contacts, but not just based on first and last name. Thanks! ET

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#2

Hi,

the built-in function (menu card) in Address Book isn’t sufficient?

#3

Im sorry but Im not familiar with a built-in Menu Card.
Thanks in advance!

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#4

In the menu “card” of the main menu is an item “Look for duplicates.”, have you seen this?

#5

This is the first time I’ve ever seen that tool but I discovered with a test that it is case sensitive. Which will be a big draw back since Im looking at about 2000+ contacts. Thanks!

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#6

You could probably work something out from this script

(*
The script will Find the duplicate Entries in Your AddressBook.app and put them into a New Group Called "Duplicate Entries" Allowing you to easly compare and edit them.) ***NOTE: The script will ADD a NEW GROUP IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK : NAMED "Duplicate Entries" if it does not exist:
Details found at - http://www.macosxhints.com/comment.php?sid=20060322202753429
or
http://bbs.applescript.net/viewtopic.php?id=16646

Written by © Mark Hunte - 2006 *)

tell application "Address Book"
	set biglist to {}
	if not (exists (group "Duplicate Entries")) then
		make new group with properties {name:"Duplicate Entries"}
	end if
	set the_names to the name of every person as list
	repeat with i from 1 to number of items in the_names
		set this_Name to item i of the_names
		set theName to name of person this_Name as string
		if this_Name is not in biglist then
			copy this_Name to end of biglist
		else
			add (people whose name is theName) to group "Duplicate Entries"
		end if
	end repeat
	save addressbook
end tell
#7

Thanks! I figured out a way to make it so only one stays and it removes the duplicate!

Model: Mac Mini
AppleScript: 1.10.7
Browser: Safari 523.12
Operating System: Mac OS X (10.4)