Yep. I missed the "containers" distinction in (your) original remarks.
If . ..
1. I go to
~/Library/Application Support/Address Book folder, I find in the METADATA folder all the addresses which I added manually .
However . . .
2. When I go to
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.AddressBook folder, the DATA folder only contains aliases, a Documents folder, and a Library folder. In that Library folder there is an Application Support folder which has an
alias to ADDRESSBOOK buried within . . . which links me back to
~/Library/Application Support/Address Book. I would never have found that on my own in a million years.
Any-hoo . . . the METADATA folder I mentioned above has 71 addresses with the ROLODEX-type icon. (I didn't realize I had done so many manual entries! Guess I went into a trance mode during the process.)
Thanks, Guys, for all the help. I will do that
ARCHIVE thing that Artie mentioned.