Selected Contacts

• 1). Insert the USB thumb drive in the appropriate port on your Windows computer, launch Outlook and select the Address book.
  
  
• 2). Highlight the desired contacts by holding down the "Control" key and pressing the mouse button to select each contact. Release the "Control" key when you're finished selecting contacts.
  
  
• 3). Select "Forward as vCard" under "Action" in the top menu bar to create an email message containing all selected contacts as separate attachments in vCard format.
  
  
• 4). Select all attachments in the email message by clicking the "Attachments" section of the email message, selecting "Select All" under "Edit" in the top menu bar.
  
  
• 5). Click the "Save" button next to the "Attachments" list and save these files to your USB thumb drive. Click the "Save" button.
  
  
• 6). Safely eject the USB thumb drive from the Windows computer.
  
  
• 7). Insert the USB thumb drive into the appropriate port on your Mac computer and double-click the hard drive on your desktop to open a directory of files.
  
  
• 8). Select all contact files on your drive and drag the file to the application icon for Address Book located on your dock.
  
  
• 9). Click the "Yes" button when prompted to add contact to the Address Book.
  
  

Large Contact List

• 1). Insert the USB thumb drive in the appropriate port on your Windows computer and launch your Web browser.
  
  
• 2). Download and install the Mozilla Thunderbird email application from "mozillamessaging.com."
  
  
• 3). Launch the Thunderbird application and select "Import" under "Tools" in the top menu bar to launch an Import wizard.
  
  
• 4). Select "Address Book" option and click the "Next" button.
  
  
• 5). Select the option, "Outlook," click the "Next" button and then click the "Finish" button.
  
  
• 6). Select the "Address Book" button at the top of the Thunderbird main window to open a new view of your address book.
  
  
• 7). Select "Personal Address Book" in the left-hand frame and select "Export" under "Tools" in the top menu bar.
  
  
• 8). Select the USB thumb drive as the destination location and type the file name for the contact file in the field next to "File Name."
  
  
• 9). Select "LDIF" from the drop down menu next to "Save As Type." and click the "Save" button.
  
  
• 10
  
  Safely eject the USB thumb drive from the Windows computer and insert the device into the appropriate port on the Mac computer.
  
  
• 11
  
  Launch the Address Book application, select "Import" under "File" in the top menu bar and select the "LDIF" option.
  
  
• 12
  
  Locate the exported contact list created in step 9 and click the "Open" button to add the contact list to your Address Book.