Mac Kung Fu, 2nd Edition

Tip 76

See a Big Long List of Your Contacts

Here’s a tip that lets you view all your contacts in a long list, alongside which you’ll be able to see each contact’s email address or their telephone number(s). It uses a debug setting within the Contacts app.

1. Close the Contacts app if it’s open, open a Terminal window (open Finder, select the Applications list, and then in the list of applications double-click Terminal within the Utilities folder), and type the following:

2. Open Contacts, and you should see a new Debug menu option. Select the Show People Picker Panel option. This will open a new window showing all your contacts in one long list with their email addresses alongside.