Address Book Oddity

lundylundy
Posted:
in macOS edited January 2014
Can someone confirm this in Tiger?



1. Make sure the template in Address Book (Preferences->Template) for your names has First, Last, Middle, Prefix, and Suffix selected.



2. Enter a name in Address Book that has a middle initial, a prefix, and a suffix. For example, "Dr. Michael K. Lindsay MD".



3. Under Preferences->General in Address Book, set Display Order to the second radio button, "Last Name First Name".



Result:



The display in the person's card is correct -- "Dr. Lindsay Michael K. MD"



BUG: In the list of entries on the left, the name will appear as "Dr. Lindsay Michael MD K." rather than "Dr. Lindsay Michael K. MD".



Does everybody get this result? I filed a bug report but Apple hasn't said anything about it yet.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 2
    dave marshdave marsh Posts: 349member
    OK, I tried it as per your example, with exactly the same results. I think it would also be nice if Address Book would insert a common after the last name when it reverses the order.
  • Reply 2 of 2
    lundylundy Posts: 4,466member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Dave Marsh

    OK, I tried it as per your example, with exactly the same results. I think it would also be nice if Address Book would insert a common after the last name when it reverses the order.



    I agree. I don't know why Apple thinks this is not a bug.



    Thanks for confirming it.
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