Interchanging Data

Importing Data

12.1.2. Importing contacts in the vCard format

Note the following when importing vCard data.

  • Make sure the file to be imported contains correct vCard data.

  • For each contact only one private and one business address are imported. If the imported vCard file contains additional private and business addresses, those addresses are ignored when importing.

How to import contacts in vCard format:

  1. Launch the Address Book app.

  2. Select the folder for importing the contacts to in the folder tree.

  3. Click the Folder-specific actions icon next to the folder name. Click on Import.

  4. Select the vCard format in the Import into window. Click on Select file. Select a file in the vCard format.

  5. Click on Import.

Result: The contacts are added to the folder.

Parent topic: Importing Data