Article ID: 1176
Last Review: May 20, 2009
Type: Article
Adding a group contact to Address Book in Mac OS X
By creating a group contact in Address Book, you can associate several email addresses with a single entry. This feature makes it easy to send an email to a group of people.
Before You Begin
These instructions assume you have already added individual contacts to Address Book in Mac OS X. Address Book allows you to add several existing contacts to a group contact. For more information see 1173: Adding a contact to Address Book in Mac OS X.
Creating a Group Contact
To create a group contact to Address Book, follow the directions below.
- Open Address Book. It is located in the Dock or in the Applications folder on the hard drive.
- Click File > New Group.
- A new entry will appear in the Group column. Type a descriptive name for the group, such as "History 107" (for your History class) or "Family" (for your parents, brother, and sister).
- To add contacts to your group, click All. Then drag and drop contacts from the Name column onto the group contact you created.
- To close Address Book, click Address Book > Quit.
To use your group contact in Mail, compose a new email message and type the group contact name in the To: field. The email will be sent to everyone in the group.
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