<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Verdon,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You shouldn’t feel completely ‘locked in’. It’s true that Contacts is tightly woven into many corresponding apps in Apple’s universe (from Word processing, spreadsheets, through email and messaging apps all the way to commonality between different types of products and services, like Mac<>iPhone<>iPad). That mostly their database format, though.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">However, the actual question you posed about alternatives to Contacts app, in and of itself, is not quite so bleak. Similarly to why MM is so good and an arguably better replacement for Mail, there is an app that uses the same database as Contacts but fixes it up in SIGNIFICANT ways, so it works better and has more versality, even with MM. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">They also have a Calendar program for MacOS and iOS, <a href="https://www.busymac.com" class="">BusyCal</a> . Each app can stand alone. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I use <a href="https://www.busymac.com" class="">Busy Contacts</a> on the the Mac side because of that flexibility, it maintains compatibility with Contacts on iPad and iPhone, which I like. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It also maintains the usefulness in MM since the feature have been kindly adapted by Bennie so groups are supported in MM in his current Test Build. BTW, the current Test Build in MM is r5911. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So I’d recommend it to you to try. I’ve got no connection with the product, just a simple user like you. But one who appreciates it. So if you have questions further, please chat with me off-list. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards, </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Henry</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 17, 2022, at 12:23, Verdon Vaillancourt <<a href="mailto:verdonv@gmail.com" class="">verdonv@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ComicSansMS; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">I appreciate this detailed explanation. I've been trying to figure out WTF was going on in my Contacts app for a while. This sheds the light that I need. Honestly, the Contacts app is NASTY but it integrates with everything Apple, and I have so many Apple devices, I feel pretty locked into it.</span></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>