Address Book problem

[PeterB]

Chakravartin wrote:
[quote=PeterB]Obviously I don't want to delete those contacts to test the theory, because then I'd lose the photos on import, if the photos don't get imported.

Test it by simply dragging out a contact, dragging it back in and when the Address Book pops up the "duplicate message" window click the "review duplicate" button and then the "keep both" button.
Weird. I just tried doing exactly this, and when the "Duplicate contact" message thing came up, it showed the old contact as having the photo, and the new (imported) contact as not having the photo (that's what's happened before too). For the heck of it, I did exactly what you suggested, "review duplicate" and then "keep both", and now the imported new contact HAS the photo. (Meaning that they both now have the photo.) What gives??? Is the preview of the duplicate just not showing the photo? Or is it that it's importing the contact, then seeing you already have the same one, and copying the photo?

Edit: for the heck of it, I just deleted both of these contacts, then tried importing again, and sure enough the photo is there. So it must be the preview during the Review Duplicate step that is not working properly.