To add a new field, click on “Add Field”. Notice I’ve also changed the default email address label from “Home” to “Work”. The result is already a bit more streamlined: I’ll get rid of that goofy “Home: User Name AIM” field. To remove a field, click on the tiny red “-” button. Easiest is to press Cmd-, a pretty universal shortcut for that task on Mac systems:Ĭlick on “Template” and you’ll see the defaults: To fix that, go to Preferences, as I said earlier. Useless fields, and a useful field like Facebook profile name or Twitter handle? Missing in action. But let’s have a look first at the default fields before the change: To change the default fields on your Contacts template, start by opening up the program and going to Preferences. But really, while there are a ton of people on Facebook and Twitter, I don’t know of anyone who is still even remotely associated with AOL, whether it’s their messenger service or anything else. What’s AIM? It’s America Online’s Instant Messenger service and it’s tied into iMessage and Facetime, which is why Apple keeps it around. I don’t know how representative I am, but out of my 900+ contacts I have exactly ZERO AIM handles. The default fields in the Contacts (formerly known as “Address Book”) program on the Mac is a prime example of that, and it’s downright weird that “AIM” is one of the default fields. Then then click one of those three buttons mentioned.While there’s nothing as constant as change in the computer world - particularly with user interfaces - it’s surprising how sometimes corners of a user experience can be stuck in the past without anyone updating them or improving things for users. If a contact has more than one address, select their name from the Name column, and then select the email address you want to send to in the Email column. Or you can hit the To, Cc, or Bcc buttons in the Addresses window. You can simply drag the contacts over to your new message. The next images shows you what will pop up when you click the button in the above image: I’ve outlined it in the following screen shot. If you don’t know all the names or simply wish to pull them out of a visual list, you need to click the button with a black headshot icon on it. The following screen shot shows the buttons I am referring to. Their email address(s) will appear as you type and you can select the one you want. If you already know the name of the person you are addressing, simply start writing their name. In Apple Mail it’s done a littler differently. You can then select contacts to be inserted into the relevant address field on your message. Clicking any of these will display your Contacts. In Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express the address labels To, Cc, and Bcc are actually buttons.
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