http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=AddressBook_%28Apple%29 2026-04-16T14:04:28Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.19.2 http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=AddressBook_(Apple)&diff=36745&oldid=prev 2020-08-03T00:45:59Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 00:45, 3 August 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 11:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Links ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Links ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6267917 Contacts (Address Book) Data Store Explained (discussion)]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6267917 Contacts (Address Book) Data Store Explained (discussion)]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:Apple]]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Dan Tobias http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=AddressBook_(Apple)&diff=36744&oldid=prev 2020-08-02T19:42:42Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 19:42, 2 August 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The contact info is stored as [[vCard]]s in the metadata folder. The pictures are stored as images. Everything is organized via a database, which is apparently in some variation of [[SQLite]] given the use of file extensions ending in -wal and -shm, something that database system uses for write-ahead logging.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The contact info is stored as [[vCard]]s in the metadata folder. The pictures are stored as images. Everything is organized via a database, which is apparently in some variation of [[SQLite]] given the use of file extensions ending in -wal and -shm, something that database system uses for write-ahead logging.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Links ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* [https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6267917 Contacts (Address Book) Data Store Explained (discussion)]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Dan Tobias http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=AddressBook_(Apple)&diff=36737&oldid=prev 2020-08-02T19:38:14Z

<p>Created page with &quot;{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Address books and contacts |extensions={{ext|abcddb}}, {{ext|abcddb-wal}}, {{ext|abcddb-shm}}, {{ext|aclcddb}}, {{ext|aclcddb-wal}}...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{FormatInfo<br /> |formattype=electronic<br /> |subcat=Address books and contacts<br /> |extensions={{ext|abcddb}}, {{ext|abcddb-wal}}, {{ext|abcddb-shm}}, {{ext|aclcddb}}, {{ext|aclcddb-wal}}, {{ext|aclcddb-shm}}<br /> |wikidata={{wikidata|Q621217}}<br /> }}<br /> Apple's '''AddressBook''' (also known as Contacts) is used in various MacOS and iOS versions as well as the iCloud system (which can sync with these). It is how contacts are stored for use in various Apple apps including phone, email, and texts.<br /> <br /> The contact info is stored as [[vCard]]s in the metadata folder. The pictures are stored as images. Everything is organized via a database, which is apparently in some variation of [[SQLite]] given the use of file extensions ending in -wal and -shm, something that database system uses for write-ahead logging.</div>

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