Re: [Evolution] backup/resore problem with contacts

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

On Sat, 2012-10-13 at 22:20 +0200, Martin Wiebusch wrote:
> I used the tool und File -> Back up/Restore evolution data for a full
> back up. After re-installing my system and restoring my Evolution data
> some of my contacts were missing. Specifically, I had a second address
> book in addition to the default Personal address book. The address book
> re-appeared after the restore, but it was empty.

Did you restore to the same version of Evolution or to a different
version?

> Then I tried to manually move around the addressbook.db file and noticed
> that the contacts displayed in Evolution seem to have absolutely nothing
> to do with the contents of the .evolution/addressbook folder. Where does
> Evolution keep its address books these days?

Help -> Contents -> Common Other Questions -> Data Storage Locations

Or

http://library.gnome.org/users/evolution/3.2/data-storage.html.en

P.