Re: .vcf files -

2011-11-28 Thread Tim
On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 10:32 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I haven't heard mention of data transfer via the mobile > phone system but it is killing me on my limited ISP > bandwidth. About ten gigs in the last few days, perhaps a > week, and I only have 1

Re: .vcf files -

2011-11-28 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 27/11/11 18:13, Tim wrote: > On Sun, 2011-11-27 at 11:26 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> Yes, I now understand what they are. I suspect that Apple has >> sold her on a software system that doesn't fit her needs. If I >> understand what she is telling me her data is stored in a >> "cloud" server som

Re: .vcf files -

2011-11-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 11/28/2011 07:13 AM, Tim wrote: >> > I have since spent some time examining the files and they appear >> > to be vcards interspersed among huge fields of meaningless data >> > which at first looked like image files but I have since come to >> > think it may be some sort of encryption? > Very

Re: .vcf files -

2011-11-27 Thread Tim
On Sun, 2011-11-27 at 14:15 -0700, Craig White wrote: > The thing to do is to use a completely different address book program > that you never use and you can import this data into this address book > without any fear of corrupting the data in an address book that you do > use and in the process, g

Re: .vcf files -

2011-11-27 Thread Tim
On Sun, 2011-11-27 at 11:26 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > Yes, I now understand what they are. I suspect that Apple has > sold her on a software system that doesn't fit her needs. If I > understand what she is telling me her data is stored in a > "cloud" server somewhere while she wants local copi

Re: .vcf files -

2011-11-27 Thread Craig White
On Sun, 2011-11-27 at 11:26 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I appreciate all the help and if nothing else I know what a .vcf > file is and know that I can display the data in address book > format if nothing else. The thing to do is to use a completely different address bo

Re: .vcf files -

2011-11-27 Thread Bob Goodwin
e, maybe they are telephones, I'm not sure? But it seems that what she needs should be possible to do. They need to be able to access their account data without finding an internet connection. I was caught in the middle when the Apple person on the phone asked if the .vc

Re: .vcf files -

2011-11-27 Thread Aaron Konstam
lay". Most of the mail clients can import > > VCF files as contact records. > > > > poc > > > > I'm not sure myself, a text editor or Libreoffice will display > the raw data but apparently there is some format the data goes into. > >

Re: .vcf files -

2011-11-26 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 7:26 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote: > I wrote up this little script that uses it to read a bunch at once > using the same method: Sorry, I typoed that one. Try https://gist.github.com/1396830 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change sub

Re: .vcf files -

2011-11-26 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
     data, I guess just in columns it recognizes, Name and E-Mail >        addresses. At least it shows that the data is probably all there. > >        The above routine almost works but only begins to show some >        gibberish from the beginning: > The output may be something a

Re: .vcf files -

2011-11-26 Thread Tim
On Sat, 2011-11-26 at 19:09 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Is there a Linux application that will display a .vcf file? You can use any text editor to look at the contents, it's just a list of fields and data, in a form style. Not exactly like this, but it's the idea behind the technique: name: Ti

Re: .vcf files -

2011-11-26 Thread Bob Goodwin
Is there a Linux application that will display a .vcf file? >>> Depends what you mean by "display". Most of the mail clients can >>> import >>> VCF files as contact records. >>> >>> poc >>> >>

Re: .vcf files -

2011-11-26 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
t;. Most of the mail clients can import >> VCF files as contact records. >> >> poc >> > >        I'm not sure myself, a text editor or Libreoffice will display >        the raw data but apparently there is some format the data goes into. > >        My daught

Re: .vcf files -

2011-11-26 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 26/11/11 19:27, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2011-11-26 at 19:09 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> Is there a Linux application that will display a .vcf file? > Depends what you mean by "display". Most of the mail clients can import > VCF files as contact recor

Re: .vcf files -

2011-11-26 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2011-11-26 at 19:09 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Is there a Linux application that will display a .vcf file? Depends what you mean by "display". Most of the mail clients can import VCF files as contact records. poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To u

Re: .vcf files -

2011-11-26 Thread Craig White
On Sat, 2011-11-26 at 19:09 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Is there a Linux application that will display a .vcf file? I am under the impression that the .vcf format is for transfer and most address book programs should be able to import them (thereby creating a new entry in your address book).

.vcf files -

2011-11-26 Thread Bob Goodwin
Is there a Linux application that will display a .vcf file? Bob -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines