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importing contacts with categories and notes

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I am using Time and Chaos for all my contact and calendar management. I would like to import all the data info into the address book/calendar of Thunderbird. What do I need to do to get all the categories and notes seamlessly into the new thunderbird address book and calendar? Thanks, WA

I am using Time and Chaos for all my contact and calendar management. I would like to import all the data info into the address book/calendar of Thunderbird. What do I need to do to get all the categories and notes seamlessly into the new thunderbird address book and calendar? Thanks, WA

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According to their support site, data can be exported in csv or xls format from the non-free version:

https://www.chaossoftware.com/help%20files/Intellect4/data-export_to_csv.html

A csv file of contacts or calendar data can be imported to TB.

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sfhowes
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According to their support site, data can be exported in csv or xls format from the non-free version:

https://www.chaossoftware.com/help%20files/Intellect4/data-export_to_csv.html

A csv file of contacts or calendar data can be imported to TB.

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Ok, meanwhile added Cardbook and it would not let me import vCards into it at all. Anything in particular I have to be aware of? Also I have about 3200 contacts to import - it is nigh impossible to import them one by one - as I don't see the option "select all" Input is as always most appreciated. WA

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On the Cardbook tab, click the 3-bar menu icon at the upper left, Address Book, Import contacts from a directory, select the folder with vCards. I tried this with a folder with 2 vCards, but they failed to import.

There is a way to merge multiple vCards into one .vcf file, which can be imported from Tools/Import...Address Books...vCard file (*.vcf)... select the merged file. This works with the built-in TB address book, and might work in Cardbook with 'Import contacts from a file' instead of from a directory.